Articles
4 February, 2010
Set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH
This article describes the process of setting the LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Ubuntu.
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1 September, 2009
Installing Eclipse 3.5(Galileo) on Ubuntu
Quick guide explaining how to install Eclipse 3.5
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31 August, 2009
Change the root password for the MySQL server - Ubuntu 9.04
A quick guide to changing the root password of the MySQL server, the guide is based around Ubuntu 9.04 but should work for most version and a large number of other distributions
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29 August, 2009
How to install the new version of VLC (Videolan) version 1.0.1 on Ubuntu
A tutorial explaining how to install the new version of VLC 1.0.1 on Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty)
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29 August, 2009
How to setup and use SSH to access your computer from anywhere - Ubuntu 9.04
A brief tutorial showing how to setup a SSH server, and how to use it to connect to your PC from anywhere in the world
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28 August, 2009
Setting up LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) on Ubuntu 9.04 - Adding it to a Desktop installation
A Brief guide to installing and seting up LAMP on Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty) - This guide is done for adding the LAMP setup to a Desktop installation
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8 July, 2009
Turning a task that you started at the command line into a background task
Brief tutorial explaining how to turn a foreground application into a background application
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8 July, 2009
Backgrounding tasks using the & symbol at the linux terminal
Brief tutorial explaining how to launch applications from a terminal in the background
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7 July, 2009
Pipe commands on the Linux command line
Brief post explaining the basics of how the pipe '|' functionality works
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6 July, 2009
Setting a custom image as your Grub splash screen
Tutorial explaining how to add a custom image to your GRUB splash screen...
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1 July, 2009
Configure the Java environment Eclipse loads with.
This article explains how you configure Java to use Sun Java to load with...
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30 June, 2009
Eclipse Code Formatter
Every time I install Eclipse I end up changing the code formatting, well this time I decided to export it so I wouldn't have to ever do it again, and I thought I would share...
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16 June, 2009
Bluetooth file transfer in Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty)
Quick guide to software required to get bluetooth working for file transfer on Jaunty
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29 May, 2009
Creating Persistent USB Pen Drive on Ubuntu 9.04
Guide to show/tell you how to make a persistent live run USB pen stick.
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24 May, 2009
Downgrading Windows Vista to Windows Xp on a Acer Laptop
Tutorial showing how to downgrade the OS on a Acer laptop
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24 May, 2009
Stupid Microsoft Visual Basic 6 Error: file DAO350.DLL
Fixing the stupid 'Can't find file DAO350.DLL' error in VB6
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21 May, 2009
Disable CPU scaling in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
This shows you how to disable to CPU scaling in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty)
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5 May, 2009
Install Skype on Ubuntu
Quick post explaining how to install Skype on Ubuntu....
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11 February, 2009
Install Openoffice 3 on Ubuntu
Explains how to install Openoffice 3 on Ubuntu....
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16 January, 2009
The Secrets of DD and using it to backup your HDDS
This is just a quick post to tell you all how to backup your HDD´s to a backup image, this works with either an entire HDD, a single partition or even things such as a DVD............
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5 January, 2009
Resume a broken download from Wget
The secret to downloading large files on a crappy internet connection...
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