Posted in 1356, Cool programs, Linux, Web Design, Web Technology on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I came across this simple FireFox hack that makes webpages download @ least 5x faster ; ok maybe 2x. This will work on Linux , Mac , Windows….
Follow these simple instructions,
Speed up page rendering
By default, Firefox doesn’t try to render a web page for 250 milliseconds while it’s waiting for data. [...]
Posted in Cool programs, Linux, Services on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am working on a series of beach maps . Click here to view the entire project.
This map was made with QGIS Titan on Ubuntu Linux.
Keep Checking over @ MoreBeach for more Qgis samples.
Posted in Linux on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
GRRRR…
unable to lookup (none) via gethostbyname()
Not sure how I managed to delete localhost on my laptop but here is a quick fix to get your administrative applications back up and runing. I was getting this error in the terminal ; unable to lookup (none) via gethostbyname() , This cripled a few of [...]
Posted in All Posts, Cool programs, Linux on July 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If you need to uncompress a .rar archive in Linux, you can download a program called unrar. If you are using Ubuntu or Debian, you can install unrar by opening a terminal and typing sudo apt-get install unrar. Then read the instructions by typing man unrar.
Basically, to unrar a file in Linux, just [...]
Posted in Cool programs, Linux, Web Technology on May 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Linux for PlayStation 3
The PlayStation 3 is capable to run Linux operating systems installed on the console hard disk. Yellow Dog Linux offer an official distro for the console [1], but other distros like Fedora Core, Gentoo and Ubuntu Linux are also compatible.
History
Sony is approaching with Linux since 2000s in PlayStation 2 marketing when they [...]
Posted in Cool programs, Linux, Web Technology on May 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Record streaming radio with Streamripper and streamtuner
Streamripper and streamtuner are Linux applications that work in tandem, allowing you to listen and record streaming radio.
Streamtuner is a basic application used primarily for playing internet radio from any number of sources including Xiph, basic.ch, punkcast.com, Google Stations, Live365, and SHOUTcast. Streamripper, on the other hand, sits [...]
Posted in Cool programs, Linux, Web Technology on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This just a small sample of the Desktop coolness that comes with the latest BERYL plugin.
What is the Beryl Project?
Beryl is an OpenGL accelerated desktop that seeks to provide a free, open source desktop experience to the community that reflects the wishes of the users. Above all else, the project seeks [...]
Posted in All Posts, Cool programs, Linux, Linux Graphics, Web Technology on May 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I finished creating this Beach Map (1.5 gig .psd file) on Ubuntu Linux recently using a neat plugin called crossover office. This lets you run windows /mac programs on your linux PC.
Posted in All Posts, Linux on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Repository Howto
From a terminal run these 2 commands:
Ubuntu 6.06 “Dapper Drake”
sudo su -c ‘echo deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ dapper free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
wget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add – && sudo apt-get update
Ubuntu 6.10 “Edgy Eft”
sudo su -c ‘echo deb-src http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/ edgy free non-free >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
wget -q http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repo/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add – && [...]
Posted in All Posts, Linux on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Ubuntu and Dell
Ubuntu has always been known for its super-easy installation. But to make things even easier, Canonical and Dell have teamed together to deliver Ubuntu 7.04 fully certified, pre-installed and supported on a range of Dell products.
Canonical offers full commercial support for Ubuntu 7.04 on all of the pre-installed Ubuntu certified Dell hardware products [...]
