Archive for the ‘Firefox’ Category

Whats New in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron (Beta)

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Today I downloaded and installed Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Beta version. There are several new things in this upcoming Ubuntu version. First of all it is a long term support version, which means that if you install it you will receive support and updates for up to three years and ...

Gmail and Google Reader in Startup Programs

Saturday, May 19th, 2007

I have tried several Email Clients and Feedreaders on Ubuntu and my primary Debian Operating System. But now I was feeling that why bother with any more software when you have Google and Firefox (Iceweasel on Debian). So, I decided to make myself a script that automatically opens my Gmail ...

Enabling Urdu Support in Ubuntu

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

Writing and Reading in Urdu on Ubuntu is not configured properly in a default installation. So most Urdu users face trouble once they have installed Ubuntu. Sometimes they give up too quickly and get back to windows and sometimes they spend hours figuring out a solution. First of all I ...

Whats New in Ubuntu 6.10

Thursday, October 5th, 2006

I am excited all over again on the new release of Ubuntu. Expected to be released next month but the beta version is currently availabe for download. It has: Firefox 2.0 RC 1 (code named: Bon Echo): New Theme (Tangerine) and user interface have been updated to improve usability. It has inline spell ...

Firefox for Linux - Urdu Font Rendering

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Finally, I found the solution to the Firefox Urdu Font related bug in Dapper. Me, the newbie, the linux illiterate who didn't even know Tux; I solved a bug in an open source software that I am using on my open source operating system. After upgrading to Dapper, I found that ...

Konqueror VS Firefox

Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

Firefox is great but since I visit several websites that Firefox is unable to render properly I have no choice but to find an alternative. I am starting to hate Firefox and forcing myself to love Konqueror and Galeon but still whenever I am using Firefox I feel like using ...

Firefox for Linux is Broken?

Tuesday, August 8th, 2006

Few days ago, I talked about a bug in Firefox (1.5.0.3 ubuntu dapper) related to the display of Urdu Fonts. On Oreilly Linux Devcenter, Caitlyn Martin discusses problems with Firefox for Linux. In the article titled "Why Is Firefox For Linux So Terribly Broken?" she writes: I’m currently running Firefox 1.5.0.4 ...