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Comment on Big Bang Theory’s Sheldon Loves Ubuntu? by Big bang theory season 5

Big bang theory season 5 — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 12:15:55 +0000

Well according to Wikipedia it is an OS though I would have considered it a flavour of linux/unix.Also, Sheldons dialogue does have technical mistakes sometimes.He's a gamer too so he probably dual boots

Comment on Best List of Open Source Software for Windows by dell cheap computers

dell cheap computers — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:04:19 +0000

Thanks for shearing list it is really helpful for software engineers and also for daily users of software those use for study.

Comment on Apple suggests Basecamp only runs on Macs by Jared

Jared — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 00:52:29 +0000

Basecamp is made by 37signals, not Apple. It will run on a Mac or any computer with a browser.

Comment on Apple suggests Basecamp only runs on Macs by Nathaniel @ online project management certificate

Nathaniel @ online project management certificate — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:54:51 +0000

Is the Basecamp software made by Apple? If it does, I'm sure it will only run effectively on Mac. Otherwise, we can all use it on any OS's. But when we talk about money, as what I have read in your post, it really cost much on Mac! Anyway, I think it depends on how you use your Basecamp software carefully and how to upgrade your OS or something.online project management certificate

Comment on Sync Palm Pilot Z22 to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 by Don Skene

Don Skene — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:41:35 +0000

I had been trying to get my Handspring Visor to connect with my Ubuntu 10.4 laptop. I followed your instructions and it is now working perfectly.Thanks very much.Don

Comment on Backup Your MBR on Linux by Jared

Jared — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:59:53 +0000

Hi there, sorry about not getting back to you right away. I was on vacation for the past number of weeks. I am unsure what problems may arise if dd is used on an encrypted partition. From what I know of dd, it creates an exact replica of what you point it to. The only problem I'd foresee is if the system somehow "registers" the encrypted partition and that it would "know" if the partition was "tampered" with should you "reload" the partition. I found one resource that suggests dd works fine with encrypted partitions. It just states to unmount the partition before running dd.If I found out more, I'll add a followup to my post.

Comment on Backup Your MBR on Linux by Leo Romanovsky

Leo Romanovsky — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:12:58 +0000

What sort of problems might arise from using dd on a encrypted partition? Thanks.

Comment on Unique Background Wallpapers for Workspaces on Ubuntu Linux by Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:12:54 +0000

I rewrote this a bit, instead of having to use a case, I changed it to work with files that have the workspace as the number, starting from 1.So basically when ever you want to change your wallpaper you only have to change the name of the file in your wallpaper directory, you won’t have to edit this script.Because of how I wrote it also, it has unlimited workspaces.The reason I rewrote it originally was because I knew it could be done with one script. So now when you enter your shortcut in with gconf-editor, specify move.sh -p to move to the left, and move.sh -n to move to the right.If you want to set up specific shortcuts, I also have a move.sh -s WORKSPACE so you can go to specific workspaces if you want.The only limitation mine has is that files must be .jpg format but I’m sure someone else can change that too #!/bin/bash# I’m not sure who to credit specifically as the original writer, because I found it on here:# http://jaredprins.squarespace.com/ubducted/2009/1/19/unique-background-wallpapers-for-workspaces-on-ubuntu-linux.html# If you’d like to let me know so I can correct this, please email me at bugcatcher@getoffmalawn.com### Rewritten by Nathan Hoad# Date: April 1st 2009# Purpose: Changes the background and the workspace.# Changes: I moved everything into one script, and stored the location of your wallpapers in a variable.# I assume we’re all that organised # Apart from that, just read the usage statement to find out how to use it.wallpaper_dir="/home/nathan/.wallpaper/current/"#get number of workspacesworkspace_count=$(wmctrl -d | wc -l)#current workspace indexcurrent_workspace=$(wmctrl -d | awk ‘/\*/ {print $1}’)usage() { echo "Usage: `basename $0` [OPTION]…" echo echo " -n Go to the previous workspace (i.e. from 2 to 1)" echo " -p Go to the next workspace (i.e. from 1 to 2);" echo " -s WORKSPACE Go to the specified workspace. Workspaces start at 1." echo echo "Email any bugs you find to bugcatcher@getoffmalawn.com"}# until proven, there is an errorerror_found=1while getopts nps:h OPTIONdo case $OPTION in p) # move left next_workspace=`expr $current_workspace – 1` #wrap if required if [ $next_workspace = -1 ]; then next_workspace=`expr $workspace_count – 1` fi error_found=0 ;; n) # move right next_workspace=`expr $current_workspace + 1` #wrap if required if [ $next_workspace = $workspace_count ]; then next_workspace=0 fi error_found=0 ;; s) # specify the workspace next_workspace=`expr $OPTARG – 1` if [ $next_workspace -gt $workspace_count ]; then next_workspace=`expr $workspace_count -1` elif [ $next_workspace -le 1 ]; then next_workspace=0 fi error_found=0 ;; h) usage exit 0 esacdoneif [ $error_found -eq 1 ]; then echo "You must specify at least one parameter!" echo usage exit 1fiecho "Setting workspace to $next_workspace"#change to next workspacewmctrl -s $next_workspaceworkspace_wallpaper="$wallpaper_dir`expr $next_workspace + 1`$workspace_wallpaper.jpg"# only set the wallpaper if the file existsif [ -e $workspace_wallpaper ]; then gconftool -t string -s /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "$workspace_wallpaper"else echo "File does not exist. Have you changed the default directory or picture names?" usage exit 1fiAlso, sorry for not putting this in code blocks, but whenever I try on the code itself it won’t do it!

Comment on Secure your computer with some great Firewall software by Jared

Jared — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:31:11 +0000

Thanks Nathan. It’s good to hear others are using it, especially a business.

Comment on Secure your computer with some great Firewall software by nathan

nathan — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:49:45 +0000

We use this at work, and it’s extremely powerful. I find that the UI is not very well done though. It actually makes me physically ill on my Mac I haven’t tried it on Linux though as I’m currently only using Mac and Windows machines, and I suspect it looks somewhat better on Linux given that it looks like it started there.Actually, it seems like FB would be perfect for a dedicated Linux-based firewall device.