Opera 10

It has been a while since I have been using Opera 10 on Ubuntu. It seems that a usable browser has finally arrived. Firefox is good, but it is awfully slow on Ubuntu (all versions I have tried), especially on those flash sites or Javascript heavy sites. Opera 9 is okay, but it hangs a lot on Javascript/ flash heavy sites. It is a rejoice to see something finally works well.

Opera setup

To get Opera, add the this

deb http://deb.opera.com/opera stable non-free

to the Software Source (under System->Administration). After add the key from http://deb.opera.com/. Now Opera should be on your repository and ready for you to install.


Also refer to instruction on Opera's site http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/841/

Off Topic: MCE 2005

Today when I tried to play files using MCE2005, I found video, music and few other options were missing fron the MCE. After hunting around, I found this instruction which successfully bring back all the options: http://www.eggheadcafe.com/forumarchives/windowsmediacenter/Sep2005/post23921289.asp

Improving media playback

Media playback on Ubuntu can be improved by installing extra codec from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

Opera mini and my nokia e63

After reading many good post on the discussion forums about Opera mini, I decided to give it a good on my Nokia E63 as the Nokia browser come with the phone is slow and buggy at times especially these sites with Javescripts. What can I say, it is much better experience with the Opera mini on this phone. Browsing the WWW is reasonable ... in fact, I am typing this post with my phone using the Opera mini

xorg.conf

I just found this little utility called xorg-options-editor-gtk which allows me to customize the xorg.conf "graphically". Although I would like something simpler, it guess this will do for now. It is a lot better than customizing the configuration file by hand with a text editor!

Linksys HP200

Finally, Linksys release the driver for Linksys&at;Home HP200 Wireless PC Card. This model was particular troublesome as it seemed Linksys&at;Home was a special brand for Tesco. Hence, there was no trace of such product on Linksys page before. Anyway, if you like me who has a Linksys&at;Home HP200 card, grab the driver from Linksys before they change their mind.