Ubuntu 12.10: How to remove the Amazon shopping lens from Unity

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Canonical’s decision to add an Amazon shopping lens to the latest version of Ubuntu 12.10, Quantal Quetzal has been hugely controversial. On one hand it brings an additional (and possibly very lucrative) revenue stream to the maker of the largest Linux distribution (which I support), but on the other, users are concerned for their privacy. [...]

Set a keyboard shortcut for Launchpad on Mac OS X

Setting a keyboard shortcut for Launchpad

You know what would be handy in Mac OS X? If you were able to activate Launchpad with a keyboard shortcut. But for some reason, that’s not how it works on my MacBook. (Update: in later versions of Mac OS X, the F4 key will bring up the Launchpad menu.) But there’s light at the [...]

Mac OS X Tip: How to switch between windows in the same program

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If you’re a power multi-tasker, switching between open application windows is essential. On a Windows machine, ALT+Tab is your friend here, allowing you to switch between any open applications. While COMMAND+Tab still works on Mac OS X, you’ll find that it doesn’t work when you try to switch between windows in the same program. For [...]

Doctor Who Logo iPhone Wallpaper

Doctor Who logo iPhone Wallpaper

We’ve been scouring the internet for iPhone wallpapers lately after upgrading our iOS devices to the latest version – we want a wallpaper that’s swish and a teeny bit geeky. So…we created our own – it’s the current Doctor Who logo set on a textured paper background. It should be subtle enough that it doesn’t [...]

Crunchbang Linux: Configuring automatic logins

If you read my previous post about building a headless Crunchbang Linux machine, you’ll understand that one of the next steps for us is to have the machine log in automatically. Without an automatic login, the Vino server won’t have the chance to start and therefore you won’t be able to control the machine remotely. [...]

Running on Nginx?

I did it. This experiment started a couple of days ago when I decided to set up a server using Nginx and PHP-FPM as an alternative to Apache. We keep hearing about the benefits of Nginx and how it does a fantastic job of producing PHP based files and thereafter serving static cached versions of [...]

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