Posts By: jonny

UNR on the eeepc

ubuntu

Installed the Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the 7″ eeepc by downloading the iso then running System > Administration > Startup Disk Creator then pointing it at the iso I downloaded and set the disk to a USB pen drive. Booted from the USB disk and then chose install. Now I’ve a nice system with the… Read more »

Lightning for 64-bit Linux

ubuntu

Lightning Calendar for Thunderbird on 64-bit Linux (Ubuntu) can be downloaded from here:ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/calendar/lightning/releases/1.0b1/contrib/linux-x86_64/Doesn#t seem to appear on the official download page 🙁

Lost Grub on Ubuntu 10.04 Upgrade

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Oops chose the wrong disk for grub while upgrading and system wouldn’t boot. Inserted the Super Grub Disk I keep handy for such eventualities and this allowed me to boot into Ubuntu 10.04.At the command-line I then entered: sudo grub-install /dev/sdb I had chosen the first disk sda during the upgrade but a: df -hsudo… Read more »

VirtualBox Cloning a Virtual Machine

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For future reference cp mymachine.vdi mynewmachine.vdi won’t work due o the uuid of the disk so …. cd ~/.VirtualBox/HardDisksVBoxManage clonevdi mymachine.vdi mynewmachine.vdi Then go through the steps of creating a new machine but specify the new vdi image as the disk rather than creating a new one.

jQuery Zebra Stripes

web design

Traditionally I added these tiger/zebra stripes for alternate row colours within PHP but with jQuery we can accomplish the same with the following. I had a little difficulty getting the rollover to work initially until I worked out that I needed to combine the .mouseover and .mouseout onto one line and also remove the unneeded… Read more »

Ubuntu 10.04 Window Controls

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I’m not about to start to lambaste the move of the window controls to the left. I think we should give change a bit of time and see how it pans out. I do feel that it will put off some ardent Windows users – who would find it difficult to move to Mac too.So… Read more »