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6Jun/100

Evolution 2.30.1 for Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit

For some reason Ubuntu 10.04 is shipped with Evolution 2.28.3, which for me is quite unstable. Crashes with Segmentation Fault very often. However, Jacob Zimmermann has a PPA with Evolution 2.30.1:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jacob/evo230
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

I hope this is more stable!

5Jun/100

Installing VirtualBox (non-free) in Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx

sudo -s "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian\
 lucid non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.2
3Jun/100

Flash in Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit

Installing Adobe Flash from the repository in Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit gives you the 32 bit version and runs it with nspluginwrapper. I have experienced several problems with this solution in Firefox, and is therefore using Adobes 64 bit Linux version.

Uninstall the repository version of flash

sudo apt-get remove flashplugin-installer nspluginwrapper

Get the Adobes Linux version from http://labs.adobe.com/downloads/flashplayer10_64bit.html and install it:

wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
tar -zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
sudo mv libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
rm libflashplayer-10.0.45.2.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz

Restart Firefox

Update: June 6th
I have switched back to the "Ubuntu" Flash, because I was unable to use pages from ipapercms.dk:

sudo rm /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

The flickering seems to disappear when all the fancy visual effects are disabled.