Tag Archive: ubuntu

Dec
30

Hoops in the Air -OR- How I managed to upgrade Adobe Air to Version 1.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 and still get to use my favourite Air applications

Adobe Air

UPDATE: I recently had issues with Air and Twhirl again, and thanks to @smmehadi I found there was two steps I didn’t do to *completely* get rid of all traces of Air. I added that step into the list below. For reference, here’s the official Adobe Air Linux troubleshooting page. Adobe recently released the final …

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Aug
06

Fixing Windows MBR with Ubuntu 8.04.1 Live-CD

UPDATE: This works on Ubuntu 8.10 Live-CD too, just boot the livecd and execute the install-mbr command I’ve fixed MBRs before, using both the Windows install CD, and also using grub from an Ubuntu Live-CD. Today, neither of these worked on an HP 6710b laptop, where an Ubuntu partition (which contained grub) was removed (In …

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