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Skype for Ubuntu 13.04 Ringtail
I am running the new version of Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, and so far really like it. However I’ve had a bit of trouble with Skype, because I could not get it to use the indicator area of the tray. Other than that it seemed to work fine. When I installed Skype I did it […]
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Headphone problem with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
I was having a sporadic problem with my headphone jack in my new Dell E1505 laptop that came pre-loaded with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), using ALSA. The problem was that when I plugged in my headphones, sometimes they worked, and other times nothing happened. No sound from my headphones at all. Here is how I […]
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Apache redirecting to home directory using userdir module
Development is made easier by running a full development environment on your workstation. I personally run a full LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) environment that allows me to test what I am developing on my workstation. In this case I am on my new Dell Inspiron E1505n running Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn. One of the […]
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Laptop not recovering from suspend mode (Dell with Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn)
I am pretty mobile, and find it a pain to boot up my laptop every time I need it. So instead I simply close it to put it into suspend mode, and simply open it and log in without the needed wait for booting up. (Even though Ubuntu loads very quickly.) The problem is that […]
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New Dell Inspiron with Preloaded Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
Well, after a couple of weeks waiting my shiny new Dell Inspiron E1505 preloaded with Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) has finally arrived. First I must say that it took a LONG time. It is pretty common for Dell to take some time getting PC’s and/or Servers delivered after it is ordered. (IBM and others tend […]