After following all the steps, I got hit with:

W: Failed to fetch http://repos.zend.com/deb/ce/dists/ce/Release
Unable to find expected entry  non-free/source/Sources in Meta-index file (malformed Release file?)

Kept trying sudo-apt-get update whilst cursing Zend, and still the same.

Solution: Disable the sources repository in /etc/apt/sources.list.

#deb-src http://repos.zend.com/deb/ce ce non-free

Next, trying to install, and keep getting dependencies issues. There are two (old files) that need to be downloaded, and then everything works fine:

• libkrb53
• libmysqlclient15off

They were in older distributions, but no longer are!

Once those two files are manually installed (sudo dpkg -i), the rest is plain sailing.

1. I love the way it allows one to show an inbox for each account. I do not need to filter them, or create labels.
2. The ability to set a limit on incoming mail. Once activated, it only downloads the first 50kb of each email giving an idea of what the email contains, and it saves the frustration of downloading emails with large attachments, particularly from people I don’t know.

However, the one mistake I often make is clicking “Write”, type in the email, and clicking send, without checking that I’m sending it from the right email address. Fortunately, another great thing with Firefox and Thunderbird is extensions, and there is one that fixes that called Correct Identity.

It allow one to set an alternative default email address for writing an email. Eg. The account is support@…, but whenever you send out email from that account, it should be from tohir@…, that’s the issue it solves!

Firstly, you need Ruby:

sudo apt-get install ruby

Thereafter (without sudo):

gem install haml-edge

This will install Haml and Sass into your directory, but at least you will have access to the latest version. Message that appears:

WARNING:  Installing to ~/.gem since /var/lib/gems/1.8 and
 /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin aren't both writable.
WARNING:  You don't have /home/tohir/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin in your PATH,
 gem executables will not run.
Successfully installed haml-edge-3.1.49
1 gem installed

You can test that it is the latest version by:

~/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin/sass -version

Which should return:

Haml/Sass 3.1.49 (Bleeding Edge)

Lastly, there is a nice command to watch files and auto generate an updated version:

~/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin/sass -t compact --watch [inputfile]:[outputfile]

like:

~/.gem/ruby/1.8/bin/sass -t compact --watch browseView.scss:browseView.css

For Ubuntu users, the recommended alternative is Wireshark. Wireshark is noted as being more powerful than Fiddler, but the focus will be on the features most commonly used by web developers for tracking.

Installation

Wireshark is found in the Ubuntu repositories, so simply search for wireshark in Synaptic, or enter sudo apt-get install wireshark

Usage

Under Applications > Internet, you will notice there are two options. Wireshark and Wireshark (as root). Run the second one (as root) as this gives you more data to track.

After wireshark has started, the process is straightforward:

1. Choose which network interfaces to capture traffic from
2. Start capturing
3. Filter captured requests

1. Choosing which network interfaces to capture traffic from. From the menu, choose: Capture > Interfaces

This will bring up a list of network devices.

2. Since my work involves debugging work off my laptop (http://localhost etc), I only start device lo (127.0.0.1). This is useful as it immediately ignores all other traffic.

3. The one thing you will notice is that fiddler will log both the TCP and HTTP requests. For the purpose of debugging AJAX, etc., we are only interested in HTTP requests, TCP requests are not required. These can be hidden by adding a filter.

In the field next to Filter:, enter http and click on Apply.

The steps will now show all traffic coming on 127.0.0.1 via HTTP. The last step is picking up the AJAX parts for debugging. Notice that for each request, there is a response. Unlike Fiddler, Wireshark does not combine the request and the response. So click on the response line, and then expand the Line-based text data row. This will show the text of the AJAX response.

Conclusion

Wireshark takes more steps than Fiddler, and Fiddler is a more focussed program than Wireshark. Wireshark also captures traffic without having to install a plugin into firefox, etc., so it’s useful for debugging applications as well. The biggest improvement to make Wireshark truly replace Fiddler is to turn off truncation of the response text. Wish I knew how!

Ubuntu Ultimate Edition is a remake of Ubuntu (currently Edgy) with tons of USEFUL additional drivers and programs. The one thing I like is that the media formats just works. VLC is bundled so that caters for all the Microsoft formats, and Quicktime etc.

It is Ubuntu Edgy Eft with the following software pre-added: * KDE desktop environment * Gnome desktop environment * Enlightenment desktop environment * Windowmaker desktop environment * Additional themes, theme engines & screensavers * Busybox * Network security tools * Manrip & Lemonrip – DVD ripping software * Yamipod – Ipod software * Many apps for KDE (too many to list) * New theme / splash screen / wallpaper * New sound theme * VCD Gear debian style * Subversion & build tools * Wireless Internet integration * Bluetooth integration * PPP integration * Networking tools * 35 Additional fonts * Tons more themes * Repository driven Beryl * New sounds theme * Integrated Custom repository support * All current Updates 158 at time of posting * IPod support * Beagle * Gramps – Genealogy software (thanks poweruser2600) * Legends – Video Game * Kapote – Instant Messenger * Integrated codecs (the good the bad & the ugly) * Mplayer, VLC, Songbird & Amarok players with mp3 support * Mencoder, K9Copy, DeVeDE, DVD Shrink – dvd copying software. * Integrated Nvidia drivers (will work with other cards) * Automatix 2 & Automatix Bleeder (in case you want additional software) * Gaim beta 5 & plugins * GFTP – FTP Client * KVIrc – IRC Client * Additional Themes, icons, cursors & logins * XSnow * Samba * NFS * EasyTag – MP3 Tag Editor * GDesklets * Inkscape – 2D vector drawing * Screem – HTML Editor * Gambas – Programing environment * QEMU & Kqemu Accelerator – Emulation * Screem – HTML Editor * Avidemux – Avi (divx /xvid) editor * GDesklets – Eyecandy & info * NTFS read / write support * Lamp – web server (Apache2, mysql, PHP5) * phpmyadmin * Azureus – P2P software * MS core Font’s and extra fonts * Wine – Windows emulation (always newest version – through repo) * Alien – Allows installation of foriegn packages (RPM, suse etc) * Gobby Team programing software * Ksnapshot – Screen capture software * Google Picasa – Graphic editing software * Frostwire Pro – P2P software * Kolourpaint – Graphic editing software * Qcad – Autocad wannabe * Archive Suite – virtually any archive can be handled. * Ajunta IDE – Programing environment * Bluefish – HTML Editor * Glade – Interface designer * Gtranslator * Bit Tornado – P2P Software * Amule – P2P software * Kino – Flick editor * Audacity – Sound editor * Debian Menu (pdmenu) * Dvdrip – Dvd ripping software * Democracy Player * Listen Media Manager * Steamripper * Ilinux (banshee) * Gnucash – Financial software * Aria – Download manager * Build Essentials and make utility’s * Quanta Plus and extras – HTML Editor * Graveman – burning software * New Grub splash screen and animated “very pretty” boot up screen * Bum – Boot-up manager * Sum – Startup manager (newer improved version gtk and terminal based) * Istanbul – Live screen capture * Ghex – Hex editor * Gourmet – Recipe manager * Isomaster – CD / DVD ISO editor * GPHPEdit – PHP Editor * Kino – Clip editor * Aria – Download manager * Democracy – Movie streamer * ClamAV – Anti-virus software * Listen – Media manager * DVD|RIP – Dvd ripping software * Lifrea – RSS feed reader * Brasero – Disc burning tool * X-Chat – IRC Client * QDVDAuthor – DVD authoring software * SMP Support (dual core CPUS) / works with single core as well * 121 Additional Updates * New Grub boot screen * New theme and animated bootscreen * New GDM theme * New splash screen & wallpaper * Updated Beryl * Capture card support – TVTime / ATI-All-in-wonder * Gaim Beta 6 – prebuilt with plugins. * GKRealm – Realtime hardware monitor * MGM – Moaning Goat Meter * Newer Amarok then can be obtained from edgy repos * Hardinfo – System information * GTKPod – Ipod Sync software * HTop – Process viewer * Sysinfo – System information * IPodder – Ipod sync software * XSensors – Hardware sensor software * Addition networking and wireless tools * Gpixpod – Photo sync software for Ipod * IPodslave – an iPod IO slave * Xpenguins