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This guide will help you to upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope to 9.10 Karmic Koala. This tutorial has total of 13 steps with appropriate screen shots.

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Ubuntu Tips: How To Fix Firefox Slow Scrolling Problem

by Ramesh Natarajan on July 31, 2009

Question: Firefox 3 is very slow on my Ubuntu. How do I fix it? Some of the symptoms are — Scrolling on a web page is very sluggish, running flash on Firefox is slow, watching YouTube videos on Firefox is slow.

Answer: Try one of the following suggestions, which may solve the Firefox running slow problem on Ubuntu.

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Question: How do I open Firefox browser (or any application) automatically when I login to Ubuntu or Kubuntu ?

Answer: In gnome you can do this by using the gnome-control-center (or) directly from the “Startup Application Preferences” as explained in this article.

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Ubuntu LogoThis guide will help you to upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron To Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid. This tutorial has total of 14 steps with appropriate screen shots.

Step 1. Check the Ubuntu Version before Upgrade.

How to check the current version of Ubuntu? You have the following three options:
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