VLC 2.0.1 64-Bit came out a few days ago, and now it's compatible with Waterfox, the 64-Bit compiled build of Firefox for Windows.
VLC 2.0.1 64-Bit can be downloaded from VLC's FTP's archive.

This blog post was too large to post it on here.
So I posted it on my forum: http://forum.techfurs.net/index.php?topic=8 

Software You Need: 7-Zip, Pidgin, Web Browser, Windows 32 or 64-bit.

1. Open CMD as Administrator.
2. In CMD, enter cd %ProgramFiles(x86)% if your on an 64-Bit OS or cd %ProgramFiles% if your on 32-Bit. Hit enter.
3. Type in: mkdir pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ then hit enter.
4. Download and save the American English Dictionary to your Desktop.
5. Open the Dictionary's .oxt extension inside 7-Zip.
6. Open %ProgramFiles(x86)%\pidgin\spellcheck\share\enchant\myspell\ in Windows Explorer.
7. Extract en_US.aff and en_US.dic to the myspell folder.
8. Restart Pidgin.

Due to a API update with weather.com awhile back, all old xfce4 weather plugins stopped working.

Here is a list of proposed updates that should fix the API errors. Note it may be buggy.
Direct Download DEB's

Oneiric 11.10: i386 amd64
Natty 11.04: i386 amd64
Maverick 10.10: i386 amd64
Lucid 10.04: i386 amd64

Small update from my September post.

As you may know, Canonical freezes software packages a few weeks before a new distribution comes out.Only security updates will be installed after the freeze.
If you want new fectures for your software, you need to install a ppa.
To add a repository on your system the new way (9.10 and higher) all you do is “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge”
Some software on this list may no longer be updated for older systems. 
 
1: Chromium - Stable: ppa:chromium-daily/stable [10.04+]
2: Firefox - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable [10.04+]
3: Thunderbird - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable [10.04+]
4. Openshot - Bleeding Edge: ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge [9.10+]
5. LibreOffice - Stable: ppa:libreoffice/ppa [10.04+]
6. The Gimp - Trunk: ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn [9.04+]
7. Pidgin - Stable: ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa [10.04+]
8. Shotwell - Stable: ppa:yorba/ppa [11.04+] ppa:flexiondotorg/shotwell [10.04 **, 10.10 **]
9. WineHQ - Stable: ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa [6.06+]
10. Banshee - Stable: ppa:banshee-team/ppa [7.10+]

** Must enable the GStreamer PPA to use: ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa

Some software I recommend getting from the office site:
TOR
VirtualBox
PlayOnLinux
Vuze

According to a blog post by Reed Hastings, Co-Founder and CEO of Netflix; Netflix will end DVD's by mail and turn into a streaming only service. They are going to start up a new company called Qwikster for DVD's by mail only. This news comes as Netflix stopped DVD rentals off their $7.99 streaming plain and recored price hikes.

Source: Netflix Blog http://blog.netflix.com/2011/09/explanation-and-some-reflections.html

As you may know, Canonical freezes software packages a few weeks before a new distribution comes out.
Only security updates will be installed after the freeze.
If you want new fectures for your software, you need to install a ppa.
To add a repository on your system the new way (9.10 and higher) all you do is “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge”
This article was writen for Ubuntu 10.10. You may not need all 9 repositories listed here on newer systems.
 
1: Chromium - Stable: ppa:chromium-daily/stable [10.04+]
2: Firefox - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable [10.04+]
3: Thunderbird - Stable: ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable [10.04+]
4. Openshot - Bleeding Edge: ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge [9.10+]
5. LibreOffice -Stable: ppa:libreoffice/ppa [10.04+]
6. The Gimp - Trunk: ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn [9.04+]
7. Pidgin - Stable: ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa [10.04+]
8. Shotwell - Stable: ppa:yorba/ppa [8.04+]
9. WineHQ - Stable: ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa [6.06+]

While using VirtualBox you may get this error “Failed to access the USB subsystem.
VirtualBox is not currently allowed to access USB devices. You can change this by adding your user to the 'vboxusers' group. Please see the user manual for a more detailed explanation.” to fix this you must add yourself to the vboxusers group.

To fix that error follow these steps:

1: Enter this into the terminal, gpasswd -a 'yourusername' vboxusers
2: Logout of your account then log back in.
3: Open up VirtualBox and USB support should be enable. Sellect the USB drive like you would on Windows.

It looks like Microsoft is pulling DVD playback support in Windows 8. Some OEM's might stay away from Windows 8 for the Laptop and Desktop if they don't want to buy a license for each system or they might charge the consumer extra. OEM's that make netbooks and tablets will probably stay will Windows 8 since most don't have a optical drive. Microsoft started including DVD playback support in Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium and higher has DVD playback support. If Microsoft does end their partnership with Dolby and they don't find a alternative, customers will have to get their own license for DVD playback. Eg. CyberLink PowerDVD SE (Around $15 retail).

With movie streaming on the rise, it's only time until all movie disks become obsolete. Apple is already phasing out optical drives.

 ~darkfur93 Written on LibreOffice 3.4.2

If your still on Ubuntu 10.10 you know every time you open the Update Manager it alerts you to upgrade to 11.04. You're wondering if there is a way to remove the annoying box? Yes there is!

After playing a few days on the gconf-editor (Linux like regedit) I learned how to do it and it wasn't that difficult.


=====If you have gconf-editor installed=====

Steps:

1. Open up the Terminal and type in gconf-editor
   
   
2. Click on apps > update-manager > untick “check_dist_upgrades”
   
   
3. Exit out gconf-editor of then logout of Ubuntu.
   
   
4. The Update Manager should not ask you to upgrade again!
   
   

=====If you don't have gconf-editor installed=====

Steps:

1. Enter this into the Terminal: sudo gedit ~/.gconf/apps/update-manager/%gconf.xml
   
   

(Replace gedit with the text editor you use like nano, mousepad or kate)

1. Enter your password in the terminal.
   
   
2. Add this code under <gconf> <entry name="check_dist_upgrades" mtime="1309071139" value="false"/>
   
   
3. Save and exit then logout of Ubuntu.
   
   
4. The Update Manager should not ask you to upgrade again!
   
   

Feel free to comment on this blog post if you need any help!