Category Archives: documentation

Getting a handle on Ubuntu mobile power management

Posted on February 6, 2012 by leogaggl

To get an idea on the current power usage and some suggestions on how to improve power-management ‘powertop‘ is a must-have. sudo apt-get install powertop Powertop Screenshot For some more detailed suggestions this is a good start: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PowerManagement/ReducedPower

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Turning the Toshiba Z830 into a Ubuntu Ultrabook

Posted on February 5, 2012 by leogaggl

Since I will have to do a fair amount of traveling in the next year I was in need of upgrading my trusted workhorse of Toshiba Qosmio F60 to a more portable option that will be easier on the shoulders … Continue reading →

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Mobile Browser Testing on the Desktop

Posted on January 28, 2012 by leogaggl

If you need to check websites for mobile compliance on a regular basis you know that having a device to constantly check is painful and slows down your work during debugging and phases of constant change.   by  adactio  There are a … Continue reading →

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Installing MySQL Workbench on Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on December 4, 2011 by leogaggl

Thanks to Olivier Berten for providing this package via his PPA Repo ! sudo add-apt-repository ppa:olivier-berten/misc sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mysql-workbench-gpl  

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Virtualbox 4 install on Ubuntu

Posted on October 26, 2011 by leogaggl

Since the default Ubuntu repository does not have the current version of VirtualBox (currently 4.1.x) here is the installation procedure via apt-get echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add … Continue reading →

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Using Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate) on Ubuntu

Posted on October 20, 2011 by leogaggl

Like it or not (personally I am in the second category) Blackboard Collaborate or Elluminate (as it is still more commonly referred to) is something you have a hard time avoiding if you work in online education. I discovered that I … Continue reading →

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Setting up TV channels for DVB tuner cards in Ubuntu

Posted on October 19, 2011 by leogaggl

Just some memory aid to help remember how to set up DVB cards in Ubuntu: apt-get install dvb-apps dvbstream w-scan w_scan -c AU -X > channels.conf You can use this channels.conf with a number of TV players (MeTV, MythTV,…) however … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu – create manual application launcher (Unity)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by leogaggl

With every new release of Ubuntu I am becoming more resigned to the fact that the effort to revert back to the Ubuntu Classic (Gnome 2) interface is getting harder and sooner or later I will have to bite the … Continue reading →

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Installing Java6 JDK on Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on October 18, 2011 by leogaggl

Since sun-java6-jdk has been removed from the default Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) repositories you need to add a PPA repository (unless you want to install by hand) sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin

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Export Delicious Bookmarks in XML

Posted on October 13, 2011 by leogaggl

After the recent takeover of Delicious from Yahoo Inc by Avos and the subsequent total screw-up of what was a workable system I have been struggling to export bookmarks from Delicious in XML format (since the API is badly broken). … Continue reading →

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