Author Archives: mcmlxxii
No! Please don’t do it!
There are some highly entertaining examples on the net of command line program output, but it’s great when you’re doing some system maintenance in Linux on your own machine and a gem unexpectedly crops up: :~$ sudo /etc/init.d/dovecot restart [sudo] … Continue reading
Synaptics touchpad, SHMConfig, xorg.conf and Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10
EDIT – Please note that this post only refers to the 64 bit version of Ubuntu. Some significant changes have been happening to the X server over the past couple of releases of Ubuntu. One of the most noticeable alterations … Continue reading
FirstClass. On 64 bit AMD64 Ubuntu.
For my OU course in Web Applications Development, I have to use a piece of software called FirstClass, from OpenText. Thankfully the nice people at OpenText have packaged up a version for Debian and Ubuntu, version 8.315-2 (one major release … Continue reading
Amarok, Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10, Bluetooth and Sony MBR-100 Audio Receiver
As we all know Amarok is the best music player in the world, and it’s free. It’s only available on Linux at the moment but the devs are working hard to port it to Windows. Anyway I digress. I wanted … Continue reading
RT73 on Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
If you’ve used the Ralink RT73 chipset under Ubuntu for any length of time, you’ll know that the default drivers aren’t yet perfect (some supporting evidence). Some may have had more success, but in my experience they drop out regularly … Continue reading