OK, here’s another short hint: How to convert a PDF to PNG in Ubuntu–quickly. I’ve generally worked with PDFs on my Windows system, but this may cut that down.
If clicking on a link in e-mail in Evolution (Ubuntu Hardy Heron, 8.04) doesn’t open Firefox or a new Firefox tab, check that Firefox is the preferred application (System->Preferences->Preferred Applications). Mine listed a path to Firefox, but it was wrong. (There’s a forum discussion thread here.)
Linux Magazine has a review of the differences and suggests that in certain cases, such as if you have a NetBook, you shouldn’t upgrade yet, but just wait for the next release. I intend to upgrade my own system in a few days because I want the PulseAudio upgrade, but this review sounds like wisdom.
I suspect this will be needed by very few, but I didn’t see it elsewhere, so I thought I’d post just in case! I had a report that printed with a very narrow margin, such that my printer cut off parts of the text. I started to do a workaround by printing first to PDF,…
This guess post at Greg Laden’s blog gives one man’s experience switching to Linux. It’s a repost from 2009, so the version numbers are a bit different (Ubuntu is at 11.10 now), but it still gives a pretty good idea of what to expect. I would add the strong recommendation that when you switch operating…
The formulas for this, which will work in LibreOffice (or OpenOffice) Calc, are to be found at User Offline: How to write a spreadsheet formula for ISBN-10 to ISBN-13 and ASIN. Considering that post is dated in 2008, I thought it worthwhile to add another link. I wanted to do this, but to ISBNs with…
I upgraded by Feisty Fawn Ubuntu to Gutsy Gibbon yesterday and all went well. The only user note I have is that you do need to be there when the packages are installed to answer an occasional dialog or question in the terminal. I’m happy with the result. The current Ubuntu makes it extremely easy…
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