If you are like me, you probably installed Flash player from the repository, expecting it to work properly. Well, that just isn't the case. For instance, on YouTube or Hulu videos, I wasn't able to push the buttons without first right clicking, then left clicking twice. Weird, huh?

Here's how to get the Adobe Flash 64 bit Alpha for Linux working in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.

First, close Firefox. Next, uninstall the following packages if you have them installed:

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer flashplugin-nonfree nspluginwrapper

Here's an easy way to combine two video files into one. I did this on Ubuntu, but this should work on most any distribution. First, you need mencoder if you don't already have it. In a terminal:

sudo apt-get install mencoder

After it installs, change to the directory that has the files you want to merge and execute the following command:

mencoder -forceidx -oac copy -ovc copy video01.avi video02.avi video03.avi -o merged_final.avi

I'm not much of a gamer, but one game that I do enjoy playing is Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. The following are the steps I took to get Enemy Territory installed and fully updated to version 2.60b (including all Punkbuster updates) on Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04. These instructions will work on more distros than just Ubuntu, but you may have different results depending on hardware/software setup. Please be sure to research all of your options before following this or any other tutorial.

Installing Enemy Territory

I recently updated my main machine to Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 beta. The version of Dropbox I had with Intrepid stopped working after the update. To get it to work I performed the following steps in the terminal. (The following steps work on x86. For x86_64, the steps will be the same, but using different files):

1. Download and install Dropbox deb (32 or 64 bit) for Intrepid if you don't already have it running. (Note: Don't restart Nautilus)
https://www.getdropbox.com/downloading?os=lnx

Installing the latest nVidia drivers (180.29) on Ubuntu Intrepid is quite easy. First, pull up a terminal (for gnome, Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and enter the following command.


sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list


You will be prompted for your password. At the bottom of the newly opened file insert the following lines:


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/anders-kaseorg/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main


System76 is offering free strip of four 'powered by Ubuntu' case stickers.

The only thing you have to do is send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the address corresponding to your country. I've gotten several sets to put on my machines. Follow the link below to read more.

http://system76.com/article_info.php?articles_id=9