Entries for the ‘HowTo’ Category
OpenOffice.org 3.1 For Hardy, Intrepid, Jaunty
Quick and easy guide to upgrading your OpenOffice.org to 3.1 on Ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid, or Jaunty using the Scribblers PPA.
Ubuntu 8.10: Upgrading VLC to 0.9.8a
PPA For OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 For Hardy/Intrepid
The OpenOffice.org Scribblers PPA has been updated to include OO.o 3.0.1 for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron users.
Apt-get GPG Error: Public Key Not Available
I spent the evening relocating a local mirror of Ubuntu’s Hardy and Intrepid repository from one machine to another. When I was finished, I went about updating the sources.list files on the various computers when I encountered a GPG error. One of the four Launchpad PPA repos I follow added a signature and I didn’t have the public key in which to verify it.
Ubuntu: Changing Your Computer’s Hostname
Huh!? luke@digglers is what you really picked for a hostname? You really wanted luke@skywalkers and this is how you change it.
Installing OO.o 3.0.0 Onto Hardy Heron (and Intrepid Ibex) [DEPRECATED]
Seeing that the probability of OpenOffice.org 3.0.0 being backported to Ubuntu Hardy Heron is low, I look into how to install it on my own.
OpenOffice.org 2.4.x Dark Theme Workaround With Ubuntu 8.04
Using a dark GTK theme sometimes causes OpenOffice.org 2.4.x applications to default to high contrast theme making them difficult to use. Here’s a workaround that forces OpenOffice.org to use an alternate GTK theme.

