If you want some of the 3rd party, non-free softwares like Adobe Acroread, Real Player, Google Earth and Skype etc, you can always grab them on to your Ubuntu desktop by adding Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) repositories into software sources. To quickly add the Medibuntu repository in to your Jaunty Jakalope, go [...]

Searching road maps, places, offices is all a headache and I feel lazy to drive around the city in search of some address. I tried Google earth once again after a long time on Ubuntu 8.10 and this time I could use it quite easily and its much more faster. Installation is also very simple [...]

As soon as I install Linux I need all multimedia tools. group chat applications, codec’s etc. Medibuntu repo bring in many of these so that I can quickly get it installed and start using them in minutes. Non-Free Media Codecs (w32codecs, libdvdcss, etc) Acroread Google Earth RealPlayer Skype Popular Media Players without stripped codecs (amarok, [...]