a blog by Norman Hooper
Linux
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[2011-05-02]
How to get rid of Ubuntu's overlay scrollbars
I don't want to be a party pooper, but I can't scroll in Eclipse, and I need to.
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[2011-04-06]
Change primary monitor in Ubuntu
How to move the panels in Ubuntu to the other screen
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[2011-03-18]
Tidy HTML, PHP, C++ in Komodo
A collation of suggestions on the Komodo Forum for a Tidy macro catering for several languages and formats
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[2011-03-15]
Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" + Gnome 3
GNOME3 Team makes Gnome 3 packages available for Ubuntu 11.04
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[2011-03-14]
Fedora + Gnome 3 vs Ubuntu + Unity
Both partnerships fall short of perfect. But neither are bad.
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[2010-12-09]
Hosting a Git repository on a Hetzner managed server
Installing Git on a Hetzner managed server is a piece of cake
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[2010-11-22]
How to rip DVDs using K3B in Kubuntu
K3B has DVD ripping disabled in Kubuntu. Fix it like this.
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[2010-11-15]
Django on a Hetzner-managed server
How to install a Django web application on a Hetzner-managed server
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[2010-10-11]
Marvelous Maverick
Ubuntu Maverick Meerkat has made it
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[2010-09-15]
Changing default storage engine in MySQL
The setting in my.cnf to change the default storage engine to InnoDB
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[2010-08-19]
How to extract audio from YouTube
The easy way for Linux users
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[2010-06-29]
Changing User Directory Names In Gnome And KDE
Don't like the way Gnome calls it "Documents" instead of, say, "doc"? This is how to fix it.
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[2009-05-07]
How to read a winmail.dat file
winmail.dat is a package of e-mail attachments meant for Microsoft Exchange clients. Here is how to open it if you are using an Internet mail client on Linux.
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[2009-04-07]
How To grep UTF-16
grep won't work. Turns out your file is UTF-16 encoded. Now what?
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[2008-11-05]
Keyboard delay in KDE
Some completely unnecessary hairpulling
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[2008-10-14]
Dual-head with ATI Mobility FireGL 9000
I had been looking for help with Xinerama and MergedFB. I missed one line in the logs.
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[2008-10-10]
Moving MySQL in Ubuntu
Ubuntu 8.04 and Ubuntu 8.10 use AppArmor. And AppArmor watches MySQL.
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[2008-06-06]
Communism or Common Sense
Steve Ballmer has likened Linux to communism, and he has as much affection for open source proponents as President McCarthy had for communists.
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[2008-04-17]
Installing Linux from a tar file
A logical progression of my VirtualBox post
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[2008-04-12]
Copying from a VirtualBox drive on Linux
How to install a virtual machine, and then copy to the real thing
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[2008-02-29]
5FM on Ubuntu Gutsy
Listen to 5FM, an "ASX" Internet radio station feed, on Rhythmbox
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[2008-02-05]
TwinView with TV
I plugged my TV into my old nVidia card.
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[2007-12-17]
"Win" key in KDE
Task switching in KDE + CompizFusion
