Category Archives: Linux

Linux related, which are usually rants about CentOS, and praise of Ubuntu!

nVidia Dual Monitor ignoreABI Fix

I got two nice big flat screen monitors at work and another spare computer with a smaller monitor, so I’ve setup a decent 3 monitor setup on two different computers. My main system can do three monitors, but it would have to be split between nvidia and intel video drivers, which I don’t want to

Chrome Extension Header Talk

I’ve been following a conversation on the chromium-dev mailing list about adding some HTTP headers so that servers can shape traffic and “control DDoS attacks”. From what I can understand the general idea is to either send a new X-Chrome-Extension header with some token that identifies that the HTTP request has came from the extension

Remove Ubuntu One Nautilus Sync

I got tired of Ubuntu One alerts advertisements in my nautilus, so I started looking for a way to disable them. I couldn’t find any way to hide the little message that says “Folder not synchronized”. I don’t use Ubuntu One much at all right now, but I was going to keep it around as

Install Fonts in Ubuntu (Video)

I’ve been noticing some cool stuff in Ubuntu Maverick and in general have became interested in making high definition videos of Ubuntu running Compiz. Check out this video of Installing Fonts in Ubuntu Maverick (1080p). It’s in 1920×1080, but YouTube also makes available lower quality video.

Launchpad is Slow

As much as I love Launchpad, they are really slow. Browsing the site is usually painful, and waiting for builds on their systems gets old quick. I popped into #launchpad and asked if it was possible to get into their build cloud, but I was informed that it’s not currently possible and I didn’t get

Compile Compiz 0.9.0 in Ubuntu

Sam pointed me to thread that had some build directions that he had put there. I’ve had trouble in the past getting Compiz 0.9 to run, usually with gtk-window-decorator not working. Update: This is really easy now because of Soreau’s script. Download Desktop.tar.gz which has the script with execute permissions and the source directory Delete

pSek Problems

More problems with the hosting company pSek for another job. For the most part we get a dedicated and all is well, but they are somewhat reckless/negligent. In the past they’ve reverted an entire custom configuration back to vanilla to “fix” everything. Recently they’ve been just reading tickets partially and doing things without understanding the whole

GNU Shirts at OSCON

GNU is selling t-shirts at OSCON, which is awesome! However, they are $30, so I don’t think anyone is too interested. Before everyone knew how broke we are (before 2008) we got free T-shirts at OSCON! I want to support them, but either they got ripped off on the cost of printing shirts or they

Calm In The Brainstorm

Ubuntu Brainstorm idea reviewers have been dropping like flies the last few days. The idea is basically they are not participating and don’t want to add to an imaginary army of idea reviewers. Do you like Ubuntu? It doesn’t take much. I’m notoriously horrible at reviewing ideas, but I’ve turned this into an opportunity to schedule time

Sam Ported Simple Animations to Compiz 0.9!

Sam ported the Simple Animations plug-in to the new version of Compiz (in C++), so I’m checking it out and going to see if anything is in my version that is worth porting. I only slightly modified it to slide entirely off the screen for a minimize animation and took away some blending operation hooks