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Why is Amarok’s "Burn This Album" Disabled in Ubuntu?

So you are using the killer Amarok music application under Ubuntu, but when you try to “Burn this Album”, the menu item is grayed out and otherwise disabled. The reason for this is because Amarok is a KDE application de…

Lowell Heddings Jun 23rd, 2007

Linux QuickTip: Downloading and Un-tarring in One Step

Most of the time, when I download something it’s a file archive of some kind – usually a tarball or a zip file. This could be some source code for an app that isn’t included in Gentoo’s Portage tree, some documentation for an…

Mr Linux Jun 22nd, 2007

Using Ubuntu: What Package Did This File Come From?

How many times have you noticed a file sitting in a directory and wondered… where did this file come from? Or you are trying to tell a friend how to use a utility but he doesn’t have it installed, and you can’t rememb…

Lowell Heddings Jun 19th, 2007

Put Close/Maximize/Minimize Buttons on the Left in Ubuntu

If you are a new Ubuntu user coming from a Mac background, you might be disoriented by the placement of the minimize/maximize/close box on Ubuntu, which mimics Windows by default.

Lowell Heddings Jun 12th, 2007

Shell Script to Upload a File to the Same Subdirectory on a Remote Server

A very common task for a web developer is uploading a single file from a subdirectory on your development box to the same subdirectory on a remote server. Unfortunately, this always ends up being an annoying manual process i…

Lowell Heddings Jun 10th, 2007

Unzip or Unrar Many Files at Once in Linux

If you’ve got a directory with dozens of zipped or rar’d files, you can run a single command to unzip them all in one step, thanks to the power of the bash shell.

Lowell Heddings May 28th, 2007

Track MySQL Queries with mysqlsniffer on Ubuntu

You’ve got a production database server, and you can’t enable query logging… so how do you see the queries being executed against the database?

Lowell Heddings May 25th, 2007

Set Gmail as Default Mail Client in Ubuntu

Every Geek uses Gmail… it’s pretty much required. And now you can set Gmail as the default client in Ubuntu without any extra software. (Windows requires the Gmail notifier be installed)

Lowell Heddings May 10th, 2007

Fix "Password required" Error When Using Unrar in Ubuntu

If you’ve tried to use the built-in “Extract Here” functionality in Ubuntu’s File Roller to extract either a single or a multi-part zip or rar file and ended up with a “Password required” error, then you might just …

Lowell Heddings May 9th, 2007

Add the Trash Can Icon to Your Ubuntu Desktop

Ubuntu has an option for adding a Trash Can icon to the desktop, which might be a comfort for those of you migrating from Windows.

Lowell Heddings May 7th, 2007

Hide Removable Drive Icons from Your Ubuntu Desktop

I prefer a clean desktop with no icons cluttering it up, but by default Ubuntu adds icons to the desktop for every single removable drive that you attach to your system.

Lowell Heddings May 2nd, 2007

Assign Custom Shortcut Keys on Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu includes a very limited shortcut key configuration utility which doesn’t allow you to assign hotkeys to your own applications or scripts. To get around this limitation, we can use the built-in gconf-editor utility to a…

Lowell Heddings May 1st, 2007

Monitor Your Website in Real-Time with Apachetop

As a webmaster, I’ve often wanted to be able to see real-time hits as they arrive. Sure, Google Analytics is a wonderful package for looking at trends over time, but there’s a delay of a few hours there, and you really can’t …

Lowell Heddings Apr 3rd, 2007

Reinstall Ubuntu Grub Bootloader After Windows Wipes it Out

If you run a dual-boot system with Linux and Windows, this has happened to you. You had to do your monthly reinstall of Windows, and now you don’t see the linux bootloader anymore, so you can’t boot into Ubuntu or whatev…

Lowell Heddings Mar 22nd, 2007

Display Number of Processors on Linux

If you’ve just upgraded your Linux box, or you are wondering how many processors a remote server has, there’s a quick and dirty command you can use to display the number of processors.

Lowell Heddings Feb 22nd, 2007

Delete Files Older Than x Days on Linux

The find utility on linux allows you to pass in a bunch of interesting arguments, including one to execute another command on each file. We’ll use this in order to figure out what files are older than a certain number of days…

Lowell Heddings Feb 21st, 2007

Upgrading Ubuntu From Edgy to Feisty (6.10 to 7.04)

Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) is the latest version of Ubuntu. Here’s the quick list of new features for your enjoyment, but you should really upgrade to see everything for yourself.

Lowell Heddings Jan 27th, 2007

Save 15 Keystrokes – Use Ctrl+Enter to Complete URL

I know what you are thinking. You want to open https://www.howtogeek.com, but it’s such a hassle to type in the http:// and the www and the .com. Here’s your shortcut method.

Lowell Heddings Jan 13th, 2007

Installing Rainlendar2 on Ubuntu

Rainlendar is a calendar application that doesn’t take up much space on your desktop. You can use it to keep track of events and tasks, and with the pro version you even can sync with network calendars….

Lowell Heddings Jan 11th, 2007

Install Samba Server on Ubuntu

If you want to share files between your Ubuntu and Windows computers, your best option is to use Samba file sharing.

Lowell Heddings Jan 7th, 2007

Share Ubuntu Home Directories using Samba

Samba Server allows you to share the home directories of users automatically. This can be useful so that you don’t have to manually create every share for every user.

Lowell Heddings Jan 7th, 2007

Create a Samba User on Ubuntu

If you are using Samba Server on your network, you will want to create users that have access to use it. There’s a very simple command structure on how to do so.

Lowell Heddings Jan 7th, 2007

Set Windows as Default OS when Dual Booting Ubuntu

When you install a dual-boot of Ubuntu, one of the frustrating things that you’ll immediately notice is that Ubuntu is now set as the default operating system in the Grub loader. There’s an easy way to switch back to using Wi…

Lowell Heddings Jan 7th, 2007

Change your Network Card MAC Address on Ubuntu

There are a lot of reasons you might want to manually set your MAC address for your network card. I won’t ask you what your reason is.

Lowell Heddings Dec 31st, 2006

Install MySQL Server 5 on Ubuntu

Installing MySQL 5 Server on Ubuntu is a quick and easy process. It almost feels like it should be more difficult.

Lowell Heddings Dec 28th, 2006

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How-To configure your Ubuntu Linux Installation

Why is Amarok’s "Burn This Album" Disabled in Ubuntu?

Linux QuickTip: Downloading and Un-tarring in One Step

Using Ubuntu: What Package Did This File Come From?

Put Close/Maximize/Minimize Buttons on the Left in Ubuntu

Shell Script to Upload a File to the Same Subdirectory on a Remote Server

Unzip or Unrar Many Files at Once in Linux

Track MySQL Queries with mysqlsniffer on Ubuntu

Set Gmail as Default Mail Client in Ubuntu

Fix "Password required" Error When Using Unrar in Ubuntu

Add the Trash Can Icon to Your Ubuntu Desktop

Hide Removable Drive Icons from Your Ubuntu Desktop

Assign Custom Shortcut Keys on Ubuntu Linux

Monitor Your Website in Real-Time with Apachetop

Reinstall Ubuntu Grub Bootloader After Windows Wipes it Out

Display Number of Processors on Linux

Delete Files Older Than x Days on Linux

Upgrading Ubuntu From Edgy to Feisty (6.10 to 7.04)

Save 15 Keystrokes – Use Ctrl+Enter to Complete URL

Installing Rainlendar2 on Ubuntu

Install Samba Server on Ubuntu

Share Ubuntu Home Directories using Samba

Create a Samba User on Ubuntu

Set Windows as Default OS when Dual Booting Ubuntu

Change your Network Card MAC Address on Ubuntu

Install MySQL Server 5 on Ubuntu

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