Tag Archives: Ubuntu
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
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
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
Backup an entire disk to another (larger) disk
After some troubles with my desktop computer it’s going to be replaced with a new one. The desktop originally only had 1 disk, and that was going to be replaced as well, so I needed a backup. But I did … Continue reading
Ubuntu .local domain resolving issue’s and iptables prerouting
In the past few days I’ve been helping a new colleague at my current job with getting his development area setup in Ubuntu. Most of us work with Windows, including myself since I’m not working on my laptop but on … Continue reading
Followup on the Belkin F5D8053 and Ubuntu
Seems my previous blog post about the Belkin is found quite often when people search for how to get it to work on Ubuntu in general, also with ndiswrapper. Please note, my post is not about getting it to work … Continue reading
Trying to get the Belkin F5D8053 v3 to work on Ubuntu Hardy without ndiswrapper
Update: I got it working now, see my new post about it. If I look at the Windows driver for my new Belkin F5D8053 it is based on the RT2870 chipset. There is a native driver available for this chipset. … Continue reading