If you want to enable Ctrl+Alt+Del to open System Monitor you have to do this:
Go to System->Preferences->Keyboard Shortcuts and search for “Logout” action (that is under Desktop actions) and you will see that Ctrl+Alt+Del combination is associated to Logout […] Continue Reading…
I just added a new hard-drive to my system. I created an ext3 partition and used vol_id and blkid to show the UUID. Based on that information, I edited the /etc/fstab file accordingly. When I try the sudo mount […] Continue Reading…
I was explaining here how to install Nodoka theme on Ubuntu.
Or you can use this small script I made to automate this.
PS: You need to have libsexy-dev installed. If not, just run this command in your terminal:
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sudo apt-get --assume-yes --force-yes install libsexy-dev |
I hope you’ll […] Continue Reading…
Let’s have this situation:
You need to make a backup of your blog, you have access only in the admin interface of wordpress and you have 3000+ comments containing spam in the ‘awaiting moderation’ state. Do you spend your day […] Continue Reading…
In Ubuntu the boot hard disk is checked every 20 boots. I have to boot my laptop quite often, so about once a week booting takes more than 10 minutes. This clearly sucks. Fortunately, there is an easy way […] Continue Reading…
If you have installed Songbird by hand, automatic instalation of flash will not work. Here’s a quick fix.
Under Windows:
Open Songbird and paste http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/xpi/current/flashplayer-win.xpi in the location bar at the top of the library or browser. Follow the installation process.
Under […] Continue Reading…
Some guys at Princeton University published the results of their attacks on popular disk encryption systems (BitLocker, FileVault, dm-crypt, and TrueCrypt) using no special devices or materials.
Find out more about their research here and here.
Just found about this add-on: Ubuntu Forums Menu.
The extension adds additional navigation menu for Ubuntu Forums via main-menu and context to Firefox.
Get it from here.
After kernel upgrade, your VirtualBox modules will not be updated.
As a result, your virtual machines will not work.
Here is a quick fix. Run this in your terminal:
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sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup |
If you’re using a CUPS printer on Ubunutu (or other linux distro) you may not print from Java.
There is a quick fix taken from here.
Add an /etc/cups/client.conf file containing:
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ServerName localhost |