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If you are new to Ubuntu (Linux), and want to install the fonts, then here is an easy solution:

Install Fonts in Ubuntu

First you have to create a folder with the name .fonts in your user’s folder, for example,

/home/username/.fonts/

After creating the folder .fonts, simply copy the fonts files you want to install in Ubuntu.

Now you will be able to see the newly fonts installed on your machine.

Confusions ?

If you still dont see the change, then you may restart your Ubuntu to change the effects.

Any confusions? Just post your comments in the comments box.

Hope this will help you installing fonts in Ubuntu.

If you are getting the error:

Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension
or
Your PHP installation appears to be missing the MySQL extension which is required by WordPress

while installing WordPress or some other API  on your Ubuntu (Linux) machine, then there might be possibility that you have not installed the php-mysql package.

As now, PHP5 is the latest version, so you have to follow the steps below:

simply goto the Terminal (gnome-terminal) through:

Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

and write the following command:

sudo apt-get install php5-mysql

and restart your apache server by the following command:

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

If you want to install LAMP on your system using Ubuntu, then the following post can help you:
http://www.webtechquery.com/index.php/2010/01/install-php-mysql-and-apache-lamp-on-ubuntu-linux/

While updating Ubuntu through Update Manager, an unwanted update applied to Firefox, where Firefox is nomore Firefox, but Namoroka.

Namoroka Problem

Well, Namoroka may be good, but for me, some of the addons which were installed on Firefox, stopped working, because they are not supported by Namoroka. May be we will be seeing the addons support for it in the next release or so, but if you think that addons and extensions are more important than Namoroka, then here is a solution for installing Firefox (Firefox 3.5), so that we can move from Namoroka to Firefox.

How To Install Firefox 3.5

To install Firefox 3.5, follow the steps below:

1. Download Firefox 3.5 file from the following link:
   Firefox 3.5
2. Extract the downloaded tar.bz2 file in any folder like: /home/programs/
3. Goto your Desktop, and Right Click anywhere in the screen, and choose Create Launcher…
   (A popup window of Create Launcher will appear)
4. Input the Name field with whatever the name you want to call your Firefox shortcut link, like Firefox 3.5
5. In the Command field, give the full path of firefox file, which is saved under the extracted firefox folder, like if we take the above path, then the path will be:
   /home/programs/firefox/firefox

This is it.

Now you can use Firefox, not Firefox Namoroka, by double clicking the Launcher, we’ve just created. Even it could be replaced with the panel shortcut, from Namoroka to Firefox.

If you are searching for an Alternate MSN Messenger for Linux, Ubuntu etc., then there is a good alternate messenger aMSN I’ve found, after emesene, which will make you feel like you are using MSN Messenger in Windows. As mentioned on the aMSN website, it is actually a free open source MSN Messenger clone.

aMSN Features And Plugins

Some of aMSN features are:

• Offline Messaging
• Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
• Sign in to more than one account at once
• Full-speed File transfers
• Group support
• Chat logs
• Timestamping
• Event alarms
• Tabbed chat windows

You may even find more features in the aMSN website

Plugins of aMSN could be found in the folowing website, including aMSN Plus! , msntranslator etc. at:
aMSN Plugins

How To Install aMSN

If you are using Ubuntu, then you can simply goto

System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager

And find the package or software as “aMSN“
and start using aMSN, after successfully installing it from Synaptic Package Manager.

Or you can install the other Linux versions (including Ubuntu) from the following website:
http://www.amsn-project.net/linux-downloads.php

aMSN is also available and could be downloaded and installed for Windows, MAC OS X

Also check out emesene, which is also a good alternative to MSN Messenger for Ubuntu / Linux etc. :
http://www.webtechquery.com/index.php/2010/04/msn-messenger-linux-ubuntu-debian-fedora/

As viruses are very common nowadays, especially the ones which come from the websites, and safe browsing is what everyone wants to have. So, if you are doubtful about any website and want to check its current status, then Google is there to provide you the Safe Browsing Status, if the website you are going to visit is suspicious, or if the website is hosted as malware.

To get to know about the Safe Browsing Status of any website, you have to visit the following link:

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=www.webtechquery.com/

This link will show you the status of WebtechQuery. To check your desired website, just modify the above link with your website address instead of WebtechQuery. Like, if you want to know the Safe Browsing Status of Google, then your link will be:
http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=www.google.com/

After finding many of the extensions and add-ons for Google Chrome, I got to know that finding Google Chrome Extensions for disabling images is quite difficult as compared to make it disable directly from the Chrome options.

How To Disable Images In Google Chrome

For Disabling the images from Google Chrome, simply click on the Toolbar icon, choose Options.
Goto the Third Tab “Under The Hood“, and choose Content settings. There, choose the option Do not show any images and Close the window by pressing the Close button.

You can also use Exceptions button, where you can put your whitelisted websites, so that the images will not be blocked by hitting those whitelist URLs.

If you want to order an iGoogle Gadger for Free, just like on the blog WebtechQuery Gadget, where iGoogle Gadget was created with the name of WebtechQuery Search, then you can send me an email with your web address and logo (optional), to get an iGoogle Gadget for your website.

Why To Order Google Gadget For Free

This will help you adding your Search Gadget on iGoogle, so that iGoogle users can add it to their iGoogle homepage, and search on your website using that Gadget. This will also help you in making your SEO stronger, in case your Gadget becomes famous.

Send Your Details For Ordering Free Google Gadget

Before sending me the email, you have to make sure that your site supports searching feature, as the provided Google Gadget will only be able to redirect the users from the Gadget to your website’s search page.
Please note that this free offer will be a limited time offer, so whoever wants to order for a Free iGoogle Gadget, send me an email at webtechquery@gmail.com

Create Your Own Google Gadget

Or if you are interested in creating your own Google Gadget, then you can view another of my post:
How to create a Google Gadget for iGoogle?

While posting different posts on the website, I thought to make a Google Search Gadget for WebtechQuery.com.

If you are an iGoogle user, then you simply have to click on the link WebtechQuery Search and choose Add it now button, to add that link on your iGoogle page.

Information related to iGoogle should be found on another of my post at:
How to use iGoogle .

You can check another of my post for creating Google Gadgets, just like I did, at:
How to create a Google Gadget for iGoogle?

If you are unable to connect to FTP server in Ubuntu (Linux), then the most easy way is to use Mozilla FireFox FireFTP. You don’t need to install any separate software for uploading and downloading on your FTP server. Simply install this addon in your FireFox, and you will be able to upload and download files from your FTP server.

Why FireFTP

From some of its great features, the amazing feature of FireFTP is that it is Cross-Platform. It works on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux. As it is an addon of FireFox, so there is no worry of its availability on different platforms. The other good feature is that it is Free.

Download FireFTP

You can download FireFTP through its official website FireFTP, or search for FireFTP on FireFox Addons website.

If you have a website or a blog, and you want your visitors to share your contents on their social networks aka Social Bookmarking, like Twitter, Facebook etc., then AddThis is an efficient way to share your content and make your SEO more stronger. Though AddThis is not the only web tool, which provides such facility, but this is the one which other big portals have also been using on their websites.

Share Your Web Content On Social Networks

You can AddThis on your WordPress, Blogger / Blogspot, MySpace or any other website. There are around 255 networks where visitors can share and bookmark your website’s contents and posts.

How To Install AddThis

All you have to do is, goto the website AddThis, choose your web service, i.e. WordPress, Blogger etc., choose from the selected buttons or links which you want to show on your website for AddThis, and Get Your Button (or the code which you have to insert on your web).