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Create a USB bootable Ubuntu – Install Ubuntu on your USB device / Pen drive

May 24th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Howtos, Linux

Every one knows that Linux is much secure than Windows and most of the distros are free to use. But still what is holding you back from using Linux. Yes I heard that, It is difficult to install on your local PC or laptop and also you don’t want to throw away your current Operating system. Fair enough, so what about if some one give you preinstalled Linux distribution which can sit on your USB drive and boot from there. No need to change anything on your PC or laptop so it is very safe and straight forward. (more…)

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Install and Run Safari 4 on Ubuntu Linux using Wine

February 25th, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Linux

Safari is the well known browser which is default in MAC OS X, they have a version for Windows. But still there is no Linux flavors available. Here is the hack to run Safari browser on your Ubuntu installation. (more…)

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Install Mozilla Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu 9.10

February 3rd, 2010 by Giridhar | No Comments | Filed in Linux

Install Mozilla Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu 9.10
Mozila Firefox 3.6 is released with improved speed and one click persona support. I am explaining how I installed Mozilla on my Ubuntu 9.10. I downloaded latest mozilla firefox for linux and stored at a location on my home folder called ‘dload’. This would be a seperate installation and your old version of Firefox will be still available, but latest version is set as default. Also it will retain your old setting. (more…)