Lucky 7 anyone?
So after letting it sit for a whole week on my hdd, I finally had the time to boot up the Windows 7 Beta dvd images on my VMWare server…
Intrepid Ibex on Toshiba Satellite M300-E413
So, as I mentioned earlier on this post, I’m in the market for a new notebook. Particularly, I’m in the market for a notebook equipped with a discrete graphic chip,…
Get synched with Dropbox
I use to carry a thumbdrive containing files that I regularly use. These includes small application such as HijackThis!, notes, sample scripts and configuration files, and may other things.The thing…
Problem connecting to a LEAP secured wireless connection on Ubuntu Gutsy
I’m currently attending a 4 days training on IBM’ Websphere Application Server. They provide us with a Windows XP loaded laptop. Being a Linux zealot, I ask whether I can…
SSH Public key authentication failed, login still request for password
Some time ago, I was asked to setup a public key authentication for SCP session betwen 2 *nix servers. The process should be straight forward, as mentioned on my previous…
Scheduling a move file using cron and scp
So I need to automate a process where an oracle dump file is moved to a remote server, and the existing loacl file is then permanently removed. I have to…
The woe of Linux graphic acceleration
To put it simply, I’m currently in the market for a new notebook. As this notebook will be the replacement for my current notebook and desktop machine, one thing that…
Minbar, prayer time for Linux
Keeping up with the Ramadhan theme, I decided to install Minbar on my Gutsy installation. Minbar is a gnome application for muslim prayer time notification. It was included with the…
Firefox 3.0 on Ubuntu Gutsy
I was excited about the release of version 3.0 of Firefox, and planning on installing when the final version is released. I’ve been toying with the beta 4, available on…