I was searching this morning for an option or plugin that would allow Evolution to be minimized to the tray. I want to keep it open & get notifications of email, but don’t want to clutter up my panel. In my search I found a small sourceforge project called “AllTray“. With AllTray you can dock… Read More »
Well I tried to upgrade my Linksys WRT54G wireless router using the DD-WRT firmware. I downloaded the firmware, upgraded & got a ‘upgrade successful message’ but after that all it seems to be is a brick. I can’t access it via the web and I can’t get a DHCP assignment. It doesn’t really seem to… Read More »
I’ve been playing for a while with backup & recovery options for my webserver. For a while now I’ve been using a homegrown bash script that I created, which worked fine, but did have its limitations. Today I found something that I hope will give me everything I need. Mondo Rescue looks like it should… Read More »
The Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu teams are proud to present a second Beta release of Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Edubuntu 6.06 LTS, codenamed “Dapper Drake”. This release corrects some serious flaws in the installer present on the Desktop CD in the first Beta release. Although thetext-mode install CD also forms part of this release, it has not been modified… Read More »
So I didn’t get to bed until past 1:00am last nite but I did get wireless working in Dapper Beta 2. I finally used the bcm43xx-fwcutter package and used the included script found at: /usr/share/bcm43xx-fwcutter/install_bcm43xx_firmware.sh. I also added a little script to handle some of the oddities included in the new setup. Note: I do… Read More »
Continuing from a previous entry I’m trying to decide what to do with my driveless (is that a term?) notebook. Its a decent machine (HP Pavillion ze1210) but the HDD recently crashed. I’ve been running DSL 2.2b on it, but haven’t used it too much yet. I’m not sure what the best use for it… Read More »
After adding one of the two new machines to my network I am faced with the issue of the best way to expand my network. I would love feedback from some of you network admins or those more familiar with the services I’m looking at. Below is my current network setup + ideas for expansion:… Read More »
I know it has been a few days since the official release but I realized I hadn’t made any mention of it. Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper Beta is now available for download. Some major updates are available in this new version of Ubuntu. If you’re able to help with continued testing please upgrade and help make… Read More »
So my sister brought over her notebook today and told me it had stopped working.? She said it just gave some error about grub and that’s it. Well, I’ve been messing with it all day and have come to the conclusion that the HDD is officially hosed.? I could not access it via DSL.? I… Read More »
While I was at work and should have been working I found another cool program. This is in response to yesterdays post about Ampache. I installed it and indexed my collection overnight. I then realized the state of my id3 tags. What a mess! Some of them were empty. Others had incorrect or lacking information.… Read More »