Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04 using Ubuntuzilla

Published in July 15th, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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In my previous post on installing Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu 9.04, I explained how to install Ubuntu’s firefox-3.5 package. As several commenters and I realized, this may not be the best solution. The package is branded Shiretoko instead of Firefox 3.5, including the user agent string which can cause compatibly problems with some websites. Manually [...]

Download and Install BitDefender antivirus on Ubuntu with 1 year free license

Published in July 7th, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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This guest article was written by Vivek Kumar from LinuxHub.net, a blog focused on Linux tutorials (how-to’s), technology and news. One great advantage of using Linux (Ubuntu) is the fact that you don’t really have to worry about security and hence viruses. However, this does not mean that you should not use an anti-virus on [...]

Install Firefox 3.5 in Ubuntu 9.04

Published in July 3rd, 2009

Posted by Tom in software

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Firefox 3.5 (formerly known as 3.1) adds support for new web standards including audio and video tags and downloadable fonts, a private browsing mode, significantly improved JavaScript performance, and more. Ubuntu will not be upgrading the default Firefox package to 3.5 until Ubuntu 9.10. However, the universe repository in Ubuntu 9.04 includes a special firefox-3.5 [...]