Verizon Wireless Aircard on Ubuntu

This post was written while using Ubuntu 10.10, the Maverick Meerkat. I dual-boot my laptop with Windows for just 1 or 2 reasons, the main one being that I use a Verizon USB760 Aircard when I travel and Ubuntu doesn’t recognize it.  During this Labor Day weekend of 2011, I decided that I wanted to try [...] Read more »

Ubuntu 11.04 -Natty Narwhal

It’s long overdue, but I finally upgraded from Lucid to the newest version of Ubuntu on my desktop last week.  Natty has a new look and feel than its predecessors from the last few versions.  I’m actually reminded of a Mac OS a little bit, with the active window File Menu being at the very [...] Read more »

Firefox 4.0 for Ubuntu

Install Firefox 4 In Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 Via PPA Repository – The Proper Way Thanks to the guys over at Web Upd8 for this information. Basically all I did was force the Update Manager to see the Firefox Update from PPA.  Open a Terminal Window and type these commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable sudo apt-get [...] Read more »

Ubuntu 10.10 Meerkat

I am late in posting this, been busy lately.  Meerkat dropped on 10/10/10, coincidentally (or is it??) http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download Version Code name Release date Supported until Desktop Server 4.10 Warty Warthog 2004-10-20 2006-04-30 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog 2005-04-08 2006-10-31 5.10 Breezy Badger 2005-10-13 2007-04-13 6.06 LTS Dapper Drake 2006-06-01 2009-07-14 2011-06 6.10 Edgy Eft 2006-10-26 2008-04-25 7.04 [...] Read more »

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick “Beta” Released

In this month’s Ubuntu Newsletter, a link was posted about the first Beta for Maverick, the newest version of Ubuntu, 10.10.  I downloaded it myself and I might try installing it on an extra machine I have here.  If I do, I will post about the install process, possible bugs, and new features that I [...] Read more »

boot from CD cannot mount /dev/loop0

"(initramfs) mount: mounting /dev/loop0 on //filesystem.squashfs failed: input/output error. Can not mount /dev/loop0 (cdrom/casperfilesystem.squashfs) on //filesystem.squashfs." Read more »