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Here’s a quick one, how to restore GRUB boot loader after installing Windows for those of you Ubuntu users. I used to know how to do this but keep forgetting, hence the point of this post.
This tutorial will explain how to restore Grub after installing Windows 7/Vista/Xp. ...
For those of you who need to sync iPhone to your linux (and only God knows why Apple doesn’t support Linux out of the box), you might want to read up on this guide on which packages to install and how to do it. (well, coming soon really…)
As an avid linux user, I t ...
Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is introduced today, I might have to try it out soon. I don’t think there’s too many upgrades from the last version but according to Engadget, the Ubuntu features:
featuring a faster graphical boot sequence (no more scary text scrolls), a r ...
I know installing browsers with flash support in Ubuntu sometimes can simply be a pain in the rear, especially if you are running on non-standard CPUs.
Well, here’s how to install Opera web browser for Ubuntu, with support for flash and java. The new Opera browser has pro ...
For the last couple months, I have been playing around with a lot of different web servers. Because my web servers kept going down, I had to find a new solution to help minimize my on-growing web server hosting costs.
About 2 years ago, one of the tech support guys at the dedic ...
In Windows, there’s free desktop recording software like CamStudio. For linux, you might want to consider using RecordMyDesktop to record your desktop activities. For that, check out the tutorial by Shibuvarkala, he also details instructions on how to convert .ogv to .a ...
GNOME is a popular GUI choice for linux users, here’s a bunch of free linux GNOME wallpapers you can download.
Of course, you don’t need to use to download these, you can also simply use FTP to download to your Mac/Windows computer too.
First you need to create a dire ...
Recently, one of my friends who is a plumber in San Francisco, gave me an old PowerBook G4. Well, since I am not an Apple fan boy (sorry Apple fan boys), I’ve figured I can install Windows XP.
I ran into the big problem that Windows XP is not supported on a PowerPC CPU, ...
Tuaw has a great tutorial on how to install Ubuntu Linux on your Mac machine. This uses Sun’s VirtualBox, which essentially lets you install any kind of operating system. This is a great way to have another operating system under your main machine. Of course, this isn ...
For those of you who need to “resume” SCP file transfers that have been interrupted, there’s an easy way to resume them using rsync command.
Use this:
alias scpresume="rsync --partial --progress --rsh=ssh"
For Ubuntu or Debian add sudo:
alias scpresume="sudo rsy ...
