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I've just taken delivery of a nice new eBook reader here's my must have info for the moment: 1. Calibre - FOSS eBook management http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux 2. Stripping the margins out of PDF files You will quickly notice when reading PDF files that you are wasting valuable screen space with large margins designed for printed paper. [...]

If you are working in Linux and need to set some more complex permissions than the straight user, group everyone RWX style, then you can. Working in Ubuntu, you need to first of all install ACL PLAIN TEXT CODE: sudo apt-get install acl Now before you can use ACL, you need to enable it on [...]

If you are finding iPlayer or Youtube videos are using excessive amounts of CPU, it might be worth trying this fix Simply create a folder in /etc called adobe (assuming it doesn't already exist) PLAIN TEXT CODE: sudo mkdir /etc/adobe now create a file called mms.cfg with this single line in it: PLAIN TEXT CODE: [...]

Spotify have brought out a native Linux client (finally!) and I can report that it works great. However, the installation instructions are a little sparse - here are some easier ones: First you need to add the spotify repository. Here are some proper instructions on how to add repositories: http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Lucid#Add_Extra_Repositories Basically though, you need to [...]

If you are using VirtualBox in Ubuntu for your virtual machine requirements, some times you might decide that you want to clone a machine so that you can have different versions of the OS (perhaps running different browser versions for example). To clone the VDI you need to first of all completely shutdown the virtual [...]

For some reason the upgrade seems to have installed Apache which then conflicts with my XAMPP apache. This prevents me from starting the XAMPP apache. To fix this simply search for apache in Synaptic package manager and uninstall it. XAMPP apache should then start fine. More Reading:Ubuntu 10.04 Flash Not Working + SolutionUbuntu 10.04 Sun [...]

If the upgrade has broken your flash, simply do this: Go to System->Synpatic Package Manage search for Flash tick the box to install adobe-flashplugin click apply. It will uninstall the dodgy flash and install the adobe flash that does actually work. More Reading:Flash covers html menus +solutionUbuntu Flash iPlayer Youtube Video Performance FixUbuntu 10.04 Broke [...]

Ubuntu 10.04 upgrade seems to have nuked my Java and Netbeans Here's how I got it all back: Get Sun Java PLAIN TEXT CODE: sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"   sudo apt-get update   sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts Now you need to check the path to sun java from the list output: [...]

So far so good. Hit an issue on one machine that was running both Xubuntu and Ubuntu. Need to remove xubuntu-desktop before doing the upgrade to let it go through properly. PLAIN TEXT CODE: apt-get remove xubuntu-desktop Restart the machine and try the update again, should all go fine More Reading:Ubuntu Git Install 1.7.5 and [...]

If your ubuntu panels go wonky check out this little script courtesy of http://bithacker.posterous.com: PLAIN TEXT CODE: #!/bin/sh # # GNOME Panel Save / Restore # Writen by PhrankDaChicken # # http://ubuntu.online02.com # # # Updated to add restore defaults by jimjimovich # http://www.starryhope.com # #     DIR=$(pwd) TITLE="PanelRestore"   Main () {   [...]