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Install packages for PEAR in XAMPP (Ubuntu Linux)
March 17, 2010 | No comment
You want to install some packages for PEAR in XAMPP in linux, assume XAMPP & PEAR are already installed at /opt/lampp 1. Go to /opt/lampp/bin 2. $ sudo ./pear install <package-names> DONE!
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Skype on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04
March 17, 2010 | No comment
Skype Easy steps for running Skype on Lucid Lynx 10.04 Download first, check your system 32bit or 64bit and download the corresponding file: 32 bit 64 bit Launch the skype deb file and you are in business
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Hamachi on Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 error
October 27, 2009 | No comment
I have Hamachi installed on Jaunty successfully by following this article, but having error when trying to make the same on Karmic. Step 17 failed simple with “Killed” message when I put the command $ sudo hamachi-init -c /etc/hamachi After googling around, I found out this posts, it solved my problem, so I put it here for those who are struggling with the Hamachi installation on Karmic. ...
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Speedup your flock browser (applied to firefox too)
October 25, 2009 | No comment
I decided to try Flock on my new Ubuntu Karmic installation, which is running beautifully on my old-boy Toshibar R100. And to make it faster, you may try as I did, I bet it will make your flock much faster when browsing 1. In Address bar type about:config . A warning is displayed, just proceed with the button “I’ll be careful, I promise” 2. In the Filter, type network.http 3. Now, ...
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Get back your Alt+Ctrl+Backspace in Karmic
October 18, 2009 | 1 comment
Alt+Ctrl+Backspace is disabled by default in Karmic, to enable it back, it’s quite easy 1. GNOME - Goto System->Preferences->Keyboard- Choose Layout tab, then click “Layout Options” button- Select “Key sequence to kill the X server”and tick the option Alt+Ctrl+Backspace 2. KDE - From your terminal, launch “systemsettings”- Select “Regional & ...
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Duplicate a website like Teleport on Ubuntu Jaunty Linux
October 14, 2009 | No comment
If you are a Windows user, you probably know about Teleport to download or create a copy of a website on your hard-disk What about on Linux? Well, you have another alternative powerful option: using wget - To mirror your website: wget --convert-links -r http://www.yoursite.com - To download specific file types: wget –accept=.html,.doc,.docx,.pdf,.xls,.xlsx,.ppt,.pptx –recursive –no-clobber ...
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Looking no more! I found the best Mind Map for my Ubuntu
October 6, 2009 | No comment
I have been missing Mindmap Manager when switching to Ubuntu from my Windows box and wondering for a while to find a powerful & competitive alternative free solution. Freemind is the first one that came up on my Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 system, it satisfied my needs but the graphics seem to be plain & poor compare to the windows counterpart. Here is the screenshot of Freemind. And today I found ...
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Adobe Air on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
September 29, 2009 | No comment
Three simple steps for installing Adobe Air on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 1. Download Adobe Air from Adobe Air Download site and put to Desktop 2. Make the file executable sudo chmod +x ~/Desktop/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin <font face="tahoma"> <big>3. Execute</big> </font> ~/Desktop/./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
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Three steps to install Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
September 27, 2009 | No comment
Fire up Terminal and follow 3 steps to have a brand new Firefox 1. Add ubuntu-mozilla ppa sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main’ >> /etc/apt/sources.list” sudo sh -c “echo ‘deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main’ >> /etc/apt/sources.list” 2. Add the ...
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Speed up your Ubuntu (Jaunty)
September 23, 2009 | No comment
1. Use my RAMDisplay current value sudo cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness Change it sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10 or edit gksudo gedit /etc/sysctl.conf look for vm.swappiness vm.swappiness=10 or add it if it doesn’t exist 2. gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/ondemand Change echo -n ondemand > $CPUFREQ to echo -n performance > $CPUFREQ


