Archive for the ‘Dapper’ Category
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 ...
Posted in Dapper, Firefox, Mozilla, Pakistan, Ubuntu, Urdu | 14 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Dapper, Firefox, KDE, Konqueror, Kubuntu, Linux, Mozilla, Ubuntu | 4 Comments »
Saturday, July 29th, 2006
The only thing which is troubling me with Dapper is some bug with Firefox and Thunderbird. I check many Urdu websites each day, particularly blogs and BBC Urdu. There are two most popular Urdu fonts Nafees Web Naskh and Urdu Naskh Asiatype. Unfortunately Firefox, Thunderbird and Epiphany are unable to ...
Posted in Breezy, Dapper, Epiphany, Firefox, Mozilla, Ubuntu | 4 Comments »
Sunday, July 16th, 2006
The Dapper Drake CDs, that I ordered via Shipit nearly a month ago, arrived yesterday. I have successfully installed Ubuntu Dapper Drake. I am not going to write a lengthy review yet. I would just point out the things that I have noticed.
Installation was quicker than Breezy, the previous version ...
Posted in Dapper, Linux, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Monday, June 12th, 2006
I am quite excited about Dapper Drake, the new version of Ubuntu. I haven't installed it yet. With a Dial up connection it is quite difficult to download it. Secondly, I have no idea how to burn a disk image. I will wait till the Free CD arrives which usually ...
Posted in Dapper, Linux, Ubuntu | 1 Comment »