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I you are using ubuntu 9.10 karmic/ 10.04 Lucid. just run these commands on your terminal: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable  sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6 Now for those who are using ubuntu 9.04/8.10/8.04.  You will need to edit your source list and add the appropriate ppa. Open sources.list sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list and add the below lines to it. PPA for 9.04 (Jaunty): deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu jaunty main PPA for 8.10 (Intrepid): deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu intrepid main PPA for 8.04 (Hardy): deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/mozillateam/firefox-stable/ubuntu hardy main save and exit Now get the updates sudo apt-get up

Pino is Twitter and Identi.ca client for Linux desktop. It's simple and fast. Install Pino in ubuntu $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vala-team/ppa $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:troorl/pino $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install pino Pino is hosted on code.google.com

I took this from  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8261958&postcount=6   There are so many variations on these VPN implementations that it is extremely difficult to generalize a known-good configuration for each. Install from the various VPN components PPTP  (Microsoft VPN) pptp-linux network-manager-pptp b. VPNC ( Cisco VPN) vpnc network-manager-vpnc c. OpenConnect  openconnect network-manager-openconnect Reboot PPTP VPN Configuration - This setup works for connecting to ISA 2004/2006 PPTP VPNs. It should work for connecting to MS PPTP VPN implementations in general. I can't speak for other PPTP VPN implementations. Create new PPTP connection VPN Tab Settings Set Connection name Set Gateway Set username (for domain-based user accounts, use domain\username) DO NOT SET PASSWORD DO NOT SET NT DOMAIN PPTP Advanced Options (Advanced button) uncheck all auth methods EXCEPT MSCHAPv2 check "Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)" le

Here's is a guide to install VLC using motumedia ppa. To install VLC, you will need to install the medibuntu-keyring, w32codecs and libdvdcss2. For that open a terminal and type the following. $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 2EBC26B60C5A2783 $ sudo apt-get update  $ sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install w32codecs $ sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 Now add the motumedia GPG key. $ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C5D7718106438B87 Now add this line to your repository. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/motumedia/ppa/ubuntu lucid main Go to System->Administration->Software Sources and select the Third-Party Software tab then click the Add button and add the line there. Now install VLC and its moxilla-plugin $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc $ sudo atp-get upgrade

Lucid Lynx is going to feature a new social integration with a new “MeMenu”. The MeMenu is basically an application from where you can access social networks like Twitter, Facebook etc and send IMs. You can access Canonical’s very own Ubuntu One as well. MeMenu in Lucid is going to integrate Gwibber for Twitter, Facebook and Identica, and Empathy for MSN, Google Talk and Yahoo Chat. Currently in Ubuntu, when there is a problem during the boot, the system goes straight to the maintenance shell. This can be a nightmare for novice users. In Lucid, there is going to be a more user-friendly recovery process with an improved handling of filesystem check failures and mount errors.

According to the latest Ubuntu Netbook Remix Blueprint, the Ubuntu community are planning to drop OpenOffice from the default installation of Ubuntu Netbook Edition for the upcoming Lucid Lynx release, atleast for now. Now documents will be opened by default in Google Docs. The developers have been removing applications that are irrelevant on a netbook. While document editing is clearly a not irrelevant on a netbook, the developers feel that with netbooks being used mostly for internet related works, Google Docs will suffice.