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Archive for September, 2005

Problem when upgrading to Firefox 1.07 on Ubuntu - Solved!

As I’ve reported on the previous post - I’ve lost (temporarily hopefully..) my Windows XP PC, so I’m “reduced” to using my Ubuntu Linux server as my main desktop PC.
So far it’s been surprisingly fun and refreshing.
However, I’ve encountered my first obstacle already…
As also reported earlier Firefox 1.07 was released, and being an important security [...]

My Windows XP desktop PC is dead!

Thursday night I arrived home and had to do a couple of things on my computer.
To those of you that dona^??t know yet a^?? By a^?oeMy computera^?? I mean my 2.4MHz AMD Athlon PC with Windows XP installed. This is where I do all my stuff a^?? Work, academics, pictures, music etca^??
I obviously also have [...]

Security and stability: Firefox 1.0.7 Released

Just in case you live on Mars:
Mozilla has officialy released Firefox 1.0.7 today.
Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release.
This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability.
Get it HERE

How to Send .exe files with Gmail

Ozh reports:
Sending an exe file with Gmail : zip the .exe, rar the resulting .zip, now zip the .rar and rename it to .doc a^?? Sometimes things are so simple with GMail a^??
* Update *
I’ve spent much more time now sending various files via GMail, and the workaround is SUPER-easy.
To send ANY type of file [...]