Updating Firefox

It'll take some time to get the official mozilla release of firefox to appear on the ubuntu repository (some security reasons)....
You cant update the firefox from firefox because you cant find the update option in the Help menu

If you wanna keep your browser up-to-date with mozilla official release

Goto-»Applications-»Accessories-»Terminal -»then type sudo firefox
then you'll see update option in the Help menu

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Developing .NET Applications with Mono in Linux

Mono is a Cross Platform, Open Source .NET development framework Install MonoDevelop IDE Go to terminal sudo apt-get install monodevelop To run asp.net application you'll need a webserver with asp.net support XSP is a simple web server written in C# that can be used to run asp.net applications sudo apt-get install mono-xsp2 Now You are ready to go Applications->Programming->MonoDevelop and start developing .NET applications from your ubuntu To develop VB.NET applications sudo apt-get install mono-vbnc Lots of other packages and plugins are also available for mono. Try them by yourself. And enjoy the freedom of OpenSource

Wanna change your user name

Here is the command to change your user name in your ubuntu system First run the terminal Application->Accessories->Terminal In the terminal Type the command sudo usermod --login new_username old_username Now restart your system

Software Installation Problem

Ever encountered this problem when you try to install a new software using synaptic or apt-get getting an error message like this E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock the download directory Soln: Issue this command on terminal sudo rm /var/cache/apt/archives/lock then try again

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