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How-to: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS minidlna fixes after upgrade from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

This is how I solved the problem with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS minidlna after upgrading from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. MiniDLNA is a lightweight DLNA/UPnP media server. The MiniDNLA daemon serves media files (music, pictures, and video) to clients on a network. My setup before the upgrade was as follows: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS […]

Ubuntu Jobs: What does it take to work for Canonical – I am asking?

I suppose there is lots like me that would love to work for Canonical.  Now there is the why and the what.  Here is my why and hopefully my readers can pitch in with the what part. So why? I believe in what Canonical is trying to achieve with Ubuntu and the way they are […]

Ubuntu 9.10 – Disable touchpad

If you want to disable your touchpad on Ubuntu 9.10 then issue the following commnad once:gconftool-2 –type boolean –set /desktop/gnome/peripherals/mouse/touchpad_enabled false Then to disable the touchpad issue the following command:synclient TouchpadOff=1This command is just active for the session so when you reboot your machine you will have to issue it again.  What I have done […]

Ubuntu – only install from official repositories

As you probably know there is a trojan running around that is installed via screen-saver via a .deb install.  More here and here. The safest way to install anything on your machine is via the Official Repositories using apt-get, Synaptic or Ubuntu Software Centre.  If you do need to install anything that is not in […]

2 Done, 2 to go

So what the heck am I talking about.  Since this is suppose to be a technical blog it can only be about Ubuntu and in this case upgrading to Karmic Koala ala Ubuntu 9.10. The first that was running Karmic is my Compaq Laptop and that has been on the Karmic road since Alpha 6 […]

IBM and Canonical takes on Africa

From Bob Sutor’s blog … partnership between IBM and Canonical to provide a software package for users of netbooks and other thin clients in Africa. The package, which can be configured in several ways to provide both netbook-based and cloud-based software, is expected to drive new business for local partners by taking advantage of open […]

New Compaq Notebook running Ubuntu Karmic

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I got a new Compaq Presario CQ61-140EI Notebook.  I did not had much choice in the hardware so had to take what I got.  The specs of the machine is as follows: Intel Pentium Dual-Core T3400 (2.16GHz) 15.6 LED HD Brightview Widescreen 250GB Hard Drive 3GB DDR2 SDRAM 802.11 b/g […]

Compaq Presario CQ61-140EI: Sound problem and solution

I just got a new Compaq Presario CQ61-140EI and installed Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 6 on it. More about that in a future post.  One of the main issues which a lot of people had is that sound works through the headphones but not through the internal speakers which btw is Altec Lansing speakers.  The first […]

IBM move away from Microsoft.

Via Linux Magazine 360.000 IBM workers have been told to stop using Microsoft Office and switch to the Open Office-based software Symphony. As an IBMer, I am not so sure about the “told to stop”, well not in South Africa at least.  At the moment we are encouraged not to use Microsoft products as far […]

IBM Technology behind US Open

With more than 250 men and women vying for the U.S. Open championship, it’s a wonder that each and every ace (and fault) is seamlessly shown on the scoreboard, your iPhone, and online. How do they do this?  This is all thanks to IBM technology and people that has provided the systems for the US […]