Category Archives: Linux

Synergy Rocks!

Posted on July 20, 2009 by dale

If you’ve never heard of Synergy its a pretty awesome application. Basically it allows multiple computers to share one set of Keyboard, Mouse and Clipboard. It’s cross platform so it works very nicely if you’re running a mixed environment. I … Continue reading →

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Sending Mail from Linux Command Line using Gmail

Posted on July 7, 2009 by dale

Was knocking together a little script tonight that downloads a few pages that I would like to read in the morning and then email them to me. I had a problem though finding a simple way to send an email … Continue reading →

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Get a Samsung SCX 4200 Working On Ubuntu 9.04

Posted on June 21, 2009 by dale

I have a Samsung SCX-4200 Printer/Scanner it works rather nicely and I like it alot, even though I don’t use it often. Tonight I plugged it into my Ubunut machine and it printed first time, with no setups. Unfortunately the … Continue reading →

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Open Source/Free Utils and Applications

Posted on April 15, 2009 by dale

I thought I would list a bunch of Open Source / Free utils and applications that I use almost every day. I’m excluding the obvious ones like Linux (in my case Ubuntu). The list below is what I use in … Continue reading →

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Installing Fonts on Ubuntu

Posted on May 15, 2007 by dale

Been setting up my Linux machine and getting everything setup the way I like it. I had to install a few fonts that I like using. Found the following info: If ~/.fonts does not exist, create it: $ mkdir ~/.fonts … Continue reading →

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Getting the Sun JDK as default on Linux.

Posted on May 14, 2007 by dale

If you’ve installed both GCJ & Sun JDK installed on the same Ubuntu Linux install then you might have the problem I add. I installed both Eclipse and NetBeans and now the default Java Runtime was set to GCJ. To … Continue reading →

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Getting Twinview to work

Posted on May 12, 2007 by dale

I had a bit of trouble getting Twin View to work on my new machine (Blizzard) to work.

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The Blizzard Arrived

Posted on May 11, 2007 by dale

Blizzard arrived yesterday (Thursday) and below are a few photo’s of what the lounge looked like after the un-boxing and assembling it.

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iTunes Server on Linux

Posted on April 22, 2007 by dale

I have a Mac Mini that sits in my lounge and is hooked up to my LCD TV and hifi. I use it with front row to watch “stuff” and listen to music. I’ve been wanting to work out a … Continue reading →

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Recording Your Entire Life

Posted on February 21, 2007 by dale

I was reading a post, “Recording Your Entire Life” and all the comments about it on Slashdot, then went on to reading the linked article at Scientific American (A Digital Life). I was immediately reminded of a movie called “The … Continue reading →

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