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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Looking for a quick way to delete old files in Linux? For example, log files can build up over a long period of time. Usage case: The default WordPress backup tool doesn’t delete old backup files. So, over time, these files can accumulate and take up valuable disk space. If you run a large and [...]
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 [...]
Remember when we configured our headless Crunchbang computer the other day? Now that we’ve got the machine up and running and logging in automatically, we want to start some programs running when the machine boots up. Well, the good news is that Crunchbang makes this process embarrassingly easy: the distribution has an autostart script that [...]
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. [...]
I’ve been playing around with Crunchbang Linux for the last few days. I had a low spec old server lying around the house and wanted to see if it would perform better with a lightweight Linux distribution. The machine had been struggling under the latest Ubuntu 11.10, so I scrubbed it and installed Crunchbang. The [...]
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 [...]
