KDE Default Cursor After Installing Kubuntu on Ubuntu

January 17th, 2010

How to change the cursor theme back to default after installing Kubuntu from Ubuntu.

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Editing Files Remotely in Linux with gEdit and Others

August 20th, 2009

The flexibility of the Nautilus file manager on GNOME allows you to easily access remote filesystems via FTP as if it was mounted as a local directory. Firing up gEdit got me thinking “Can I use gEdit’s file browser to edit remote files?”. Yes you can and in theory you should be able to open and edit any remote files with any application on Linux.

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Cross Browser Testing on Linux

August 4th, 2009

As a Linux user browsing the web you probably have respect and understanding for the importance of both cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility. When developing a site the first thing you should aim for is your project adhering to standards…

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Mapping Linux (ext3) File System for use in Apache under Windows

May 26th, 2009

After setting the Windows hard drive as the primary boot device I set out to not only read the Linux filesystem (ext3) with all my work but to also continue it in Apache under Windows which, to my surprise, was actually very easy. By the end of this reference you should be able to use your Linux filesystem within Windows and use Apache to read and use the website related content off your Linux filesystem.

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A Basic Introduction to chmod for Linux

May 21st, 2009

chmod (short for change mode) is a shell command for Linux (and other Unix-like systems) for changing file and directory permissions. With Linux being a popular server solution it is an important command to learn and understand especially for the likes of website development on Linux based HTTP servers.

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Changing Device Driver for NetworkManager (nm-applet)

May 17th, 2009

As Ubuntu’s NetworkManager applet (nm-applet) has no option to change the driver you’re required to do it manually, which this reference will demonstrate. As an example we’ll be changing the default driver (rtl8180 for me) to use ndiswrapper.

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