How to Completely Remove W.I.N.E.
Completely removing Wine can be harder than just removing it from the Synaptic package manager. You can even delete the hidden .wine folder in your home directory and still have Wine configuration files left behind. So in case you want to completely remove Wine, simply copy and paste the following in the terminal. It will uninstall Wine and remove it from the menu as well.
sudo apt-get remove wine
Then
rm -rf $HOME/.wine
rm -f $HOME/.config/menus/applications-merged/wine*
rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/applications/wine
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/desktop-directories/wine*
rm -f $HOME/.local/share/icons/????_*.xpm
Then you can reinstall it if you so desire.
How To Restore The Original Panel And Menu Bar in Ubuntu
Open Terminal: Ctrl+Shift+T
Execute these three commands:
gconftool-2 –shutdown
rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel
pkill gnome-panel
The panels should reappear without logging out.
A Scam I Almost Fell For
I consider myself pretty skeptical when it comes to the Internet. I am currently job hunting and this scam almost got me. The first clue was that it was sent from a gmail account. That was enough to start the wheels going. Then he had me go to a different web site then the company he represented. At that point I was suspicious. I then contacted the Human Resources department of the company of the web site he gave. I then did a search of the text used in the job offer. It was then I found the exact wording used almost 2 years a go. It was too close to be anything then a copy of the previous scam. Notice one last clue, “During the training you will be paid by New Business Solutions, Inc. directly to your bank account.” In other words they want your bank account information so they can steal your money. This was the red flag that made me start checking. I then reported the scam.
First Email
Good day Jay,
This is Josh West, assistant staff manager from New Business Solutions, Inc.. Jay,
I have noticed your resume at Career Builder job site. Your education
really interested me. As far as I understand, you are most interested in
customer service area. Today New Business Solutions, Inc. has a vacancy in your state,
I would like to offer. It is both part time and full time position of the
Customer Service Manager. Annual salary starts from $36,000 for the part
time and over $50,000 for the full time. Additionally, we provide the 20
days training course to cover all aspects of our products. During these 4
weeks training you will be paid $500 weekly. This is ENTRY LEVEL position.
Jay, if you are still looking for a job, and this offer interested you,
let me know. I will provide you with more detailed information upon your
request. Please, reply at your earliest convenience, because this vacancy
is the only and immediate.
Yours respectfully,
Josh West
Assistant Project Manager, New Business Solutions, Inc..
Second Email
Hello Jay,
I am glad that you are interested! Here is the detailed information
about this vacancy, Jay.
OUR COMPANY
To learn more about New Business Solutions, Inc and iCommerce platform, please visit
the web site of our subsidiary company engaged in worldwide promotion:
WWW.TRIVNET.COM
New Business Solutions, Inc is a dynamic e-business development company, widely
recognized for its professionalism and track record of success.
New Business Solutions, Inc is committed to delivering the latest technologies that
enrich people’s lives with our leading-edge iCommerce platform for
wireless and ISP carriers. The company’s patented technology enables
all types of online payment and supports multiple access channels,
transaction models, networks and devices.
New Business Solutions, Inc iCOMMERCE PLATFORM
iCommerce platform enables the rapid and efficient introduction of new
merchants, distributors, services and products, instantly bringing
interactive commerce services to the entire subscriber base. It also
lowers operational costs by leveraging existing investments in
infrastructure, while providing the operator with an advanced, unified,
comprehensive and business-driven infrastructure capable of delivering
all existing and future payments, promotions and electronic recharging
services.
In general, iCommerce platform represents very flexible Internet payment
system that accepts almost every e-currency and transaction method.
iCommerce allows customers and users to perform any kind of transfer from
one money system to another in no time. This system enables our customers
to broaden the variety of accepted payment methods, to reduce the transaction
time and to make the whole payment operation highly secured. For example,
iCommerce allows performing a direct exchange from PayPal to Western Union
or from Western Union to bank account. Money can now be sent from one system
to another in no time. Also iCommerce lets customers to provide the
person-to-business transfers for every user, when other systems provide the
person-to-person transfers only.
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
New Business Solutions, Inc is located in ISRAEL and needs customer service representatives
worldwide. Today our US customers require specialists to manage
iCommerce platform to assist users. So customer service manager will be an
official employee of one of the telecom operator that we serve. Today our
company serves 7 large telecom operators in USA.
New Business Solutions, Inc will provide the 20 days training course that would be sufficient
to start working in one of these companies. We guarantee this immediate
employability after the training period.
Responsibilities will be to provide assistance with iCommerce platform to current
telecom operator. Customer service manager’s accountability will be to instruct
users, to provide the current statuses of their operations in the system and to
be ready to answer on any general question about iCommerce. Candidate will get
all necessary knowledge and experience during the training. No previous experience
with iCommerce or alternative systems is required.
New Business Solutions, Inc provides a training course to cover all aspects of the iCommerce
platform operation and maximization. Duration is 20 week days. This course is
to be done distantly. This means that you will be studying from your own home or
university computer with Internet access. You will not need to attend to any
lectures or seminars. During the training you will be paid by New Business Solutions, Inc
directly to your bank account. The training period wage is $500 USD weekly. This
training course can be started at any time on any week day.
After you finish the training course successfully, you become a certified
New Business Solutions, Inc specialist. And you start working in one of the US telecom companies
that our organization serves. Usually it takes no more then 5 week days after the
training course to start working in the company. First guaranteed salary is $2900
monthly for the part time and $4100 for the full time. Superannuation is provided
by the telecom company.
Jay, if you have any questions, then ask me freely. I will be glad to clarify
at any time. If you are interested to start the training course, please let me know
as soon as possible. And i want to repeat again, the training course
is absolutely free, you don’t have to pay any fees to start.
Yours respectfully,
Josh West
Assistant Project Manager, New Business Solutions, Inc.
LINKS
http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies-archive.cfm/785536.html
http://www.scam.com/showthread.php?p=546805
http://www.ripoffreport.com/Software/Primesoftware/primesoftware-fast-cash-scam-i-5d3e9.htm
REPORT A SCAM
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/reporting.php
Ubuntu One Problems – Capacities Mismatch
If you were using the beta version of Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala you might have problems with your Ubuntu one client. After you upgrade your system to the final release, you may still have a problem.
Here is how I fixed it in my system. I opened synaptic package manager and noticed I had both a ubuntuone-client and a ubuntuone-client-beta. The beta was the one installed, so I chose the one that didn’t have the beta. In the process of installing it will remove the beta version. After that I then right clicked on the Ubuntu One icon on the upper task bar and closed it. I then went to Applications > Internet and clicked on Ubuntu One to restart it. It seems to be working fine now.
LINKS: Linux and Open Source News for October 25, 2009
This weeks podcast (for October 25, 2009) was canceled because I have a bad cold. We do however want to share the research links that were created for this podcast:
NEWS
Red Hat Ranked as #1 Software Vendor for Fifth Time in CIO Insight Study
Red Hat passes Microsoft’s stock price, now what?
Apple shuts down ZFS open source project
SCO story ends with a whimper
SCO fires CEO Darl McBride, architect of litigation strategy
Random users Google Voice mail is searchable by anyone?
IBM and Canonical team up against Windows 7
Amazon: Windows 7 is ‘the biggest pre-order product of all time’
FCC Agrees to Set Rules on Net Neutrality Canada Gets New Neutrality Rules
Nation’s First Open Source Election Software Released
Mozilla disables vulnerable Microsoft plugin for Firefox
Firefox blocks, then unblocks, Microsoft add-on
Stallman Urges EC to Stop Oracle Acquisition of Sun
MySQL founder says Oracle should let go of MySQL
Sun cuts global workforce by 10 percent
Sun Communications Server speaks VoIP
LynxSecure Selected by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
CME Group Uses Red Hat Solutions to Process Over a Quadrillion Dollars in Critical Financial Transactions Per Year
Bell, Torvalds usher in next wave of supercomputing
Everything Linux store set for opening on Friday
Symbian Foundation Releases Open Source Microkernel
Mozilla to support Web Open Font Format in Firefox 3.6
Eeevolution – Eeebuntu 4.0 and beyond.
Metasploit Security Site Bought by Rapid7
Mozilla’s Raindrop to Provide a Tidy In-Box for Everything
System76 Prepares Ubuntu 9.10 PCs, Notebooks
REVIEW: Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Promises to Strengthen Distro’s Position as Desktop Favorite
Keeping Ubuntu CDs Available
Happy Birthday, Ubuntu! – Our favorite operating system is turning 5 years old
LINUX MOBILE NEWS
Nokia – ShowPressRelease
Bigger News for Verizon Than Motorola’s Droid
Smartphone smackdown: Motorola Droid vs. iPhone 3GS
Motorola Droid coming to Best Buy on 24 October?
Motorola Droid (”Sholes”) hits the FCC with AT&T-friendly 3G – for real this time.
Acer to release Android smartphone
HTC posts Hero kernel source code
Symbian Foundation opens smartphone kernel source code
RELEASES
Stable kernels 2.6.27.38 and 2.6.31.5
Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 1) – Network subsystem and network drivers
GNOME 2.28.1 released
CentOS 5.4
Constantine Gets Ready to Unite Again: Fedora 12 Beta Now Available
Fedora 12 Goodness OpenBSD 4.6 Released
Open Source Nuxeo EP and DM 5.3 Support OpenSocial
Talend Upgrades Leading Enterprise Open Source Data Integration Solutions
Open Office 3.2 Beta
A sneak preview of new OpenOffice 3.2 part 1
Open Office 4 Kids
SpringSource releases Spring 3.0
BeRTOS 2.3.0 Released
SeaMonkey 2.0 RC2 arrives
Caffeine 1.0 For Linux Released
Avant Window Navigator (AWN) 0.4 Beta Available
Development Release: Chakra Fuzzy
Elive 1.9.51
RSSOwl 2.0
Wine 1.1.32 Released
sidux 2009.3 Preview 1
MOPSLinux 7.0 Alpha 2.7
Review of Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
I made the plunge. I am now running Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala on my main system, even though it is still beta. I had problems with my first attempt, but I downloaded the latest beta and I have had no problems. Being a podcaster I am so happy they finally straightened out the sound preferences. I also really like the Ubuntu Software Store. It makes browsing software a lot easier. The new version of Ubuntu also defaults to ext4 and grub2, though it is really not noticed. The artwork is better, but still brown – though dark brown. I like the changing desktop wallpaper. I give it an A. Still suggesting people hold off till the final release before upgrading.
What is Microsoft Up To?
You may be asking about what Microsoft is up to with their Codeplex open source foundation. I think there is a clue with the release of three operating systems recently. Microsoft has three Open Source operating systems, they are Singularity, Barrelfish, and Helios. As OS News reported, they are “available as open source software” and is “licensed under a BSD-like license.” Now why would Microsoft open source anything. I think that they are planning to compete with Linux. When the EU or other government decides that it is only taking bids from open source vendors, Micosoft’s Codeplex can step up to the plate. As you may know, the BSD license is free enough to add proprietary code with it like Apple has done. That also means that they could give the OS away free and charge for Office and other programs. They could even charge for added functionality by charging for add on modules or codecs. They could also copy Red Hat, whose profits are soaring, and charge for service contracts. Yes Microsoft’s service sucks, but they could contract that out to a third party and collect money through them. This may simply be a plan B for them. There is too many coincidences here that are contrary to Microsoft usual way of doing things. They have to have an open source alternative or they will loose their profitability. Tell me another goods explanation on why they would release three operating systems as open source and then start an open source foundation?
LINKS
http://www.osnews.com/story/22241/Microsoft_Releases_Code_for_Multikernel_Research_OS_Barrelfish
http://www.osnews.com/story/22251/Another_Microsoft_Research_Operating_System_Helios
Richard Stallman, Miguel de Icaza “is basically a traitor”
The reported comment by Richard Matthew Stallman concerning Miguel de Icaza is rumor, not news. One sentence quoted from memory by Martin Owens without context is not enough. Miguel de Icaza “is basically a traitor to the Free Software community.” Even Jason Perlow from ZDnet got confused that the context was Mono, but Martin Owens corrected this. So what is the context? Until we know that I suggest we suspend judgment concerning it. Remember that Miguel used to work for the Free Software Foundation and now by being on the Board of Directors of the CodePlex Foundation, created by Microsoft to serve its purposes, one could argue that Miguel has gone to the dark side. From that perspective one could say that Miguel de Icaza “is basically a traitor to the Free Software community.” Here we need to draw a distinction between Free Software ideology and Open Source pragmatism. From a pragmatic open source perspective Miguel is no trader. He is true to the philosophy of open source which says open source is the best way to do software. Not the only way, just the best way. From the Free Software perspective such a view misses the point. Closed source software is not just inferior, but wrong. It is not a matter of best practices, it is an ethical issue. Microsoft is not only inferior, it is morally wrong. Therefore to help support the ends of Microsoft is morally wrong. So clearly we need to know the context of Richard Stallman’s comments before we beginning bashing him.
LINKS
http://doctormo.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/software-freedom-day-in-boston/
http://www.osnews.com/story/22225/RMS_De_Icaza_Traitor_to_Free_Software_Community
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/34a18f8b64cdd2d1?pli=1
http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Sep-23.html
http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=11167
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/27980/1090/
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090927151401988
http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2009/Oct-05.html
Ubuntu Commonly used restricted packages
For those of you who hate to install all kinds of codecs just to get your Ubuntu Linux system to run multimedia, there is a bundle that you can download through your synaptic package manger called “ubuntu-restricted-extras”. This bundle currently includes:
cabextract (version 1.2-3) will be installed
freepats (version 20060219-1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (version 0.10.6.2-1ubuntu2) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll (version 0.9.1.1+cvs20080215-1ubuntu1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (version 0.10.11-2ubuntu1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse (version 0.10.11-0ubuntu1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly (version 0.10.10.2-1build1) will be installed
gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse (version 0.10.7-2) will be installed
liba52-0.7.4 (version 0.7.4-11ubuntu1) will be installed
libass1 (version 0.9.5-2) will be installed
libavcodec-unstripped-52 (version 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu2+unstripped1) will be installed
libavformat52 (version 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6) will be installed
libavutil-unstripped-49 (version 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu2+unstripped1) will be installed
libcdaudio1 (version 0.99.12p2-7) will be installed
libcelt0 (version 0.5.1-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libdc1394-22 (version 2.0.2-1) will be installed
libdca0 (version 0.0.5-0.1) will be installed
libdvdnav4 (version 4.1.3-3) will be installed
libdvdread4 (version 4.1.3-4ubuntu2) will be installed
libenca0 (version 1.9-6) will be installed
libfaac0 (version 1.26-0.1ubuntu2) will be installed
libfaad0 (version 2.6.1-3.1) will be installed
libffado0 (version 2.0~rc1-0ubuntu2) will be installed
libfftw3-3 (version 3.1.2-3.1ubuntu1) will be installed
libfreebob0 (version 1.0.11-0ubuntu1) will be installed
libgmyth0 (version 1:0.7.1-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libid3tag0 (version 0.15.1b-10) will be installed
libiptcdata0 (version 1.0.2+libtool01-2ubuntu1) will be installed
libjack0 (version 0.116.1-3ubuntu3) will be installed
liblrdf0 (version 0.4.0-1.1) will be installed
libmad0 (version 0.15.1b-4) will be installed
libmjpegtools-1.9 (version 1:1.9.0-0.0ubuntu3) will be installed
libmms0 (version 0.4-2) will be installed
libmodplug0c2 (version 1:0.8.4-3ubuntu1.1) will be installed
libmp3lame0 (version 3.98-0.0) will be installed
libmpcdec3 (version 1.2.2-1build1) will be installed
libmpeg2-4 (version 0.4.1-3) will be installed
libmysqlclient15off (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
libneon27-gnutls (version 0.28.2-6.1) will be installed
libofa0 (version 0.9.3-3) will be installed
libopenspc0 (version 0.3.99a-2) will be installed
libpostproc51 (version 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6) will be installed
libquicktime1 (version 2:1.1.0+debian-1build1) will be installed
libraptor1 (version 1.4.18-2) will be installed
libsidplay1 (version 1.36.59-5) will be installed
libsoundtouch1c2 (version 1.3.1-2) will be installed
libswscale0 (version 3:0.svn20090303-1ubuntu6) will be installed
libtwolame0 (version 0.3.12-1) will be installed
libwildmidi0 (version 0.2.2-2) will be installed
libx264-65 (version 1:0.svn20081230-0.0ubuntu1) will be installed
libxml++2.6-2 (version 2.24.0-1ubuntu1) will be installed
libxvidcore4 (version 2:1.1.2-0.1ubuntu3) will be installed
mysql-common (version 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.2) will be installed
raptor-utils (version 1.4.18-2) will be installed
ttf-liberation (version 1.04.93-1) will be installed
ttf-mscorefonts-installer (version 2.6) will be installed
ubuntu-restricted-extras (version 31) will be installed
unrar (version 1:3.8.5-1) will be installed
Please also note that packages from multiverse are restricted by copyright or legal issues in some countries.
See http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing
for more information.
Ubuntu’s Multisearch Mess-Up
Christopher Tozzi reported,
Beginning a couple of weeks ago, individuals testing the next release of Ubuntu, which will appear in stable form in October, found that performing a Google search from within the Firefox toolbar or from Ubuntu’s start page led to a custom results page with a modified interface. A vague wiki entry about the new feature describes it as part of an “experiment” to collect data about user search habits and send them back to Ubuntu developers, ostensibly in order to “lead into work that can try to reduce the time spent when searching. This discovery prompted an angry response in bug reports and an Ubuntu forums thread, where developers were blasted for unilaterally implementing a feature with questionable consequences for user privacy.
What we expect is communication and transparency from a Free and Open Source company and project. The issue is not the multisearch, the issue is doing something to our project without asking or letting us know. Ubuntu is suppose to be about community, and Linux is something you do with the community, not to the community. It is that feeling of it not being our distribution that is the problem. Once the community loses the feeling of ownership, the community will go elsewhere.
The following are just a few suggestions for future changes:
1. Communicate, communicate, communicate. The key to any relationship is communication.
2. Communicate what you want to do, why you want to do it.
3. If it deals with money, privacy, or freedom of choice be especially careful.
4. Have us opt in to those kinds of things, not opt out.
5. Make suggestion on it and get community feedback before implementing it.
6. Try to gain consensus whenever at all possible. At least try.
7. After you mess up, give an apology with a plan to prevent future events of this kind.
LINKS
- http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/14/multisearch-in-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala-alpha-privacy-concerns/comment-page-1/#comment-5333
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Multisearch
- http://www.asoftsite.org/s9y/archives/162-What-is-this-Multisearch-thing-in-my-Firefox-about.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.5/+bug/402767
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox-3.0/+bug/402767/comments/87
- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1219501
