Have you ever run into the situation where something wouldn’t delete from your Trash folder? I’ve run into it a few times and I’m not even sure why it happens. For those times when you need to forcefully empty the Trash you can use the following command: rm -rf $HOME/.Trash or sudo rm -rf $HOME/.Trash… Read More »
In the Linux file system everything is considered a file–even devices, drives and removable media. It definitely is a bit different than what you might be used to in the Windows world, but after a quick rundown (below) hopefully the organization will make some more sense. The base (or equivalent of C:\) is called the… Read More »
I’ve had tutorials coming out my ears lately and I realize that many of them are written for use on the command line. For many of you the command line may be intimidating, especially if you’re more accustomed to the Windows standard GUI. I want to tell you the command line can be a VERY… Read More »
I recently read an article on Slashdot mentioning how MySpace users generally have more secure passwords than those in corporate environments. This reminded me of a simple password generator that Ubuntu has to make sure you’re using a password nearly unbreakable. (note: no password is completely unbreakable, but using a generator such as this sure… Read More »
One of you contacted me recently with a few questions regarding my previous post, Network File System (NFS) : Ubuntu (6.06.1 / 6.10). I wanted to post some follow up information on that to help clarify a few of the steps. Some of this may be very simple for many of you, for others it… Read More »
I had a long conversation today with someone that was ready to buy a new computer based on the complaint that it was old and therefore slow. I disagree with this anytime it comes up. At some point, yes, computers will need to be replaced but they have the ability to long outlive the lifespan… Read More »
Below is a quick hack to have your Ubuntu machine automagically update for you at a pre-specified time. This includes the “update”, “upgrade”, “dist-upgrade” and “autoclean” commands. The scheduling is taken care of by cron, our trusty always-on-time friend. sudo crontab -e It is important that you use sudo at this point. The command will… Read More »
I came home from work this evening to find an email regarding my TUX magazine subscription. I originally got the tip about the free online TUX magazine from Aaron and have enjoyed reading it since. I have included the email in its entirety for your information. Upon first consideration I doubt I will continue with… Read More »
So after an afternoon of working with ndiswrapper I found the bcm43xx-fwcutter package that I swore I looked for when I first installed. It must have been before I added livna & freshrpms. Anyway, I installed that, cut the firmware & I’m using wireless. I’m really happy with the progress the latest kernels have made… Read More »
As a preface to this post I want to apologize for not remembering who mentioned the un-wanted Gnome feature. I want to say it was someone at the recent interLUG BBQ, but I’m not sure. I mean no offense by forgetting.. I’m sure understand. Recently I heard complaint about the nautilus file browser in the… Read More »