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Ubuntu and WINE

09 Oct 2006
Posted by Harlem

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Welcome - Welcome back, thanks for joining me this week. If you are new to Fresh Ubuntu, this podcast is for people who are moving to the Ubuntu OS from Windows for the first time. More aimed towards new users of linux based operating systems but not necessarily so.
 
Here are the links to the news items:
1. 7 Distro's fight for one old laptop by Rick Lehrbaum
2. Canonical seeks profit from free Ubuntu By Stephen Shankland
3. Firefox Set Free in IceWeasel By Sean Michael Kerner
4. HOWTO: Install IceWeasel 1.5.0.4 in Ubuntu
 
Main Segment: Install and configure WINE; Install Quicken 2003
 
a. Sudo apt-get install wine, note, it may be helpful to install 'winetools' as well from source
b. Then run winecfg by pressing alt+f2 and typing in winecfg.
Here is a screenshot. Just click on the picture to enlarge it. Visit the WINE HQ website for lots of helpfull information!
 
Command Line command of the week Whereis and which
Results of whereis search using 'ssh' harlem@freshubuntu:~$whereis ssh ssh: /usr/bin/ssh - this is where the binary file is /etc/ssh /usr/bin/X11/ssh - this is where the man page is /usr/share/man/man1/ssh.1.gz - this is where the source file is Results of which search using 'ssh' harlem@freshubuntu:~$which ssh /usr/bin/ssh - this is just the binary file Remember, you might need to know this information the next time you need to customize a launcher or menu item.

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Windows Equivalent Apps for Ubuntu

28 Aug 2006
Posted by Harlem

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I covered some Windows equivalent software for ubuntu and came up with the usual suspects for those of you who are more experienced users. OpenOffice, gimp, gaim...but there are also some others that are "new" finds especially for us new2ubuntu types like rezound, ardour, and gnuCash. Here is a link to the list. If there are any users who can suggest others your comments are appreciated. I also mentioned that I got my ship-it discs a few days ago and they look good. Each disc came in a sleeve with 5 people in a huddle....not bad. Did I mention I got some cool stickers with them? Lucky.... Ouch! I got hit by the x server bug. I tried to reconfigure the xorg.config but it didnt work, so I went ahead and reinstalled Ubuntu. I haven't been without any problems with ubuntu os but I will say this. the reinstall only took 30 minutes and was painless. Had I waited a day i could have salvaged the installation but it neither here nor there at this point. Check out Ubuntu Counter here. You get a number that and a button that you can put on your website or emails, pretty nifty if you are into that kind of thing. Well, that's it see you again soon. If you are looking for the Ogg vorbis feed It is right here.

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