Disable the clicking sound when pages load in Internet Explorer

1. From the keyboard, press Ctrl+R to open the Run window.
2. Type control then press Enter.
3. Double-click: Sound (in Classic view) - or - Hardware and Sound > Sound (in the Control Panel Home or Category view).
4. From the Sounds tab, locate Start Navigation. Left-click Start Navigation to select it.
5. From the Sounds pulldown, click (None).
6. Click OK.

Install Lighttpd, MySQL and PHP5 for my local development environment

1. From the desktop, launch a new terminal session by selecting: Applications > Accessories > Terminal. A new terminal window will display.
2. At the prompt (the blinking cursor), type: sudo apt-get update then press Enter.
3. When prompted, type the sudo password then press: Enter. This is done to resynchronize the package index files with their sources, ensuring that your system is aware of new and updated packages. If updates are found, simply type: sudo apt-get upgrade then press: Enter. Otherwise, proceed to the next step.
4. Once update/upgrade is complete, type: sudo apt-get install mysql-client mysql-server then press: Enter and follow the prompts to complete the installation.
5. Next you will install the Lighttpd server and Lighttpd Doc (the documentation files). At the prompt, type: sudo apt-get install lighttpd lighttpd-doc then press: Enter.
6. Once this installation is complete, open your web browser and navigate to either http://127.0.0.1/ or http://localhost/. If all went as planned, you should see: Placeholder page The owner of this web site has not put up any web pages...
7. Next we will install PHP5. At the prompt, type (or copy/paste): sudo apt-get install php5 php5-cgi php5-common php5-imagick php5-intl php5-mcrypt php5-pspell php5-recode php5-memcache php5-memcached php5-librdf php5-ps php5-ming php5-mysql php5-imap php5-ldap php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-svn php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-curl php5-gd then press: Enter.
8. We then need to modify the php.ini file to enable cgi.fix_pathinfo. At the prompt, type: gksudo gedit /etc/php5/cgi/php.iniA gedit window will open and display the php.ini file. Search (Ctrl+F) for the line: ;cgi.fix_pathinfo=1 and uncomment this line by simply deleting the leading ; (semi-colon).
9. Save your changes then close gedit.
10. At the prompt, type:gksudo gedit /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf then press Enter.
11. In the server.modules section, add "mod_fastcgi",
12. Scroll to the bottom and paste the following fastcgi.server = ( ".php" => ((
"bin-path" => "/usr/bin/php-cgi",
"socket" => "/tmp/php.socket",
"max-procs" => 2,
"bin-environment" => (
"PHP_FCGI_CHILDREN" => "16",
"PHP_FCGI_MAX_REQUESTS" => "10000"
),
"bin-copy-environment" => (
"PATH", "SHELL", "USER"
),
"broken-scriptfilename" => "enable"
)))
13. Save your changes then close gedit.
14. Next we will create a PHP info file that will enable us to view details about our PHP installation. At the terminal prompt, type (or copy/paste): sudo sh -c "touch /var/www/php-info.php ; echo '<?php phpinfo(); ?>' > /var/www/php-info.php" then press: Enter.
15. Open your web browser and navigate to either http://127.0.0.1/php-info.php or http://localhost/php-info.php. You should see something similar to: PHP Version 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.2.... You should also see: CGI/FastCGI in the: Server API row.

The installation is now complete. Here is a short list of additional tools that you may wish to add. Either click the apturl protocol link or use the terminal commands to install.

• MySQL Query Browsersudo apt-get install mysql-query-browser
• MySQL Administratorsudo apt-get install mysql-admin
• phpMyAdminsudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Here are a few useful commands for working with your Lighttpd server.

• Stop Lighttpd:sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd stop
• Start Lighttpd:sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd start
• Restart Lighttpd:sudo /etc/init.d/lighttpd restart

Installing applications in Ubuntu using Synaptic Package Manager

GUI: Synaptic Package Manager (SPM)



As is cleverly depicted in the above screenshot, there are essentially five areas of the SPM window that concern us:

1. Reload
2. Search
3. Package List
4. Package Description
5. Apply

SPM Usage

1. From the desktop, select: System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. If prompted, enter the administrator password then press: Enter. The Synaptic Package Manager window will open.
2. In the SPM window click: Reload (area 1). This action will reload the package information so that SPM becomes aware of any new, removed or updated software that may be available for your system.
3. Once SPM has obtained the most recent package information, click: Search (area 2). The Find window will appear.
4. In the Find window, type: frozen bubble then press: Enter.
5. The results of your search will be displayed in the Package List (area 3). Scroll through the list and locate the package titled: frozen bubble.
6. In the Package column, click the frozen bubble package name. This will display additional details of Frozen-Bubble in the Package Description (area 4).
7. Click the checkbox for the frozen bubble package then click: Mark for Installation. This will open a window listing additional packages that need to be installed in support of our selected application. Click: Mark.
8. Once you are satisfied with you selections simply click: Apply (area 5). The Summary window will appear. Click: Apply again to start the installation.
9. Once installation is complete, the Changes Applied window will display. Click: Close then close SPM after it has refreshed. You may now access the newly installed application. In our case Frozen Bubble is located in: Applications > Games. Though this particular application is installed in a fairly obvious location, it is possible that you may not be so lucky with all of your installations. In those instances, a little hunting may be necessary.

For additional information, please refer to the official: SynapticHowto.

Installing applications in Ubuntu using the APT command-line

1. From the desktop, launch a new terminal session by selecting: Applications > Accessories > Terminal. A new terminal window will display.
2. At the prompt (the blinking cursor), type: sudo apt-get update then press Enter. This action will reload the package information so that APT (Advanced Package Tool) becomes aware of any new, removed or updated software that may be available for your system.
3. Once APT has obtained the most recent package information, type: sudo apt-cache search frozen bubble then press Enter. This tells APT to search the cached package list that you updated in the previous step. The result of your search will look something like this: fb-music-high - High quality, large music files for Frozen-Bubble
fb-music-low - Lower quality, small music files for Frozen-Bubble
frozen-bubble - Pop out the bubbles!
frozen-bubble-data - Data files for Frozen-Bubble
junior-puzzle - Debian Jr. Puzzles
4. By reading the results of our search, it should be clear that the package we want is the third from the top, titled: frozen-bubble with the description: Pop out the bubbles!. If it is not clear, you may view the complete details of the package in question by typing: sudo apt-cache show frozen-bubble then pressing: Enter. This returns: Package: frozen-bubble
Priority: extra
Section: universe/games
...
Description: Pop out the bubbles!
Frozen-Bubble is a clone of the popular "Puzzle Bobble" game, in which
you attempt to shoot bubbles into groups of the same color to cause them
to pop. It features 100 single-player levels, a two-player mode, music
and striking graphics.

5. By reading the details of the package, it is now obvious this is the game we are looking for. To install, simply type: sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble then press: Enter. If additional packages (referred to as dependencies) need to be installed, they will be added to the list displayed in the terminal window. When the summary is shown, you will have an opportunity for a final review before installing. When prompted, type either: y to confirm the installation or n to cancel. Since we cannot wait to play Frozen Bubble, type: y then press Enter.
6. Once installation is complete, you may close the terminal by simply typing: exit then pressing: Enter. You may now access the newly installed application. In our case Frozen Bubble is located in: Applications > Games. Though this particular application is installed in a fairly obvious location, it is possible that you may not be so lucky with all of your installations. In those instances, a little hunting may be necessary.

Installing applications in Ubuntu (GUI/CLI)

Though there are multiple approaches for installing applications or packages in Ubuntu, they essentially all take one of two forms:

• A graphical user interface (GUI), in which the user interacts with the package manager via familiar clickable buttons and menus
• A command line interface (CLI), in which the user issues commands via a text terminal

There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods but we are not here to debate these points. Rather, we are here to gain a basic understanding of how to use the tools available to accomplish what we want: installing and removing software packages from our Ubuntu system. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will be using the Frozen Bubble application. Though we are installing a specific piece of software, these instructions apply to the majority of packages available for your system.


Now that we have shown you the menu, it is time to choose:

• GUI: Synaptic Package Manager (SPM)
• CLI: Advanced Package Tool (APT)

Advanced Package Tool (apt) basics

For this tutorial, we are again using our go-to favorite: Frozen Bubble. However, it should be noted that these instructions apply to virtually every application or package that you wish to install. This is intended only to be a basic introduction to the most used functions or methods of apt.

• Reload the package information so that apt becomes aware of any new, removed or updated software that may be available for your system. sudo apt-get update
• Search for and display a list of packages from the cache that include the term frozen bubble in either the name or description of the package. Note: Spaces are allowed when using apt-get search. apt-cache search frozen bubble
• Once the name of a particular package is identified (using apt-cache search from above), obtain detailed information about said package. Note: Package names normally use hyphens in place of spaces. apt-cache show frozen-bubble
• Install the chosen package and all necessary supporting files (dependencies). Note: This automatically resolves dependencies. If one package or ten packages are needed to install your chosen application, they are installed automatically, thus saving you (fingers crossed) from dependency hell.sudo apt-get install frozen-bubble
• Remove a particular package and any accompanying dependencies no longer needed by other packages. sudo apt-get autoremove frozen-bubble

Uninstalling packages in Ubuntu using apt

As with package installation, package removal may be accomplished using both graphical and command-line tools. In my opinion however, the more reliable avenue for removing (and, arguably, even installing) packages is done via the command-line. If things go wrong with GUI tools, those "in the know" will invariably refer you to the command-line in an effort to resolve the issue. Why not simply hasten the point and start there from jump street.


Although for this tutorial we are removing a specific application (Frozen Bubble), the process may be applied to virtually any package you wish to remove.

1. From the desktop, launch a new terminal session by selecting: Applications > Accessories > Terminal. A new terminal window will display.
2. At the prompt (the blinking cursor), type:sudo apt-get autoremove frozen-bubble the press: Enter. The terminal will display a list of packages to be removed (including any accompanying dependencies no longer needed by other packages). Note: If you do not recall the exact name of the package you wish to uninstall, refer to: Advanced Package Tool (apt) basics for more information.
3. When prompted to confirm removal, type: Y then press: Enter.
4. Once removal is complete, close the terminal.