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Update and upgrade Ubuntu and its packages from Ubuntu's command line Terminal.

It took me a while to find out how to run Google SketchUp 6 with Wine on Ubuntu Hardy Heron. The reason is that you have to install OpenGL with Wine first and you have to resolve some bugs. In fact, installing SketchUp with Wine isn't that difficult, as long as you know what to do. Here is a simple howto for installing Google SketchUp 6 with Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

Linux is thought to be almost invulnerable for computer viruses. But suppose that you receive a file from a Windows user that is contaminated with a virus. If you send this file to another Windows user, the latter person will either get a warning that you sent him a file with a virus or you may contaminate his computer with a virus.

For this reason, I still use a virus scanner in Ubuntu. Ubuntu's most popular virus scanner is called ClamAV. If you install packages called ClamAV via Synaptic, you will not have a GUI front-end that you can use when you want.

This how to describes how to install a GUI front-end for ClamAV in Ubuntu with your Synaptic Package Manager.

I like working with various workspaces (viewports) but if you have a laptop, it can be annoying as you may switch workspaces when you only touch your mouse. Read how to switch that off.

View all your open workspaces and the applications on each workspace.

Convert a weight in pounds into a weight in kilograms.

Convert a weight in kilograms into a weight in pounds.

If Firefox 3 closes down each time you visit certain sites, it may be because you have two flash movie players installed in Ubuntu. Uninstall one flash player to stop Firefox 3 from closing down.

The best strategy for using a webcam in Ubuntu is finding out if a webcam works with Linux before you buy it, even though many webcams will just work when you simply plug them in your machine. In case you did already buy a webcam, read how to get it working in Ubuntu.

If you do not have the permission to do something in Nautilus, you can restart Nautilus with root privileges in order to get those permissions.

Move a XOOPS site to another folder. For example, if a XOOPS site that you created in a folder is ready, you may wish to move it to the root of your site.

Convert a temperature in Celcius to Fahrenheit.

Convert a temperature in Fahrenheit to a temperature in Celcius.

The national cocktail of Brazil is called Caipirinha. Read how to make a Caipirinha!

If you changed the keyboard layout from QWERTY to AZERTY in Ubuntu, your login screen may still use the QWERTY keyboard layout. Read how to change that to AZERTY.

If you create content with the Koivi editor in XOOPS, it adds useless, empty attributes to your hyperlinks like shape="" type="" coords="". Read how to get rid of these.

I like to ping the website of my internet service provider (ISP) when internet is slow. This way, I can quickly see if the problem is created locally or if my ISP is down. While this howto describes how to ping a website with Ubuntu, I prefer to have this option included in my menu so that I don't have to type the command each time. Read how to add an item to your menu to ping your ISP.

Add an item in your main menu that runs a command in terminal.

"There has been a sharing violation", "The source or destination file may be in use", "The file is in use by another program or user", "Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use" or "Cannot delete file: Access is denied": Do you get error messages like these when you try to delete of move files on your Windows machine?

If you do, there is an easy way to past these error messages. Read how to unlock your files.

Translate a XOOPS module to another language, make all its default text available in another language.

Remove duplicate content generated by the XOOPS TAG module.

Show the people who logged in to your XOOPS website a different text than the visitors who did not log in.

When you use the date modified to sort files, the most recent files are probably the ones that you opened most recently. Read how to save files so that you can sort your documents with the date they were created. This is really necessary if you have a large number of documents, or if you have the good habit to save various versions of a document you are working on.

Quickly replace Compiz by Metacity as your active Windows Manager.

Mozilla Firefox wants to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Read how you can be part of this!

Show a message like "No Comments Yet" when there are no comments on an article in XOOPS. Such a message makes it easier for your visitors to understand the comment section of a webpage. IMHO, such a message should have been included by default in XOOPS modules where you can comment, but unfortunately it hasn't always. Read how to add it.

Increase the usability of your XOOPS site by showing a "Please login to comment" message below your articles to people who are not logged in on your site.

Move a window to another place on your desktop, or move it to another workspace.

View previews of Windows if you move with your mouse pointer over these windows in your desktop panel.

Magnify part of your Ubuntu desktop.