Étiquette : ubuntu

Choose default browser

When trying to change default web browser on linux distros, it can be a mess…

Too many different options and nobody knows the right one. And for a reason: there are several, depending on which app you are talking about.

Here is what you need to do:

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inetd service replaced by systemd magic

Here is a service I used to have configured within inetd:
9999           stream  tcp     nowait  approx  /usr/sbin/approx /usr/sbin/approx
Now, let’s replace this with systemd form.

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Adobe Air 2.0 on Ubuntu 10.04 amd64

If you install Adobe Air 2 on an amd64 ubuntu 10.04 (or any other debian based amd64) , you’ll get some problems.

Some nice guys already wrote something about this problem, like Jeremy Wilkins .

See his post there: http://jerwilkins.posterous.com/installing-latest-adobe-air-on-ubuntu-lucid-1

Now, what they will teach you is to foget about the dpkg / apt way of installing it and it’s a pitty. Adobe made a good work of it, providing dpkg way of deinstalling applications and so.

Here is how to deal with this architecture issue.

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