Category Archives: Linux
Firefox 3.6 and VMware Server 2.0.x
ShareRecently, after upgrading to Firefox 3.6, I was unable to connect to my VMware server’s web-access page. Every time I attempted to connect to this page I got the following error message: The connection was reset The connection to the server … Continue reading
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Install Pylint 0.19.0 on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
ShareUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) provides version 0.18 of Pylint by default. Unfortunately, this version of Pylint cannot be used to scan code that includes any module from PyQt4. The problem is described in this post and has been fixed in … Continue reading
KDE 4.4.0 Rocks !!!
ShareThe KDE folks recently released KDE Software Compilation 4.4 to the public and it totally rocks. I have been using it for the past week and it is the best KDE release so far. The Plasma Desktop Workspace has finally … Continue reading
Fedora: All Screwed Up
ShareI have not used a Fedora distribution since Fedora 10 because I was dissatisfied with it (for some reason I can no longer recall) and switched to dpkg-based Ubuntu instead. Last week, I decided to check if Fedora 12 is … Continue reading
Reading BIOS information in Linux
ShareA lot of information about a personal computer is stored as part of the BIOS and can be retrieved using data structures defined in the SMBIOS specification. On Linux operating systems, this information can be easily viewed using the dmidecode … Continue reading
Preventing RDC Timeouts
ShareSo, a client provides you with remote access to their network via (ughh) Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. As a die-hard Linux user, you launch tsclient to connect to their network and all is good. Right? Alas, when you start doing … Continue reading
Putting date and time into Linux clipboard
ShareWhile entering notes on Trac or during meetings or commenting code, I find it useful to quickly enter a time stamp in the text. Some text editors have built-in support for entering a time stamp using a keyboard shortcut while … Continue reading
Processing outdoor pictures using Gimp
ShareGimp is an extremely powerful and useful tool for processing digital images. I have been using it to process my pictures from hiking and backpacking trips for almost twelve years now. However, I did not know about many of its … Continue reading