internet explorer

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add this line
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine cabextract
wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux
/home/user/bin/ie6
from: http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installation:Ubuntu

lampp - linux xampp

XAMPP Linux 1.5.5a - download this to Desktop
cd ~/Desktop
sudo tar xvfz xampp-linux-1.5.5a.tar.gz -C /opt
/opt/lampp/lampp start
from: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html

unlimited email from ur gmail account

sample email: sample@gmail.com
you can receive emails from
sample+yahoo@gmail.com
sample+multiply@gmail.com
sample+whatever@gmail.com
and many many more.
useful when filtering your email
from: http://www.precharge.net/forums/google/14835-unlimited-gmail-e-mail-add-trick.html#post130736

music player

wget http://people.ubuntu.com/~jriddell/kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
sudo apt-key add kubuntu-packages-jriddell-key.gpg
sudo aptitude install amarok
from: http://kubuntu.org/announcements/amarok-1.4.3.php

codecs, tweaks and software

i recommend this instead: EasyUbuntu

echo "deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt edgy main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
wget http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/key.gpg.asc
gpg --import key.gpg.asc
gpg --export --armor 521A9C7C | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install automatix2
from: http://getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Installation
software and tweaks list: http://getautomatix.com/wiki/index.php?title=Software_and_Tweaks

ubuntu firefox themes

http://linuxart.com/log/archives/2006/11/08/firefox-themes-now-on-the-official-mozilla-addons-site/

flash player sound

sudo gedit /usr/bin/firefox
add this line
export XLIB_SKIP_ARGB_VISUALS=1
from: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FirefoxNewVersion

firefox 2

installnewfirefox.sh - download this to Desktop
cd ~/Desktop
chmod +x installnewfirefox.sh
./installnewfirefox.sh
from: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/firefox

root permission

gksudo nautilus - open a window as root
gksudo "gnome-open %u" - open any file as root

firefox recommended addons

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/recommended/

partition

/
/swap
/media/things
/media/fat

size of root (/) partition depends upon many things.
swap should be somewhere 2 times the size of ram. i dont know why
media/things so that when you upgrade or install another linux you'd know where you're stuff is
media/fat so that you can see files from linux in windows and vice versa

flash plugin

flashplugin-nonfree
instead of
libflash-mozplugin