Advantages:

Before Foxit’s Reader for Desktop Linux was available, users would have to download PDF Reader software that is much bigger in size and much slower and then wait for its lengthy installation process to be completed.

Now with Foxit Reader for Desktop Linux, you will not experience these previous troubles any more. Foxit reader for Desktop Linux is completely free. And the following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader for Desktop Linux:

* Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader for Linux is extremely small.

* Minimal memory consumption: The memory consumption is less than 15MB.

* Amazing fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay and loads a PDF file less than 3 seconds .

* High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without the user’s permission.

Known Issues

Foxit Reader 1.1 for Desktop Linux

1. Can’t record the Navigation Panel status when a user exits.

2. Can’t keep refreshing the list of recent files in real time.

3. The page scrolling feature is invalid if finding text is not finished.

Install Foxit Reader in Ubuntu

First you need to download .deb package from here

or using the following command in terminal.

wget http://mirrors.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/linux/1.x/1.1/enu/FoxitReader_1.1.0_i386.deb

Now you have .deb package install this package using the following command

sudo dpkg -i FoxitReader_1.1.0_i386.deb

Now you can open Foxit Reader via Applications > Office > FoxitReader

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1.Keep softwares updated.
To avoid any security vulnerability make sure that softwares installed on the ubuntu machine are at the latest stable release. There could be the couple of ways to get updates of software on Ubuntu, but the most commonly used method is to use apt-get to grab the updates of packages supported by Ubuntu. Run below command to get updates of packages in Ubuntu.

sudo apt-get update

Also make sure that the softwares that you are installing on your Ubuntu are from trusted vendors only. You can also enable automatic security updates on your Ubuntu. For enabling automatic security updates, go to System -> Administration -> software sources. Open up the “Updates” tab and select “Automatic updates”, also select “Install security updates without confirmation”.

2. Firewall.
In Ubuntu all ports are blocked by default and you will have to open the ports which you need on your machine. For this purpose, you can get help of firestarter. Firestarter is a graphical tool of Ubuntu which helps you easily modify the firewall rules. You can launch firestarter from Application menu of your Ubuntu machine.

3. Avoid using root as user.
By default Ubuntu has root user disabled for security reasons. By working as non root user, you can avoid so many mistakes. Modifications made by root user are often unrecoverable and any wrong command executed from root user can really put you in problem.

4. Default Settings.
Be careful whenever you are going to change the default settings of your Ubuntu machine particularly network settings. Make sure that you have not allowed the remote logins to your Ubuntu machine.

5. Securing the web browsers.
Most of the web sites are flash and Java script based now a days. To overcome any issues of security which you may face from web browser, make sure that you have denied all cookies and added trusted sites in your browser’s settings. There could also be some other security measures which may vary from browser to browser.

There is no end to security measures. Following above guidelines will help you to secure your Ubuntu machine to much extent. Enjoy!

Preparing your Thunderbird:
First of all, if you have not installed Thunderbird, in your terminal,
type:
sudo apt-get install thunderbird

Open your Thunderbird (Applications-> Internet -> Mozilla Thunderbird).

It will first prompt you to import setting, select Don’t import anything and click Next.

It will then ask you to setup your email account. Go ahead and set up your email account.

Migrate local mail from Evolution

First, we will migrate the Evolution mails that are stored locally in your hard disk.

Open up two Nautilus windows (if you like, you can open two tabs instead of two windows). Press Ctrl + H to reveal the hidden folders. In one window, navigate to the .mozilla-thunderbird folder. You should see a folder with name similar to i7bqvbzk.default. Click on that folder, followed by Mail and Local Folders. You should see some files like Inbox, Trash, Unsent Message etc.

In the second window, navigate to .evolution -> mail -> local folder. Similarly, you will find files such as Inbox, Outbox, Sent, Trash etc.

Now copy the five files Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Templates, Sent from the Evolution folder to the Thunderbird folder. If it prompts you whether to replace the existing files, click Replace All.
If you have used any subfolders in your Evolution, you should see a folder with a .sbd extension (such as #evolution.sbd). In your Thunderbird folder, create a similar folder with the same name. Back to your Evolution folder, copy and paste all the files in the subfolder that don’t have a file extension to the Thunderbird subfolder.

That’s it. Restart your Thunderbird. You should see all your Evolution mails imported over.

First, you’ll need to install the MP3 codec in the Ubuntu Restricted Extras package (note that you should only install this package if it is legal to do so in your country or residence). Ubuntu by default doesn’t include an MP3 codec due to licensing issues. However, it’s quite simple to install the Ubuntu Restricted Extras package, which contains the codec. To do so, open up a Terminal window and type this command:

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Enter your password to authenticate, and apt-get will download and install the Ubuntu Restricted Extras packages for you.

Next, you’ll need to install the Sound Converter program. Return to your Terminal window and type this command:

sudo apt-get install soundconverter

After you enter your password to authenticate, apt-get will download and install SoundConverter and its necessary dependencies. After the installation is complete, you can run SoundConverter by going to the Applications menu, to the Sound & Video category, and clicking on the icon for SoundConverter. Once the program has launched, go to the Edit menu, and to the Options item. From there you can set the kind of output you want the program to produce (OGG files, MP3 files, or AAC files), as well as the destination folder for the converted files. Once you’ve selected your preferences, hit the Close button, and then Add Files on the program’s main toolbar to choose the files you want to convert.

3. Extract the tarball in your home directory (or any other directory you want)
Either do that with your file browser and your archive manager (usually available in the context menu) or open a terminal (you should be directly in your home directory) and :

:~$tar -vxzf filename

4. Install the created .debs
:~$cd  OOo_inst_folder/DEBS
:~$sudo dpkg -i *.deb

5.Update the Applications menu

Go to the desktop integration subfolder.

:~$cd  desktop-integration

6.Run again the previous installation command.

:~$sudo dpkg -i *.deb

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