Note: Most of the steps mentioned here are for grub Legacy not for grub2. There are multiple reasons for Grub error 17 and workaround give...Read more »
One Year Blogging
As September comes to a close so does my twelfth month of writing: Thoughts on Technology What started off as a small page for me to post my...Read more »
Configuring Static Network Settings (IP address, netmask, and gateway) in Ubuntu Linux
Static IP Address Assignment To configure your system to use a static IP address assignment, add the static method to the inet address sta...Read more »
Canon Printer Error U150
The printer says it can't recognize some print cartridges and asks you to replace them. You replace them, but nothing happends. After fi...Read more »
LibreOffice - What it means to End Users
Open Office has been the defacto standard for open source productivity suites for some time now. It provides a high quality, free alternati...Read more »
The joy of installing hardware in Linux
Linux is often regarded as a great operating system, specially in the server arena. When it comes to home use, though, there are still seve...Read more »
How to install RealPlayer on Ubuntu Linux
RealPlayer is a closed source cross-platform media player by RealNetworks that plays a number of multimedia formats including MP3, MPEG-4, Q...Read more »
Does Windows 7 Aero Slow Down Your 3D?
Early last week I made a post that detailed some benchmarks with Linux desktop effects being on and Linux desktop effects being off. In the...Read more »
How to Install / Configure / Use μTorrent Server on Linux system
µTorrent Server is designed for use on computers running Linux and other UNIX-like operating systems. It provides a state-of-the-art implem...Read more »
Eduroam with Linux (incl. Android!)
The guide my university supplied did not work after all with Linux. So I used an alternative guide, which also turned out to be working for ...Read more »
POLL RESULTS: Best Browser for Linux
FIREFOX WINS! Now that the "Best Internet Browser for Linux" Poll is over, one of the clearest conclusions is that Mozilla's F...Read more »
Utility to Convert any Video to iPod, iPod Touch and iPhone MP4 Compatible Format - Furius iConverter
Furius iConverter is a simple GTK interface provides users with a convenient front-end for converting any FFMpeg-supported video format int...Read more »
Fixing - at least some - Skypephone S2 Battery Issues
My 3 Skypephone S2 at some point started to run out of battery after being on for about 20 hours or less. And this is not because a Java pro...Read more »
Immediate Fix for Slow Open and Save Dialogs in Ubuntu OpenOffice
I'm using KDE and I think it's somehow related to that. Anyway, you need to execute the following command to fix it: echo -e 127.0.0...Read more »
Creating Bootable USB using Ubuntu
If you have a iso image of the installation of any OS, you need not write the image onto a cd to do the installation, here is way to easily...Read more »
nVidia - There is No Optimus Support for Linux
It is about the time of year when I start looking at new laptops. I am looking for something small, but powerful. I have been an nVidia fait...Read more »
Halo Reach video on BBC 'Click'
The BBC has quite a good technology program in my opinion, and it´s called 'Click'. I watch it every Sunday if I can. There´s a cool...Read more »
Hacking the Gnome Panel
I edited the C source code of of the gnome-panel for 64-bit Ubuntu 10.04 to allow more than 5 bookmarks/favorites showing, and then I compil...Read more »
Retrieve mail from Yahoo!'s webmail service - FetchYahoo
FetchYahoo is a Perl script that downloads mail from a Yahoo! account to a local mail spool. It is meant to replace fetchmail for people us...Read more »
Linus System Monitoring Tools
Why should I write much about them if someone else already has . Enjoy.Read more »
Fix: OpenCards 1.5 Crashes in Openoffice 3.1 3.0 Linux or Mac
If you don't know it yet, go and check out OpenCards - the best flash card learning software I know. You can edit the cards with OpenOff...Read more »
Simple GUI application to manage ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image files - Furius ISO Mount
Furius ISO Mount is a simple Gtk+ Interface to Mount and Manage ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image files without burning to disk. An ISO, IMG...Read more »
KDE will soon run even faster! (QT 4.7 released)
Nokia announced yesterday the release of QT 4.7, which comes with very interesting new features, the most notable of which is probably speed...Read more »
GNOME Theme Manager for Ubuntu Linux - Epidermis
Epidermis changes the appearance of your GNOME desktop in all its aspects in one click. Epidermis ' skins ' change the appearance of...Read more »
Are Your Desktop Effects Slowing You Down?
Whenever I perform a 3D benchmark in Linux one of the first questions I get asked about the results is: Where your desktop effects tur...Read more »
HOWTO: wxMaxima on Nokia N900
I mentioned in a post at the beginning of the year that I was attempting to get my favorite CAS functioning on my N900 . I am happy today ...Read more »
Amarok 2.3.2 "Moonlight" released
Man, do I love it when PCLinuxOS repositories bring the latest applications releases as soon as they are live (which is always the case, by ...Read more »
Utility for creating installers. DEB - Ubucompilator
Ubucompilator is a very simply tool to compile a software by the source code and make a .deb package. Ubucompilator is designed for debian...Read more »
Text Encryption utility using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) - Furius Cipher
Furius Cipher is a simple text encryption utility using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). Here are some key features of "Furius C...Read more »
Download Manager for Ubuntu
A download manager was some thing I always wanted in my Linux system and here it is, a nice cool download manager for ubutnu. Allowing you ...Read more »
Insmod explained
If you are interested in kernel programming for Linux or writing device drivers for linux "insmod" would be a command that you w...Read more »
Commands to change the color of text and background in a terminal
Here are few commands to change the color of your terminal background or the text open a termimal and type the following command printf ...Read more »
The wonders of Digikam
Originally started by photographers who wanted to "view, manage, edit, enhance, organize, tag, and share photographs under Linux system...Read more »
VMWARE to acquire SUSE Linux?
SUSE (and OpenSUSE) Linux fans may have a reason or two of concern. Recent news raised speculation around a potential buyout from VMWARE. ...Read more »
Linux Out Performs Windows in OpenGL
Late last year I did a posting detailing how Windows 7 crushed Ubuntu 9.10 in the area of 3D performance. Nine months later I am happy to s...Read more »
Best Linux Distro for 3D Performance
There is one question all new Linux users ask themselves at one point or another: Which Linux distro do I want to use? The answer to the que...Read more »
SalixOS 13.1 "Xfce Live" and "LXDE Live" released
Weyhey, if it looked like we´re fast asleep that´s not the case, just travelling moving, and in the process I´ve become less able to update...Read more »
Simpler workaround to Print Google Waves
All you really need to do it press the fullscreen button on the right top corner. Then you have the same view a in iPhone mode and you can p...Read more »
A preview of next flash player released
A preview release of the next Flash Player released. Codenamed as Square, designated as version 10.2.161.22) and available for download rig...Read more »
Preview: GIMP 2.8
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a powerful and versatile graphics manipulation application that is available for many different OS....Read more »
Converts many CD-ROM image (BIN, MDF, PDI, CDI, NRG, and B5I) formats to ISO9660 - Iat
Iat ( Iso9660 Analyzer Tool ) is a tool for detecting the structure of many types of CD-ROM image file formats, such as BIN, MDF, PDI, CDI, ...Read more »