I'd been hearing quite a bit about Adobe's Air over the last few months, but I hadn't had any reason to install it.While I use a Mac running OSX in the office, I tend to spend more time using my Ubuntu desktop when I'm at home. I may have a MacBook Pro, but sitting at a desk is more comfortable if you're working on anything that matters.Since I seem to spend a lot of time and … [Read more...] about Adobe Air On Ubuntu
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Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu
This is another one of those "I know this, but I can never remember how" type things.I'm currently reconfiguring a machine on the other side of the globe, so I want to get it to work to IST instead of EST.A quick google brought up a rather complex way of doing it which sounded really wrong to me, so I refined my query and found the sane solution in the Ubuntu … [Read more...] about Changing Server Timezone On Ubuntu
EVMS Bit My Ubuntu Upgrade!
I knew that upgrading Ubuntu had been far too easy.There had to be a "gotcha" and of course there was.EVMS (Enterprise Volume Management System) is no longer supported as part of the core Ubuntu distribution, but as a couple of my servers were running very old versions of Ubuntu apt did its job all too well and upgraded it for me. End result - Siracusa, where several of my … [Read more...] about EVMS Bit My Ubuntu Upgrade!
Upgrading Ubuntu Is Fun – Sort of!
Today was upgrade Ubuntu day!For some inane reason I hadn't kept ANY of my Ubuntu servers up to date in terms of releases (they were up to date in terms of security patches). Part of the reason why I hadn't upgraded was laziness - they were all working properly, so I didn't see any reason to fix something that wasn't broken... Of course that meant that when I finally decided to … [Read more...] about Upgrading Ubuntu Is Fun – Sort of!
Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Envy
As I've mentioned previously, my graphics card is a little bit problematic. I had pretty much forgotten about the issues since I discovered "envy", which did a wonderful job of sorting out the correct Nvidia driver for me.Unfortunately when I upgraded my desktop to Ubuntu Gutsy yesterday I ran into issues. While the upgrade itself went fine (as far as I can see!) envy simply … [Read more...] about Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Envy