You might come across numerous posts which tell you how to share files between windows and linux. This is one of them but in quick and easy steps. 1. Install samba sudo apt-get install samba 2. Edit samba gksudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf 3. Add the required details workgroup = Homegroup usershare owner only = false server […]
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The recent stable release of Google Chrome which has come in the last two days has upped the version number to 6 . There are a few noticeable changes in this release. 1. The open/close buttons are now on the left hand side of the page to match the default button placements of open windows
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The next instalment of Ubuntu , codenamed Maverick Meerkat, which is slated to be released on 10th of October, has released its beta version today for early adopters and testers. Ubuntu enthusiasts have been eagerly waiting for it. This release promises to bring some important changes to the UI, and already boasts to have met
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There are many software, which needs a restart after installation. For me there were quite a few. One of the annoying ones is Oracle XE. After installing, if you don’t restart, you wont get the sqlplus command under your username. The workaround is , after installing oracle-xe, open a terminal and .. 1. stop oracle
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Yes that’s right! Ubuntu and all debian based distributions now support google video and audio chat from gmail. In course of time, Google will add support for Red Hat and SUSE users. Previously, this feature was exclusive for Windows and Mac users. However, popular chat clients, Empathy and Pidgin, served as drop-in replacements. The plugin
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I had an issue with my old Dell XPS 1640 so, Dell, being the most generous manufacturer (according to me), decided to replace my laptop with a new dell xps 1640 as it was under warranty. While working with the new system I found that my screen was a bit too red and was hurting
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Sometimes the ssh to remote server may take a long time to connect. This is because the ssh config tries to authenticate with GSSAPI which may be enabled in the server. Doublecheck if that is the case using the -v option : ssh -v foo@bar.com If you get this particular line on the screen, debug1:
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If you are using Oracle-XE for database with Apache and PHP you need to install php-oci8 module. It is difficult to find any .deb for php-oci8 which would run with PHP 5.3 and Oracle-XE. Somehow they dont like each other. Also, if you try to compile using pecl, it throws up errors. To work around
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Songbird, the cross platform music player based on Mozilla Firefox engine, which declared few months back that it will stop development of its Linux version, has just released a beta version of the music player. The version now stands at 1.8.0 beta 2. This is a surprising turnaround by the developers. However, you will not
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Approximately 12 months after it released its beta version, Synovel sponsored PIM client has released its first stable version, Spicebird 0.8. To give a little bit of details on what Spicebird is: “Spicebird is a collaboration application built on top of various other open source software, mainly the Mozilla Platform and Thunderbird” . This cross
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