1.Download firefox-5.0.1.tar.bz2 file.2.Extract the File(just right click and select Extract here)3. Move the folder to your Home folder(/home). Just cut and paste inside your home folder.4.Open the Terminal and Enter this command(this will make your system recognize the new firefox location): sudo ln -s ~/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox 5.You also need to create a symbolic link from […]
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VirtualBox 4.1 Final for Linux Released
VirtualBox 4.1 final is released for Linux. It is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. This version is a major update. The following major new features were added: * Support for cloning of VMs (bug #5853, see the manual for more information): full clones can be created […]
Banner Text Effect in Linux using Terminal? Ubuntu Tricks
Hi , this is funny Linux trick. if you give string, it will give banner text effect depending on the string. For example:if your string value is hackers, then it will generate the following : Requirements: Linux Internet How to Create this banner effect using Terminal? Open the Terminal Type sudo apt-get install sysvbanner It […]
[Fixed]No init found try passing init= bootarg | Ubuntu Inside Windows Booting Problem
I installed in ubuntu inside Windows XP. It works perfectly for 2 months. Recently I met with this problem: mount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: no such file or directorymount: mounting /dev on /root/sys failed: no such file or directorymount: mounting /sys on /root/sys failed: no such file or directorymount: mounting /proc on /root/proc failed: […]
How to Clear/Flush DNS cache in Linux/Windows/Mac Os?
If a website newly registered in internet world, it may not be loaded in your computer. For example, you register for example.com yesterday, still you may not see your web page. This is problem of DNS cache. Your local DNS cache is old one so it won’t know the newely available domain names. Sometime you […]