June 2010
2 posts
MinimalWall | Your Desktop, simplified. →
Dummy Cloud VM →
May 2010
7 posts
dbupdate v0.2.12 - Dropbox experimental build... →
BMW E46 - BimmerWiki →
Weave Minimal Server →
Installing ejabberd on debian / ubuntu →
Apt-Pinning for Beginners →
Fix Ubuntu 10.04 Plymouth boot screen resolution... →
gpart - Guess PC-type hard disk partitions →
April 2010
5 posts
vnStat Network Traffic Monitor →
Listentotaxman.com Free UK PAYE Income Tax... →
cups-bjnp →
Conduit →
AlternativeTo.net →
March 2010
2 posts
Gigolo [Xfce Goodies] →
SportTracks →
February 2010
6 posts
Linux apps run directly on Windows with... →
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TheBookYard : UK Apple spare parts specialist →
OpenBootTS →
Piwik - Web analytics →
Pinta - Simple Painting for Gtk →
Get a 1440x900 boot screen in Ubuntu 9.04
This is useful if you have an nVidia gfx card and want to boot in 1440x900 resolution. Problems are normally encountered because of this bug. Is this procedure to work around it.
Add nvidiafb in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
When editing /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-framebuffer.conf, also comment out:
blacklist vga16fb
blacklist nvidiafb
sudo modprobe nvidiafb
Use vga=0x365 in...
January 2010
8 posts
Dynagen Cisco router emulator →
Update SANE for Canon MP970 scanning support →
Online computer ebooks →
MOO | Custom Business Cards, MiniCards, Postcards... →
6 tags
Ubuntu as an AppleTalk file server and Time... →
Use this guide to setup your Ubuntu machine as an AppleTalk volume for file sharing and enable it for network TimeMachine backups.
4 tags
How to auto-mount eSATA devices
By default it seems that eSATA devices are treated as evil foreign things that only super users can mount. Thunar will bork with somehting like this:
org.freedesktop.hal.storage.mount-removable no <— (action, result).
I am toor and I expect to be able to do things like this, therefore do the following:
In /usr/share/PolicyKit/policy/org.freedesktop.hal.storage.policy, modify (change...
Optimising EXT4 file system performance →
Some nice options for your fstab. Careful, you can break things with this!
Installing Windows XP from USB →
A recipe on how to install Windows XP from USB
December 2009
6 posts
Laptop Backpacks by booq →
The GNOME Commander homepage →
GNOME Commander is a “two-pane” graphical file manager for the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME Commander aims to fulfill the demands of more advanced users who like to focus on file management,…
X-Plane airport & navigation data →
Worldwide Airport Codes →
Compiled from FAA, CAA, IATA, OAG, and other sources
Synergy →
Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It’s intended for users…
November 2009
21 posts
Oracle FAQ →
An Oracle wiki for all things Oracle. Who would’ve guessed.
delight SSH Tunnel Client for Windows →
CactiEZ →
CactiEZ is a self installing Linux Distribution based off CentOS that sets up and configures a customized Cacti install. Everything is designed to be completely automated and working directly out of…
Disabling compcache in Ubuntu Jaunty (and Related... →
To fix the “Write-error on swap-device” log in Jaunty’s syslog when system is loaded (vmware etc.)
Secure your SSH server with Public/Private key... →
OpenSSH Public Key Authentication →
Configuring SSH public key authentication
Dropbox on Linux without Nautilus →
Dropbox have a cool post in their forums with a link to a version of Dropbox that runs only as a daemon and has no requirement for Nautilus. Great news for Openbox/Crunchbang users!
Pirates hack Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2... →
RemoveWAT or Chew-WGA “Bypass Activate” Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 Forever (Loader Alternative to Remove & Disable Activation Technologies)
And so it begins... →
I hate to say it, but it was almost inevitable that this was going to happen.
3 tags
The Canon PIXMA Linux blog →
Tutorial and tools for Canon Pixma all-in-ones: MP600, MP610 printer and scanner, and also MP980, MP970, MP630, MP620, MP540, MP520, MP470, MP260, MP240, MP220, MP210, MP190, MP140, MX700, MX310,…
Tumblr2WordPress: Export Your Tumblr To WordPress →
This tool will create a WordPress/WordPress.com compatible XML file from your Tumblr blog, which you can then save and import as a WordPress type.
FDCC - Federal Desktop Core Configuration →
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) is an OMB-mandated security configuration. The FDCC currently exists for Microsoft Windows Vista and XP operating system software. While not addressed…