Category Archives: General

Bluetooth using the gui in Ubuntu

Bluetooth is of course a well-known mechanism for connecting mobile phones and pda’s to computers and laptops. It is low-power, easy to setup, and works out of the box on most systems. Until recently setting up serial over bluetooth in … Continue reading

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Lightweight & fast webmail client

My main home server is a measly pentium II class machine running (now) on Debian Etch. Not the fastest machine but it works, uses little power and is cheap while setup from left-overs. Among other things it serves me my … Continue reading

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Connecting Ubuntu client to Cups server

As trivial as its configuration actually is, I find it surprising there is no easy (as in GUI-driven) way to connect your (K)Ubuntu/Debian box to existing Cups infrastructures. Even in (K)Ubuntu 8.10 you need to use Konsole or Terminal. But … Continue reading

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Quick status update

So, I’ve been inactive for a while now. With the new job and moving to a new place my time to blog has been very limited. I’ve been preparing some more drafts (the number of drafts is now bigger then … Continue reading

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VMware and Virtual PC images continued

A few days ago I wrote about VMware and the Virtual PC images. I said that it’s not a problem that you don’t have the Windows CD, and that you just had to press cancel when requested. This was only … Continue reading

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Starting to blog

Since I see many people blogging about things they do, and I use that to acquire a lot of knowledge, I’ve decided it’s time for me to start blogging as well. I hope I’ll be able to help you out … Continue reading

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