Firefox won't load - easy solution

There are now many ads-on or extension offered for your Firefox web browser. After you installed one or two, suddenly your Firefox won't run normally, it keeps transferring data and never ends. Don't be scared, you'll be alright, I had this problem before and here is the solution. In my case, my Firefox misbehave after I installed ReminderFox. It's a handy event reminder but eventually I have to uninstalled it.
So here is the solution of the problem (I assume you use Ubuntu, similar procedure probably can be done too for other OS or Linux distro):
1. Run Firefox in safe mode, type in your terminal
firefox -safe-mode
2. You'll be prompted with several option to what state you will put your Firefox to, in my case, I disable the extension.
3. Then press OK.
That's it.

Event Reminder

If you ever need simple though handy event reminder on your computer, you may try ReminderFox. It's an add-ons for Firefox browser that's compatible with Firefox 1.0 to 3.0. You can install it from your Firefox by clicking Tools>Add-ons then find ReminderFox. It's easy to set your events. After install, by default it's going to appear on the status bar of yout Firefox (right buttom). By right clicking your mouse you will find some options. Good luck.

If you like Tomboy, you can add an addin to it to work as a reminder. Do these steps:
1. Download the addin from here http://flukkost.nu/blog/tomboy-reminder/ . It's easiest to work with the binary.
2. Move the binary to ~/.tomboy/addins
3. Enable the addin. Open Tomboy, click Edit>Preferences>Add-ins>Tools>Reminder>Enable. Please see the screenshot.

For Window Vista users, after you install Tomboy and download the addin (go to here http://flukkost.nu/blog/tomboy-reminder/), then you need to place the file (tomboy-reminder.dll) to this directory: %APPDATA%\Tomboy\config\addins
I tried to install Tomboy on my Vista and add the reminder addin; it works, it really does.
Good luck!

CD Burner Software for Linux

Which one is the best CD burner software for Linux or Ubuntu specifically? There are many softwares for doing the task if you search through Synaptic in Ubuntu such as Bresero, Gnomebaker, cdrdao, etc. But so far, the best program (according to my experience) is K3B which is developed for KDE desktop environment but also works on Gnome. It is easy to use because it is working under GUI. Though, I had few bad experiences when burning data to DVD using K3B. A few times I failed to use the program.

HowTo Uninstall Unwanted Program in Ubuntu

OK, so you want to uninstall unwanted program(s) in Ubuntu? After you try it from GUI ways (Application>Add/remove or System>Administration>Synaptic Package Manager) you failed (the program is not listed there).
Then you need to do it from command line (Terminal) at last:
sudo apt-get remove pdfcrack (uninstall program called pdfcrack)

or

sudo apt-get --purge remove motion (uninstall program called motion including the configuration files)

Happy uninstalling!

HowTo Fix Resolution Problem in Ubuntu

My widescreen has gone after updating kernel 2.6.24-19-generic. I don't know why. After trying to fix it by following some links, finally I made it back to the original screen resolution 1280x800.
My Sony Vaio VGN-NR120E comes with Intel Graphics. If you have similar problem, you can try this (it worked for me but not guarantee will solve your problem).

1. Open Up Your Terminal

2. Run this command: sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

3. REBOOT your system

4. Edit the screen resolution: System>Preferences>Screen Resolution
In my case, after choosing the correct resolution, the screen still behave wierd. Then I reboot the second time. Tha dha, it's solved.

(The steps were taken from here : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=455741 )

Undefined Video Mode Number

If you happen to have "Undefined Video Mode Number" error message when you login into your Ubuntu, here is the solution!
1. Open your menu.lst file
sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
2. Change statement that says vga=xxx (xxx is some numbers) with vga=normal
3. Reboot and tha dha.

HowTo install .deb package in Ubuntu

1. Download the file.deb
2. Go to the directory where you save the file.deb
3. Type the following command in your terminal
sudo dpkg -i file.deb

If you don't like typing, open your File Browser then double click on the file. Follow the instruction. Ubuntu is getting smarter, it makes you easy.