<![CDATA[TechFurs.net - Blog]]>Mon, 07 May 2012 15:08:36 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[My Review for Ubuntu 12.04]]>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 21:20:11 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2012/04/my-review-for-ubuntu-1204.htmlThe Bad:
No categories for programs(?).
[Only] One program crash in the hours of trying out 12.04
It took a few seconds for History in dash home to go away right when history was cleared. (Maybe it was in cache?) 

Big Plus: 
Privacy settings
Fast feeling, even on my older system.
Best released since 10.10]]><![CDATA[VLC 2.0.1 64-Bit Version Compatable With Waterfox]]>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 03:18:12 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2012/03/vlc-201-64-bit-version-compatable-with-waterfox.htmlVLC 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. ]]><![CDATA[How To Use Amazon's New Java SSH Client On The EC2 AWS ]]>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:23:13 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2012/03/how-to-use-amazons-new-java-ssh-client-on-the-ec2-aws.htmlThis 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 
]]><![CDATA[XFCE Ambiance Style Theme for Windows 7]]>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:07:03 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2012/02/xfce-ambiance-style-theme-for-windows-7.html
Picture
Here's a XFCE Ambiance Style Theme I made for Windows 7.
[Note: This Theme will disable Windows Aero.]
Wallpaper is GNU from Xubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Download Here
]]><![CDATA[How to manually install spell check into Pidgin [Windows]]]>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:29:35 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2012/02/how-to-manually-install-spell-check-into-pidgin-windows.htmlSoftware 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. ]]><![CDATA[Lady GaGa's unreleased song Stuck On Fuckin' You]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 04:07:00 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2011/12/lady-gagas-unreleased-song-stuck-on-fuckin-you.htmlA few days after announcing she was leaking an unreleased song off Born This Way for her little monsters on christmas, the song Stuck On Fuckin' You is here!
Click the play button to stream the song off of YouTube. 
Click Download to download the free song in MP3 format.
]]><![CDATA[Fix xfce4-weather-plugin on Ubuntu]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 00:22:30 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2011/12/fix-xfce4-weather-plugin-on-ubuntu.htmlDue 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 ]]><![CDATA[Software and Repositories to use to keep Ubuntu updated]]>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:10:14 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2011/12/software-and-repositories-to-use-to-keep-ubuntu-updated.html
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 ]]><![CDATA[TechFurs.net 2012 Operating System Plan]]>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:14:30 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2011/11/techfursnet-2012-operating-systems-plan.htmlThe news about Ubuntu dropping Banshee, Tomboy And Mono from the 12.04 CD doesn't bother me. I don't like Banshee, I use Tomboy sometimes, but I don't like it being automatically installed on my computers with lower disk space, I can install that from the Software Center easily. And for Mono, I use a custom PPA for that, not the default Ubuntu version.

I would like Synaptic Package Manager being installed by default. I use that program a lot. 

I'm not sure if I will be upgrading to 12.04 when it comes out. If Canonical doesn't extend support for 10.10, I guess I will have to upgrade or move to some other distribution.

I'm probably going to stay with XFCE as my desktop environment. I'm to geeky to use Unity or GNOME 3. I have over 30 programs running at once at times.

As for Windows 8, I already know I'm not going to upgrade any of my personal or business computers to that in 2012. I'll buy a OEM copy when it comes out and use it as a virtual machine. I will offer full support for Windows 8 for repair, service and Win7 to Win8 Upgrades.
At this time, I do not have a plan to build "Designed for Windows 8" computers.

As for Windows XP, I'm planing to move it from Full Support to Moderate Support due to some software dropping SP3 in 2012.

Windows Vista SP2 and Windows 7 RTM, SP1 will stay at Full Support.

Some other plans in the works...

Removing all ads from this website.
Expanding Android support next year.
Partnership/Affiliation with businesses.
Expanding our investment portfolio.
Name change to attract more customers.
New domain name.
Official Business LLC.
Complying with all California state and federal business laws, regulations and taxes. ]]><![CDATA[Install Flash Player 11 on Debian or Ubuntu]]>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:47:42 -0800http://www.techfurs.net/1/post/2011/10/install-flash-player-11-on-debian-or-ubuntu.htmlFlash Player is now out and your wondering how to upgrade?
Your options are, go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ and install it yourself using one of the versions or use a script file to install Flash Player on your system.
The script file can be downloaded at http://web.techfurs.net/Flash11ForUbuntu.html then follow the directions so the script will install it for you.

If you need any help or have questions, feel free to comment.

Edit: Updated on March-12-2012. Fixed link, updated page, updated software to 11.1.102.63. ]]>