KDE 4.2.4 is officially up for grabs. This would possibly be the last release before the official release of KDE 4.3.  This all new version of KDE constitues numerous bugfixes, performance improvements and translation updates. Improvements include bug fixes for Kmail and Konqueror as well. Take a look on how the upgradation to KDE 4.2.4 works in Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope.
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If you have updated Ubuntu 8.10 recently, and after the completion of update, when you try to start firefox you would probably end up getting the following error message "Could not find compatible GRE between version 1.9b3 and 1.9b3". This is a small bug with the recent firefox updates. But there is an easy work around. Take a look.
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• Enable automatic updates from the menu:

               System-->Administration-->Software Sources-->Updates

Their is an option to update the system without using command line.Follow the steps to know how to use update manager
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• Go to system->administratin->updatemanager

• check for updates available  and then install updates(Ensure that the correct repositories are enabled before installing by going to System --> Administration --> Software Sources) 

• It is important to have the system updated with the latest patches, security fixes and package upgrades from the repositories.

• Ensure that the correct repositories are enabled by going to 

               System --> Administration --> Software Sources

• Then open the command-line terminal:

               Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal

• Update the repositories by typing the following command

               sudo apt-get update
 
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