Technical stuff Requirements are like water. They're easier to build on when they're frozen.

So, you want to use that Apple machine for developing websites. That’s pretty easy to setup, here are some guidelines you can use in order to create the basic environment for creating great web applications.

In the Linux world, Chrome’s name is Chromium. Let’s follow some simple steps to get it on the Ubuntu machine:

add the following repository at the end of your /etc/apt/sources/list file:

[sourcecode]deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main[/sourcecode]

add the GPG key using the following command:

[sourcecode]sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5[/sourcecode]

update sources list:

[sourcecode]sudo apt-get update[/sourcecode]

install the Chromium browser:

[sourcecode]sudo apt-get install [...]

I investigated today about an hour, and none of the solutions worked. Until I found this one, quick and easy setup. Thanks, guys.
[...] install the Skype repository. Open a terminal and type:

su -c 'gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo'

In that file copy the following lines:

[skype]
name=Skype Repository
baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/
enabled=1
gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc
gpgcheck=0

Now you can easily install/update skype by typing:

su -c 'yum install skype'
su -c 'yum [...]

It’s already installed, but not enabled. The easiest way to enable it is to follos these steps:

run this command (a2enmod == apache2 enable module):
a2enmod rewrite

edit this file /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default; you can use the following command:
sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default

make sure you have there AllowOverride All directive for the default directory (this will make all the subdirectories inherit this [...]

I had the same problem as a lot of people, actually. I found the following solution to be working for me:
Open the alsa config file by:

sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

at the end of the file just paste the following lines:

options snd-pcsp index=-2
options snd slots=snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel model=hp-m4
alias snd-card-0 snd-hda-intel
options snd-hda-intel enable_msi=1

Solution came from this forum thread. Thanks guys.

You might need to make a short video recording of your actions to share with someone else. Maybe you need to show a client how things should be done, or you want to show off to your blog’s readers, who knows?
What software package to use?
There are a lot of solutions out there, I’ve tried a [...]

So, you are using Ubuntu 8.10 (codenamed Intrepid Ibex) and you’d like to play around with Compiz, which made you “wooow”. Let’s see.