Backing up your Linux home directory in a flash

November 29, 2009

This is a quick and dirty method of backing up each and every directory that you have in your home folder. Most of you would probably know this anyway, but I thought I might just repost it here. tar cvpf backup.tar `ls` Perhaps a better way is to create an incremental backup each time. tar [...]

Read the full article →

Enabling webcam support for kernel 2.6.31.6 (Karmic)

November 29, 2009

I refer to my previous post about Karmic’s kernel not detecting webcam by default. To enable this feature, you’ll have to make changes to the kernel configuration before actually installing. However, don’t worry if you have already compiled the kernel; it’s still possible to re-configure and re-compile the kernel with the new settings you’re about [...]

Read the full article →

Slapping in Karmic’s kernel into Jaunty, flawlessly

November 26, 2009

Warning: Jaunty might no longer detect your webcam after the installation. That was what happened to me. If you’re a heavy webcam user and can’t give up video chatting in Skype or Empathy, you can safely skip this post. Here’s the latest hybrid I’ve done. If for one reason or another you’re still refusing to [...]

Read the full article →

Karmic Koala network fail

November 21, 2009

Truth be told I was baffled by how poor a job Canonical did on Karmic, and this is just one of the bazillion issues that you might encounter, so keep an eye out for others. After much head-scratching and Googling around for answers, I’ve finally managed to setup Karmic to work properly on a regular [...]

Read the full article →

Gloobus Preview in Ubuntu Karmic

November 20, 2009

I think I already posted this entry before regarding to the Quicklook ala mac for Linux. There are 2 difference now from this review from the previous one. The first one is because I am now using Karmic and the second one is because I already tried it by myself.

Read the full article →

The new AllForLinux.com

November 18, 2009

Hello guys, firstly I’m so sorry because the lack of update for a couple of weeks, and now I’m back. I also proud to announce that I already applied a new layout for AllForLinux.com. Well, what do you think about it?

Read the full article →

Microsoft claimed SUDO

November 15, 2009

Well2.. Another crazy news for the readers. I just got an information that Microsoft just patented SUDO(Super User Do) with patent number 7,617,530. And the worst part is, Microsoft first reference is claimed that SUDO’s origin is in the year 1997. But the fact is, Sudo was founded on around year 1980′s by Bob Coggeshall [...]

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries

Next Entries →