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Activate WebGL support on Firefox 4

By Marco Di Fresco, on March 28th, 2011

Firefox 4 has been released few days ago, as we seen on the guide on how to install it on Ubuntu. The Linux version of Firefox is almost identical to the Windows and Mac version, except for a major aspect popular in this new version: the Linux version of Firefox 4 does not support WebGL . . . → Read More: Activate WebGL support on Firefox 4

Install Firefox on Ubuntu with official repository

By Marco Di Fresco, on March 23rd, 2011

Few days ago the final version of Firefox 4 come to life.

With this guide I will show you how to install Firefox 4 on Ubuntu and its variants with the official repositories.

Update Mplayer on Ubuntu

By Marco Di Fresco, on February 14th, 2011

Since Ubuntu is not a rolling-release distribution, programs like Mplayer do not receive any major update, beside bug-fixes, until each new release of the distribution itself.

Here it is a guide on how to keep Mplayer updated on Ubuntu.

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Update VLC on Ubuntu

By Marco Di Fresco, on February 7th, 2011

Since Ubuntu is not a rolling-release distribution, programs like VideoLAN VLC do not receive any major update, beside bug-fixes, until each new release of the distribution itself.

Here it is a guide on how to keep VLC updated on Ubuntu.

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Install LibreOffice on Ubuntu with official repository

By Marco Di Fresco, on January 31st, 2011

Few days ago the final version of LibreOffice 3.3, the spin-off of OpenOffice born after the the issues between Document Foundation and Oracle, come to life.

With this guide I will show you how to install LibreOffice 3.3 on Ubuntu and its variants with the official repositories.