I was having a dickens of a time, trying to force a browser make the user save the file, instead of trying to stream it. Here’s how to do it. The original article is here. 1. in the directory where the file is located, we need to create a .htaccess file. So using the editor [...]
25
Jul
Forcing a Web Browser to Save a File instead of Streaming it
Posted by admin Published in Browsers, ftp, lonino comment
22
Jul
Getting Ubuntu 10.04 Video/Audio to work with an Intel 82815 Chipset
Posted by admin Published in X11, gnomeThe built in speakers on the compaq desktop pro, while they work with WIN XP, don’t work with Ubuntu 10.04. However, if you plugin a set of speakers or earphones into the sound output jack on the back (green) works perfectly. After installing the LIVECD onto the Compaq Desktop Pro, when I rebooted, everything looked [...]
16
Jul
Courtesy Jordan-U from #ubuntu (freenode.net) Dual booting (Windows/Linux) can cause some unique situations. Windows will try to assert itself as the only game in town, which can cause grub to go into an endless boot loop. Here’s an easy way to fix grub after a Windows Install/Hiccup. 1. First boot off of a livecd You [...]
8
Jul
From Joe: How to configure samba using a graphical interface in Ubunbu Thanks Joe!
8
Jul
I have a 1 t/b back up drive, which is a USB drive. However, the device names seem to change automagically. Power interruptions, or even things like Virtual Box will cause the drive to dismount and re-mount, changing the device name, and causing havoc elsewhere for things like my music and ftp site which are [...]
8
Jul
For those of us who need to take breaks from our computer (mine for medical reasons), the gnome-typing-monitor is indispensable. However, it does NOT work in Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid). Which for me, was a show stopper. I have Deep Vein Thrombosis and so I can’t sit for extended periods of time. Ubuntu 10.04 Bug #565757 [...]
1
Jul
Sorting Bookmarks (alphabetically) in Firefox I knew there had to be a way to do this! Wayno
29
Apr
From: Jose B 28 April at 01:49 When installing Linux on your Windows machine using Wubi, your Linux installation will not have access through the synaptic package manager to the Ubuntu Restricted Extras; also you will not be able to install them through the web page either. What I did to get around this is: [...]
27
Apr
THANKS LONI! How to do — Certificate Based Authentication 1. Go into .ssh directory cd ~/.ssh 2. create a file config with your favourite editor: Host simpsons.com dohnuts User homer hostname simpsons.com port 12345 The first line Host, identifies the domain, and the machine in that domain we which to reach. The second line User, [...]
17
Apr
From a friend: 1. In Thunderbird, click on: Edit/Preferences/Advanced Tab UNCLICK Enable Global Search and Indexer
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