gPodder works with both windows & linux. I like it! I recommend it! Go here to get it!

YouTube – Remote desktop Ubuntu to windows or Windows to Ubuntu  Excellent video presentation of a software that could prove very handy for people that need assistance from their favorite “uber-geek.” This evidently is easy to install and use. It is promoted as completely free. It allows a trusted individual to take over your computer at your request from a remote location. Then, they can investigate problems and correct issues easily, just as if they were there. If this works as good as the video claims, then it is a great piece of software engineering! The software website is http://www.teamviewer.com, and the download is free!

Some of you use Windows. For those, I recommend Winamp. It works great, and does podcasts. It has been around a long time and has no real issues that i am aware of.

For linux users, specifically Ubuntu, I recommend gPodder. It comes in the Ubuntu Software Center, the install is straightforward (although it gave me an incorrect error message in which it stated that the install failed, which it didn’t. The install was great), and the software works fine. The important thing about software that I look for 1) is it easy to get 2) is it easy to use, and 3) is it buggy in any way. Well, this passes all easily.

I found this addon for firefox webrowser. It apparently is OS independent (as are most of the addons for firefox). I like it, use it, and recommend it.

The Browser Window Resizer is useful tool for testing different screen sizes. It accurately resizes your browser so you can test to see if the web page you’re working on looks right in all of the standard resolution sizes.
Window resizer supports the 640×480, 800×600, 1024×768, 1280×1024, 1600×1200 resolution sizes.  More….

I also am using FoxTab extension for Firefox. It is for “browsing” your open tabs. If you are one of those people that open many webpages, then this extension is right up your alley. It will make looking for that open page, and switching between them, a fun experience! Check it out:

FoxTab is a 3D tabbed browsing extension.
With 6 attractive layouts to choose from,
flipping between opened tabs becomes both easy and fun.

Cnet: “FoxTab turns your browser tabs into a spectacle”
Lifehacker: “FoxTab Brings Innovative, Attractive Tab Switching to Firefox”

I found this addon for Firefox: Fast Dial. It has the similar look as Chrome or Opera in that it has nine thumbnails of pages that are your favorites to go to.  Below is their list of features. I have tried it on Firefox in ubuntu 9.10 and it appears to work great! I recommend it!

Features:
- Press Ctrl+T to open Fast Dial page.
- Set browser home page to “about:blank” to have Fast Dial opened on startup.
- Add new sites to Fast Dial by right-clicking site page and choosing “Add to Fast Dial” from the context menu.
- Open thumbnail Properties from context menu or by moving mouse cursor over the top-right thumbnail corner.
- Assign a logo to any site on Advanced page in Properties dialog. Get more logos at userlogos.org site.
- Use drag-n-drop to change thumbnail position. Ctrl+drag to move thumbnail into a folder.
- Scroll Fast Dial page by mouse wheel or PgUp/PgDown keys if there’re more bookmarks that fit on the page.
- Enable thumbnail preview in thumbnail Properties dialog. Then left-click and hold on a thumbnail to see the preview.
- Customize any aspect of Fast Dial in Preferences.
- Themes. Use predefined ones, get more at userlogos.org or create your own.
- Set any bookmark folder to be Fast Dial home.
- Export/import any bookmark folder.

This article (on wiki.services.openoffice.org), which was checked for accuracy in June of ‘08, is a step by step plan to mail merge in open office. The spreadsheet plan appeals most to me, since I am more comfortable with it. Find it here.

Check out my plain webpage on Ubuntu programs and issues: http://www.tedgrier.com/ubuntu It will change from time to time as i add more things. I may even (someday) try to make it ‘pretty.’ LOL! Anyways, it is actually for me to remember what i add, and how to solve certain issues. You-all might find it useful!

Found at this site (go HERE), I have re-posted his information only to insure that it doesn’t disappear. I had nothing to do with this information, other than try it out. It fixed my font issues! Praise the Lord! Anyway, here is his blog content:

Welcome! I hope you enjoy this quick tutorial I made for all you Linux lovers out there!

Here is a quick tutorial to install e-Sword on Ubuntu Linux. e-Sword is one of the best bible study software out there, and the only reason I stayed with Windows as long as I did. It will be interesting to see if Rick Meyers will port it to a native linux program.  Until then, follow these instructions to get e-Sword running in Ubuntu using Wine. Note: I tested this with Ubuntu 9.04 and Wine version 1.0

First, install wine using a command line interface:

1. go to: Applications>Add/Remove…

2. Click on All on the left hand pane. In the right hand pane, search for Synaptic Package Manager. Check it, click apply changes. If it asks for your password, enter it and click O.K. This step will install Synaptic which will be used in a later step.

3. Once Synaptic is installed (You should see it in System>Administration) Go to: Applications>Accessories>Terminal

4. In the terminal, past in the following and press enter (This will update Synaptic’s lists for Wine which is a Windows layer needed for running e-Sword):

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

That will add the correct keys.  Now do the following to get the correct wine sources:

For Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Ubuntu Intrepid (8.10):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

For Ubuntu Hardy (8.04):
sudo wget http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list

5. Next paste: sudo apt-get update

6. Close the terminal and go to: Applications>System>Synaptic Package Manager

7. In the search box on the top of Synaptic, type in Wine and click search. In the list that displays, scroll down until you find wine. Check it. You may get a pop up asking you to install dependencies that Wine needs. Click mark and continue to install Wine. Click Apply at the top, and when a pop up windows comes up, click Apply again. Wait for the program to install.

As a command line replacement for step 7, you could just paste: sudo apt-get install wine in the terminal window.

8. Go to www.e-sword.net and download the latest version of e-Sword.

9. When the download pop-up window comes up, choose to open (run) the program using Wine. Wait for it to download the e-Sword installer. It should automatically continue with the e-Sword installation wizard.  If not, double click the install package.

10. Download msls31.dll from Dlldump.com.

11. Download Riched20.dll from Dlldump.com.

12. Copy the downloaded dll’s into the e-Sword directory by doing the following steps:

a. Places>Ryan (Change Ryan with your home directory)

b. Click on the view menu and check “Show Hidden Files”

c. Double Click .wine

d. Double click Drive_C

e. Double Click Program Files

f. Double Click E-Sword

g. Copy the two downloaded dll files into this directory

13. go to: Applications>Wine>Configure Wine

14. Click on the Libraries Tab, and in the “New override for Library” drop down box, find Riched20, click add, apply, and ok. Close out of Configure Wine.

15. go to: Applications>Other>E-Sword to run E-sword. Everything should work fine, including the Strong’s tool-tips pop-ups. Enjoy!

I have it. It is not on my main computer, but I have it installed. Full version, not beta. Many people seem to be upset that it is virtually just Vista that works right. So? It works right! That’s the point! For those of you that like windows (I don’t, I prefer ubuntu), check it out here. I think it is worth it, for all you windows fans! It will be on sale Thursday, October 22, 2009!  Enjoy!