Category Archives: linux

Getting Your DVDs Onto Your Mac/iPod/iPhone

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Daz

I’d looked at Handbrake a while back but the GUI was far too confusing for a simpleton like me. It seems like it’s been cleaned up quite a bit now and looks rather useful! (The little video giving an overview … Continue reading →

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Darwin Calendar Server

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Daz

At the moment I’m a very happy user of Google calendar and Spanning Sync for all my scheduling needs. But the geek in me fancies playing about with things so I’m thinking about setting up a CalDav server (when time … Continue reading →

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Install phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 7.10

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Daz

Update: These instructions have been tested and work fine in the latest version of Ubuntu (8.04, Hardy Heron). phpPgAdmin is a web based GUI for administrating a PostgreSQL database server. Here’s some quick notes on getting it installed easily on … Continue reading →

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Mount ISO Files With Nautilus

Posted on November 14, 2007 by Daz

Here’s two short bash scripts that allow you to mount and unmount an ISO image easily within the right-click menu in Nautilus (the file manager in Gnome): $ sudo mkdir /media/ISO $ cd ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/ $ gedit “Mount ISO Image” Now … Continue reading →

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Installing Apache and PHP Troubles

Posted on November 13, 2007 by Daz

I just recently set Apache up on my home server (more on the server at some point in the future), but I was having problems serving up php pages. Every time I tried to access a php based page, Firefox … Continue reading →

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Creating New Accounts in PostgreSQL

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Daz

Getting a new account set up on PostgreSQL is a simple process… Create our new user: $ sudo su postgres -c createuser daz Then you have to give this new user role a name (I called it daz), and then … Continue reading →

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Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 7.10

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Daz

If you are using the latest version of Ubuntu (8.04 - Hardy Heron), you might find these slightly updated instructions useful. This quick walk-through are my notes for installing the PostgreSQL database server and the PgAdmin administration application on Ubuntu … Continue reading →

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Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu Gutsy

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Daz

I’ve just started to play about with the new Ubuntu (7.10 - Gutsy), I have to say that I quite like it - I was a big fan of Feisty and all other Ubuntu releases previously, so this is more … Continue reading →

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