best linux games

found an interesting article online about what they thought were the best free linux games. Good idea to check some of these out, methinks.

true streaming video in firefox 3.0 Beta

okay, I figured it out in this thread from Ubuntu Forums. I used these commands to purge the old plugins:

sudo apt-get remove kaffeine-mozilla mozilla-helix-player mozilla-mplayer mozilla-plugin-vlc totem-mozilla xine-plugin

and then these to install the new mplayer gecko plugin:

sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer

and I went back to Apple's trailer site and could watch trailers!

note, if you have problems, check the thread mentioned at the top for troubleshooting.

plugins for opera

I've been trying to get media plugins to work in Opera (since Firefox 3.0 Beta is freezing up my computer when I try to play trailers on Apple's website). In fiddling around, it seems that Opera is referencing my Mozilla directory to use the plugins I have there. I used Synaptic to install "mplayerplug-in" so I could use mplayer to play videos online.

it does play the videos...but I only get sound and a black popup window which opens up and blocks part of my screen. irritating, to say the least.

oh well, I'm gonna keep fiddling with this...let you know what works out in the end...

On to Hardy Heron!

Well, over spring break I upgraded to Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) on my laptop. It went pretty smoothly. I'm still trying to get Avant Window Manager working the way I had it going in Gutsy. I think it's actually going to be another month or so before they get everything on that ironed out so it works up to par.

Gnome-Do came in the regular repositories, which was a relief. Overall, I do enjoy it a bunch. I have had a little difficulty with Rhythmbox and Amarok sporadically not working, and whenever I try to watch trailers in Firefox Beta 3.0 the whole computer freezes up. I had to download Firefox 2 to use my school's website to take tests and stuff because JRE (Java Runtime Environment) isn't working that great in 3.0 yet.

Pretty good, overall, though, I'd say. I'll be posting an installation guide this summer. I gotta get past exams before I spend much time on anything else.