Apturl allows you to install Ubuntu packages from a website using the following syntax: apt:packagename (where packagename is the name of the package you wish to install For example, I wanted to install a new pixel ruler (link courtesy of Borntwisted) called KRuler. If I was to install this directly from my web browser I would […]

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NOTE: This How To: is for Ubuntu Linux (all versions) but should work on any version of Linux that supports the ext3 filesystem and reiserfs filesystem. This How To: is offered as is and I cannot take responsibility for any problems you suffer as a result of modifying yoru core system files. ext3 Filesystem The ext3 or […]

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If, like me you have your media and web server kept on another machine, and get annoyed having to put your username and password in each time you want to grab a file or listen to music, then this is for you. This is the most secure method I could come up with, simply put, if […]

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Citrix is a system that allows you to run applications you have at work/home from anywhere in the world or on your local area network (LAN) from a remote workstation. You have real time access to run your applications as fast as if you are in the office. It does not matter if you’re using a […]

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Mod_Rewrite uses a rule-based rewriting engine (based on a regular-expression parser) to rewrite requested URLs on the fly. It supports an unlimited number of rules and an unlimited number of attached rule conditions for each rule to provide a really flexible and powerful URL manipulation mechanism. The URL manipulations can depend on various tests, for […]

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This tutorial will guide you through installing Lexmark printers on Ubuntu. The tutorial was taken from the Ubuntu forums. I decided to post it here as it did not work exactly like it was supposed to for me and I had to modify the procedure. I have ammended the tutorial to my needs and probably the […]

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“”Many people know from their own experience that it’s not easy to install an Apache web server and it gets harder if you want to add MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MySQL, PHP and Perl. XAMPP is really very easy to install and to use - just […]

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I am using the pre-installed version of Mozilla Firefox for Linux, some of you I know are not. This fix defiantly works on the pre-installed version, it is a little flaky on a manual install of Firefox and has been known not to work. Please do try it if you have the manual install and hopefully […]

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I had to download the RealPlayer for Linux because of certain videos and the plugin for Firefox. unfortunatly I had no sound, although video quality was fantastic. So after some searching around I found a few fixes, this one worked for me. Open your terminal window and edit this file in your favourite text editor (”gedit” […]

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Open a terminal window and enter: gedit ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/openas-root Now add this code to the file #!/bin/sh ### openas-root: ### written by alexp ### nautilus script for opening the selected files as superuser (uid=0), ### utilizing the appropriate applications. for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; do gksudo “gnome-open $uri” & done ### end of file. Save and close this file. Now enter this command into the […]

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Unfortunatly we all need to use Internet Explorer at some point. Even us Linux users require it to test web designs to make sure that they work correctly. 90 odd percent of people out there use Internet Explorer, not through choice, they just do not know that a safer, more secure alternative exists. Which by […]

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After a windows update and updating my graphics card drivers, video playback became almost impossible. The video playback in all of my multimedia players was overlayed with a bright green filter. A quick search through google and the nVidia forums and I fond the answer. The nVidia drivers are to blame, and the fix is simple, […]

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OK I had a lot of trouble with bandwidth management on the firmware I had changed to. The damn things just would not let me control the bandwidth at all. Fatty’s torrents still ended up taking my bandwidth and stopping me even checking my mail. I was nearly at breaking point when I recieved an email […]

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Well, the last attempt at solving the problem did not work. After leaving my computer idle for just 20 minutes, my housemates computers took over. I am getting annoyed with this little problem. Right now I have disabled both his ports on my router so I have time to find out what the hell is going […]

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Plain and simply, my Roubenesque housemate has a 20 “gig a day” habit. I know when he is on the computer because my internet connection suddenly disappears. The Issue: The programs he is using to download his stuff is hogging all of our 10mb cable connection and leaves me high and dry without a connection. The Task: I needed […]

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