I did the following in no particular order to get my Kubuntu working the way I wanted it to:---------------------------------------------------For ProxyI have added:export http_proxy="http://192.168.8.249:80/"to 3 different... » More
Editing HTML code manuallyTo edit an existing HTML page, add the WMODE parameters to the HTML code. 1. Add the following parameter to the OBJECT tag: param name="wmode" value="transparent" 2. Add the following parameter to the EMBED tag:... » More
There seems to be a bug in kubuntu (Breezy 5.10) in holding the Gateway address in the Network Settings. When typing ftp or telnet at the command line I got an error messgae of: Network unreachableI was still able to browse the web using Firefox etc but... » More
You can convert .rpm packages to .deb using alien. If you dont have alien installed already then type this in Terminal: apt-get install alien Once you have alien, cd to the directory with the rpm file and type: alien -d .rpm and u will have a .deb... » More
I needed to be root in order to install crossover office shell script. Using sudo would not work. To sort this out I opened a console and:sudo passwdI entered the password I wanted for the root user and then entered the following which allowed me to log... » More
Successfully installed Kubuntu 5.10 Breezy and found the following useful:Automatix is good (installs propriety/software patent restricted stuff which cannot be included with Kubuntu/Ubuntu). The following links are useful:- I tried the instructions at... » More
I tried to install Kubuntu onto an old machine that had Windows XP on it. I had previously put a newer bigger hard drive into this machine.When I installed Kubuntu everything went fine until it rebooted and I got a Grub error 18. I discovered that old... » More
I've wanted a wireless router for some time although never bothered my ass but I got my Wanadoo Livebox today. I have been frustrated for some time with the Speedtouch 330 and although I got it working on Suse 9.2 and 9.3 there were still some services I... » More
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_suse_9.3includes Apache, PHP, Mail, DNS etc
TARRPMrpm -Uvh packagename.rpmAPT on SUSEapt --no-checksig install softwarenameAPT on Ubunut sudo apt-get install softwarenameGETTING THE IP ADDRESSsu (to be root)ifconfig
