Well, one of the worst things you can encounter is to individually resize hundreds of images for a future blog post.
I am not sure if Windows or Macs have free software to do this but if you have access to a Linux computer like me, you can get stuff done much faster using Image Magick, a free open-source image auto-resizer also used on many web-platform programs.
I assuming that you have ...
Archive for the ‘Ubuntu’ Category
Call me old school but I tend to like Fedora and Ubuntu for Linux distro of my choice but here’s a good list and explanation of the Top 5 geek’s linux distros.
Of course, now I might have to try them all out and see which one is actually the best. My Ubuntu has been failing as of lately on my spare desktop, everything is SLOW! ...
If you are a linux user like me, you know the value of being able to password-protect your GRUB entries so even if your whole PC gets stolen, no one should be able to access your valuable, classified data. (or porn?)
When talking of security in computer systems one often needs to analyse the situation one is in and choose the appropriate options. If you have hackers getting physical acc ...
OLPC (One Laptop Per Child), can now be run on any computer via a USB flash drive. If you wanted to get your child one of these OLPCs, you no longer have to buy an OLPC. Just get a used laptop for 50 bucks then simply stick one of these Sugar on Stick USB flash devices that will run OLPC operating system.
There are two versions of Sugar on a Stick available at the moment. One is bas ...
Here’s a cool Wii hack that some of you Ubuntu hackers might want to do, how to make Wiimote work in Ubuntu. As a Ubuntu user myself, this could come handy if you are thinking of making your own Ubuntu/Wiimote multi-touch device.
Open up a terminal (Applications –> Accessories –> Terminal) and enter the following command
sudo aptitude install wminput wmgui lswm
Next, we ...
Here’s a little Ubuntu hack that might help you VPN on a Ubuntu 8.10:
I started off by clicking on the network icon on the top-right of the menu bar and then Configure VPN (under VPN Connections). The VPN tab had the Add button disabled so I went to the command prompt (Application, Accessories, Terminal) and typed the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-pptp
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If you are a hard-core Ubuntu/Linux supporter like me, you will need to learn how to save your programs when you install a fresh copy of Ubuntu.
Here’s how to do it:
Configuration
Keeping your configuration intact is pretty straight forward and obvious. Just backup your /home folder onto an external drive or whatever. Make sure you also grab the hidden files, don’t do my mistake ...
As a person who dislikes Apple and Microsoft’s deceptive advertising practices, I am glad that the new version of Ubuntu 8.10 is now available for download. Although I have too many apps working on my Windows PC, I will be trying out Ubuntu 8.10 on my spare laptops and see how well it performs. Maybe I might even swap out my main PC too soon.
Productivity tools: Ubuntu support ...
This might not be for all of you but for those Linuxers out there, here’s an example of how to setup your mirror:
(Mirror is a way of replicating one server to another btw if you didn’t know.)
To download the mirrors I use this script:
<script sync_mirror.sh>
#!/bin/bash
OPTIONS="--nosource --progress --postcleanup --ignore-release-gpg --ignore-small-errors --pdiff=none ...
For those of us who are anti-Windows and anti-Mac, we will benefit from learning how to make Ubuntu run super fast.
Here’s some great tips on minimizing processes to make your Ubuntu run faster than ever:
1. Remove Network Manager if you do not need it “sudo apt-get remove network-manager”. If possible give yourself a static IP in /etc/network/interfaces like so:
auto lo
iface ...
