Linux
Why I Like KDE 4
So everyone trashed on KDE 4.0, I’ll admit I wasn’t impressed either, until I read the articles explaining that this is more of a milestone release – getting the core together, and that future releases will be something worth getting excited about.
My rsync Command
Ok so I started out using rsync with the options ‘-a –progress –delete’ and I thought that was doin’ the job just fine. But recently I migrated our old 600mhz Dell Optiplex GX110 to a Sans Digital MobileNAS MN2L dual drive RAID NAS and the rsyncs weren’t going as planned.
The REAL Way to Change Lost Passwords in Ubuntu
If you lose any of your user passwords – including root you can change your password booting into single user mode. What you aren’t likely to find off the bat is the proper instructions to do it. They are out there, but chances are you will have to dig a little after some frustration. The [...]
CentOS + Bad Plesk Update = Kernel Panic
After an unscheduled reboot (breaker went out) we had a CentOS web server running Plesk coming up with a kernel panic on boot – actual error:
Xine Playback Issues
I was trying to play some .avi files tonight with various players using the Xine engine, including Totem and xine-ui. I was getting an error like “there is no demuxer plugin available to handle … .avi” And even Amarok (which also uses xine) was complaining about playing .mp3s.
A4 Tech Compact Multimedia X-Slim Keyboard
So I had $20 to spend on a new mouse + keyboard combo over at Newegg and ended up with a cheap Logitech mouse and a black A4 Tech Slim Keyboard. I picked up this little item for $10 (Newegg product page) because I love the short key travel and feedback of laptop keyboards.
