Well basically the biggest reason is I have a Lexmark x5070 printer that has the driver for Ubuntu 10.04 and not Ubuntu 12.04. I have been getting the server version updates. You do have a good point though. How nervous should I be about using this 10.04 after another year has passed?

> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:45:42 -0500
> From: ryan.c.dunlop at gmail.com
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Firefox 28 on Ubuntu 10.04 [Solved]
> 
> May I ask why you are running a version of Ubuntu that has been
> end-of-life for 11 months?  You aren't getting any security/bug
> patches and should upgrade to 12.04 if you want to stay patched and on
> the newest LTS release.  Only the server version of 10.04 is still
> supported.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 1:37 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > What ended up more or less solving this dilema for me was the following.
> >
> > /etc/profile --------> systemwide initialization profile file.
> >
> > Added the following line.
> >
> > export PATH=$PATH:/opt/firefox
> >
> > gnome-terminal window and going to Edit / Profiles - select the Default
> > profile and click the Edit button. On the Title and Command tab, click the
> > check box for Run command as a login shell. Your .bash_profile file should
> > be sourced the next time you open a gnome-terminal.
> >
> > Was not necessary this time.
> >
> > Now Alt+F2 -------->firefox works!
> > entering 'firefox' in the terminal also works.
> >
> > I think it's kindof neat to be running Ubuntu 10.04 with the latest version
> > of firefox installed.
> >
> > The 'updatedb' command is obviously very important.
> >
> > Thanks for all your help.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: pj.world at hotmail.com
> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:51:51 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] About Firefox 28 on Ubuntu 10.04
> >
> > Thank you again for so much help.
> >
> > So the line added to /etc/bash.bashrc should be deep system wide approach
> > once added (I just noticed that there is no) ---> .bashrc file in /home/paul
> >
> > Instead the file is located in /etc/bash.bashrc <--------Ubuntu? correct?
> > (fresh locate just performed)
> >
> > no--------> export Path=$PATH:/opt/firefox <-------lowercase letters in path
> > is not going to work.
> > yes-------> export PATH=$PATH:/opt/firefox
> >
> > correct?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 19:07:28 -0500
> > From: chapinjeff at gmail.com
> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] About Firefox 28 on Ubuntu 10.04
> >
> > Replies inline
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 6:58 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Thank you Jeff and Mike
> >
> > To ask another question if I may?
> >
> > Does it matter if no existing PATH entry is seen in /home/paul/.bashrc at
> > this time?
> >
> >
> > No, it does not matter. The example I gave you appends to the existing
> > values, so it is safe to use in this case.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Where do 'echo $PATH' varibles come from are they built into bash upon
> > installation of the OS?
> >  -------->
> > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> > <--------
> >
> >
> >
> > These are likely provided by either /etc/bashrc or /etc/profile, since these
> > are the default values for all users on that machine.
> >
> >
> >
> > Will placing 'export Path=$PATH:/opt/firefox' in the '/home/paul/.bashrc'
> > file at the bottom of the .bashrc file or top or middle matter?
> >
> >
> > No. If there were other export PATH lines in the file, the positions
> > relative to each other would matter, but if there is nothing there already,
> > it does not matter.
> >
> >
> >
> > Allow me to not get the 'firefox not installed use apt-get to install'
> > message when I try to load firefox from the bash terminal?
> >
> >
> > I believe that this is Ubuntu's way of saying that it could not find firefox
> > when it searched PATH -- so yes, this should fix that.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does it matter if Path-PATH is lower case or upper case at the beginning of
> > the string?
> >
> >
> >
> > Yes. PATH is a variable name, and variable names are case sensitive.
> > PATH=$PATH:/something/ simply means "set the variable PATH equal to the
> > current value of PATH plus the string ':/something/'"
> >
> > VARIABLE= sets a variable.
> > $VARIABLE returns the contents of that variable.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 17:11:03 -0500
> > From: chapinjeff at gmail.com
> >
> > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] About Firefox 28 on Ubuntu 10.04
> >
> > Replies inline.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 3:58 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You have helped tremendously
> >
> > paul at paul-desktop:~$ sudo updatedb
> > paul at paul-desktop:~$ locate -b firefox
> > /home/paul/.cache/mozilla/firefox
> > /home/paul/.mozilla/firefox
> > /home/paul/.mozilla/firefox/bkbapzwn.default/extensions/firefox at ghostery.com.xpi
> > /home/paul/.mozilla/firefox/bkbapzwn.default/jetpack/firefox at ghostery.com
> > /home/paul/Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/.mozilla/firefox
> > /home/paul/Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/App/Firefox/firefox
> > /home/paul/Downloads/tor-browser_en-US/App/Firefox/firefox-bin
> > /opt/firefox
> > /opt/firefox/firefox
> > /opt/firefox/firefox-bin
> > /usr/share/app-install/desktop/firefox-greasemonkey.desktop
> > /usr/share/app-install/desktop/firefox-launchpad-plugin.desktop
> > /usr/share/app-install/desktop/firefox-ubuntu-it-menu.desktop
> > /usr/share/app-install/desktop/firefox-webdeveloper.desktop
> > /usr/share/app-install/desktop/firefox.desktop
> > /usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-greasemonkey.xpm
> > /usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-installer.png
> > /usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-launchpad-plugin.xpm
> > /usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-themes-ubuntu.xpm
> > /usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-ubuntu-it-menu.png
> > /usr/share/app-install/icons/firefox-webdeveloper.xpm
> > /usr/share/icons/firefox.jpg
> > /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/common/prepare-firefox-startpage-translations
> > /usr/share/ubuntu-docs/libs/img/firefox-3.5.png
> > paul at paul-desktop:~$
> >
> > paul at paul-desktop:~$ echo $PATH
> > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> >
> > Obviously /usr/opt is not shown in the above output.
> >
> > paul at paul-desktop:~$ sudo updatedb
> > paul at paul-desktop:~$ locate -b bash
> > /bin/bash
> > /bin/rbash
> > /etc/bash.bashrc
> > /etc/bash_completion
> > /etc/bash_completion.d
> > /etc/apparmor.d/abstractions/bash
> > /etc/bash_completion.d/bash-builtins
> > /etc/bash_completion.d/gvfs-bash-completion.sh
> > /etc/bash_completion.d/pk-completion.bash
> > /etc/skel/.bash_logout
> > /etc/skel/.bashrc
> > /home/paul/.bash_history
> > /home/paul/.bash_logout
> > /home/paul/.bashrc
> >
> > to add the entire following line----> export Path=$PATH:/opt/firefox
> >
> > Do I include the word 'export'?
> >
> >
> > Yes. PATH is simply a variable used to hold the list of directories. You
> > *can* do just 'PATH=$PATH:/usr/opt', but including the export is a better,
> > more recommended way to do it. This will immediately change the value for
> > the currently logged in shell session *only*
> >
> >
> > For a deep system wide approach would '/home/paul/.bashrc' be the correct
> > file to edit in this case that sticks for all sessions?
> >
> >
> > Editing '/home/paul/.bashrc'  would be *account* wide -- all *new* shell
> > sessions you open will have the updated value -- but not the existing ones.
> > This should also include the shell used in Alt-F2, but I don't use that
> > feature, so I am not sure.
> >
> > To go 'system wide' you would usually edit /etc/bashrc or add a new script
> > to /etc/profile.d/ with the changes you want. These correspond to .bashrc
> > and .bash_profile -- the .bashrc in your home directory will *include*
> > /etc/bashrc, so these changes will appear for all users. Various
> > distrobutions handle these two files differently. I am used to Red Hat based
> > systems, and I have always been told use the bashrc files for functions and
> > aliases, and .bash_profile for environmental variables -- but I tend to put
> > everything in .bashrc anyway.
> >
> > These two files behave slightly differently, and rather than explain it
> > myself, I am going to refer you to a resource I found via my good friend
> > Google:
> > http://www.joshstaiger.org/archives/2005/07/bash_profile_vs.html
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not seeing a '.bash_profile' file after using 'locate -b bash' I read
> > you said I could edit either of the 2 files. Maybe the .bash_profile file is
> > on different distro's I do not know yet.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:54:39 -0500
> >> From: mbmiller+l at gmail.com
> >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] About Firefox 28 on Ubuntu 10.04
> >
> >>
> >> On Tue, 25 Mar 2014, Jeff Chapin wrote:
> >>
> >> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:45 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> why when I do a 'locate firefox' in terminal many entries show up? A
> >> >> few more than listed below but this is the just of it.
> >> >
> >> > The 'locate' command uses a pre-created database of file names. If you
> >> > have not re-run 'updatedb' after creating a file, 'locate' will not know
> >> > about it. Locate will return any file that matches the pattern you gave
> >> > it.
> >>
> >> Also, with "locate", the default is to match any pattern in the entire
> >> path to a file or directory. Example:
> >>
> >> locate bin | less
> >>
> >> The name of the file or directory itself, excluding parent directories in
> >> its path, is called its basename. There is an option in "locate" to
> >> search only the basename. From "man locate":
> >>
> >> -b, --basename
> >> Match only the base name against the specified patterns. This
> >> is the opposite of --wholename.
> >>
> >> -w, --wholename
> >> Match only the whole path name against the specified patterns.
> >> This is the default behavior. The opposite can be specified
> >> using --basename.
> >>
> >> I have a lot of small files on my system, but I still see a very dramatic
> >> drop in the number of matches when I use the -b option:
> >>
> >> $ locate bin | wc -l
> >> 28241
> >>
> >> $ locate -b bin | wc -l
> >> 4826
> >>
> >>
> >> It's not quite relevant to the question about "locate", but I'll mention
> >> that there is a program called "basename" (and another called "dirname"):
> >>
> >>
> >> Usage: basename NAME [SUFFIX]
> >> or: basename OPTION
> >> Print NAME with any leading directory components removed.
> >> If specified, also remove a trailing SUFFIX.
> >>
> >> --help display this help and exit
> >> --version output version information and exit
> >>
> >> Examples:
> >> basename /usr/bin/sort Output "sort".
> >> basename include/stdio.h .h Output "stdio".
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Usage: dirname NAME
> >> or: dirname OPTION
> >> Print NAME with its trailing /component removed; if NAME contains no /'s,
> >> output `.' (meaning the current directory).
> >>
> >> --help display this help and exit
> >> --version output version information and exit
> >>
> >> Examples:
> >> dirname /usr/bin/sort Output "/usr/bin".
> >> dirname stdio.h Output ".".
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> > Jeff Chapin
> > President, CedarLug, retired
> > President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it"
> > President, UNI Scuba Club
> > Senator, NISG, retired
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> > President, CedarLug, retired
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> > President, UNI Scuba Club
> > Senator, NISG, retired
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