about 1 year ago - 1 comment
The quest to discover something new and fresh about Ubuntu, which is arguably the world’s most popular and best documented Linux distribution, is an almost ridiculous one to accept and an almost impossible one to fulfill. I felt like the Mission Impossible character, Jim Phelps, as I read the request from my editor. I expected
about 2 years ago - No comments
I have came across such a situation a million times where we move a machine from one IP to another (mostly when policy audits occur) and things stop working even though we modify DNS to reflect changes, just because some *beep* people still fiddle around with the old IP or some software were configured with
about 2 years ago - No comments
It is already known to everyone that Microsoft has the major domination on Desktop in all Domains. And if someone really like to switch from Windows to Linux (with respect to desktop user), the problem which he/she face is that “what are the substitute application on Linux which i used on Windows Platform”. Continue reading
about 2 years ago - No comments
Need a SQLite Manager tool? Use Firefox? Install this. Long gone are the days when you will search for a tool and install it in your system. Google Chrome OS is the new life style now. Living everything in a browser window. Who could forget the FireFTP and ChatZilla plugins at this moment .
about 2 years ago - No comments
By default, Firefox 3 prevents users from installing any extensions that do not offer a secure connection for automatic updates. This prevents users from being victims of hijacked update URLs. But for developers or people installing extensions they know they can trust, it is a pain. Luckily it is easily disabled by: Enter ‘about:config’ into
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
I am a big fan of how debian/debian-based distro maintain apache’s configuration and specially virtualhosts and mods. If you don’t know its like this: you have 2 directories under /etc/apache2 called sites-available and sites-enabled. Under sites-available you can define new hosts but they aren’t automatically loaded into apache. They just sit there. When you are
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
Okay, lets not forget the reason for bringing this post up beside ubuntutweak being a great tool; the reason was i wanted to show you mac like switching using mouse. You are all aware of compiz effects, those wobbly windows, desktop cube/wall and etc.. But in mac i had this great thing called “Exposé”, this
about 2 years ago - 1 comment
At any single instance of time i have Following stuff opened: Terminator (don’t know what it is? check this article), Home Folder, SwiftFox (check this article if you don’t know what is swiftfox), Thunderbird, KeePassX, Opera, Twinkle, Gnote, Firefox(in wine, for some shockwave video lectures), Pidgin, skype, xchat, virtualbox, and probably a totem window as
about 2 years ago - No comments
The source code for Google’s new Chrome OS (and therefore “Chromium” OS) was released this past week with little fanfare on their behalf. What they may have lacked in enthusiasm however, appears to have been well and truly made up for by the rest of the community. Chrome OS has been the hottest topic on
about 2 years ago - No comments
I was put into a situation at office where i had to check if apache was crashing or not, hits on vhosts, and etc, so i enabled mod_status and went ahead with it. Here is an excerpt from an article that helped me getting started: When you have an Apache server serving multiple virtual hosts
about 2 years ago
Nice Site layout for your blog. I am looking forward to reading more from you.
Tom Humes
about 2 years ago
@Tom:
Thanks, well the layout is called Tomodachi and you can download it at : http://www.themelab.com/download/62/ or find more themes from same people at: http://www.themelab.com/free-wordpress-themes/
about 2 years ago
Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?
about 2 years ago
sure, why not…