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After 3 months of steady use, customization and tweaking I (some would say finally) managed to break my Ubuntu Linux install last night. I was rather sad since I didn’t actually do anything this time. I logged on last night and noticed there were some updates to download and apply. Grabbed said updates and was invited I’ve been setting up a fresh Ubuntu 9.10 install with my commonly used apps (probably more on those later) and reached the point where I tackle Evernote. There is no native Linux version — and I get the impression there never will be — so traditionally I’ve installed the Windows version under wine. I grabbed I like to install Wubi on my Windows machines. I don’t use Linux full time, but definitely like to have it around and Wubi is a very easy way to make that happen. You have to be careful though: If you’re on a 64 bit machine then Wubi will install a 64 bit Ubuntu (or As mentioned in yesterday’s post about Ubuntuzilla I decided to give ubuntuzilla and the Firefox 3.5 upgrade another shot today. I’m pleased to say it worked great this time. No “page not found errors.” No hacks, kludges or work-arounds needed. It “just worked” (unlike yesterday). Now then, we have to ponder… why did it work today and I’m running Ubuntu 9.04 at home and was a bit bummed to realize that I wouldn’t get the newest Firefox 3.5 version until the next major Ubuntu release. While there are certainly a few clever “hacks” to get around that, I tripped over one today that seems pretty slick. The project is called Ubuntuzilla and |
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