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That's exactly what got me to switch over to Ubuntu. I started out with Slackware 9.0 a few years back because, in spite of it being supposedly "harder" because you had to read commented text files...

This howto assumes that you have Swiftfox already installed. If you don't, what's keeping you? ;)

Step 1 - Install VLC

Follow the instructions for your particular version of Ubuntu according to...

Thanks for the help. :)

I was experiencing the same issue until I changed the tty1 file.

Did you try what I wrote in my reply up above?

I having the same problem. :(

Just a note for anyone trying to get this autologin method working in Feisty, follow all of the steps as per an Edgy install with the exception of editing the tty1 file. Instead of adding a line like...

Well, I'm sold.

I bit the bullet and eliminated XFCE4 from my humble laptop and installed Fluxbox and Rox Filer. It took a day to get everything configured, but I most certainly do not regret...

More excellent suggestions.

I took a look at emelFM and it would replace xfm on my system however, considering how ugly the fonts are (why don't these lightweight apps use my system defined...

Nice little browser. I'll still keep Swiftfox installed for more complex websites, but this is fine for most sites that I visit. Thanks!




I tried vi many moons ago and I found I was learning...

Thanks for the suggestion. I installed nedit via aptitude from the Ubuntu repositories and got this error:



X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode...

I have a Toshiba Tecra 8100, a PIII 500mghz laptop with 256Meg of RAM, and after installing XFCE4 over Ubuntu 6.10 Server and following a few tweaking guides, my old laptop is far more responsive...