Make Skype working on Linux Ubuntu 13.10 64bit

If you have a fresh install or an upgrade to Ubuntu 13.10 , you may encounter some difficulties on skype, whatever your pc or laptop is.
You may also download skype from its website and find it working perfectly , but if you get all sounds on skype distorted or no sound at all , then here is the solution .

1. Remove any installation of skype 

   sudo apt-get remove skype
   

2. Open "Software & Updates" and enable the "Canonical Partners" repository. Open Terminal or Alt+F2 and type

   software-properties-gtk
   

   
3. Update and install skype

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install skype
   

4. Run this command 

   sudo sed -i 's/^Exec=.*/Exec=env PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 skype %U/' /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop

   This is a workaround t get skype working with PulseAudio 4.0.
   In any shortcut of skype , or if you want to run it from terminal just add( PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 )

Easiest way to install LAMP on ubuntu ( using task-sel )

This is the easiest way to install LAMP on linux ubuntu , using only one or two commands from your terminal . Open your terminal and type the following :

sudo apt-get install task-sel

That will install Task Selector , with which you can install a bunch of services on Ubuntu .
After completing the installation , type the following

sudo task-sel

You will find the terminal changing to the following

Select "LAMP server" package ( press space to select ) and press OK ( press tab and then enter ) .
The packages will be downloaded ( apache , php and mysql ) and then they will be installed , the mysql  installation will prompt to you to choose the root password .

That's it , you now have a full working LAMP server.

You can also install phpmyadmin by typing the following

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

Upgrade Ubuntu

If you want to upgrade your ubuntu version to the 12.0 ( Quantal Quetzal ) , make sure you have a working internet connection , then open your terminal or command window ( Alt+F2 ) and type

update-manager -d

The update manager will open and you will find a new box for the upgrade , click "upgrade" and relax ; it will take some time not like installing a fresh version.

This way has been useful with me for upgrading ubuntu for several versions , and I think it will be the same afterwards for upgrading for each new version for ubuntu.

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BAD SUPERBLOCK

I fixed a bad superblock on linux ubuntu 10.10
I did recover some important files , I will reinstall ubuntu 11.04 64bit .

I took advice from this link
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/recover-bad-superblock-from-corrupted-partition/

How to install jre on Ubuntu 10.10

Hi

This is a problem that faced me on installing a new version of ubuntu 10.10 , I think a big number of ubuntu users have the same problem .

How to install java ( jre and jdk ) on Ubuntu

I followed the instructions on this page from ubuntugeek.com and it worked successfully .

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sun-java-community-team/sun-java6
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin

I hope it will help anyone .