So today I’ve spent most of my time trying to figure out a bug with Debian (sid) Compiz and Metacity/Gnome where there was no window controls i.e. no minimise, maximise, restore and close button. I found some bugs listed #629239 and #639207 which was the same issue as mine and not the normal “missing emerald” [...]
Continue Reading →So, I have been using MiniDLNA for about 6 months now and just finally got it working with my Xbox360. It works perfectly with my Samsung TV which has DLNA to view videos over the network but I stuggled to get it working with the Xbox. I followed all the guides which said to change [...]
Continue Reading →I have updated my subnet calculator as it was giving an incorrect CIDR notations. Grab it here: Subnet Calc.xlsx (19Kb) I hope this simple Spreadsheet can help others as much as it’s helped me.
Continue Reading →This is a heads up preview of my latest guide for giffgaff, I’ll be submitting it sometime soon! Order a SIM for free via ggsim! I have compiled this guide from setting up a blackberry and deciphering badly written guides from other sites and help from members of the giffgaff forum. It is aimed at [...]
Continue Reading →Checkout this Linux Terminal Clock: tty-clock Try it out, its pretty sexy in a geeky way. You can have it in 24h/12h, there’s a choice of colours, centred, bouncing or left align. Install it with these commands… user@computer:$ wget –no-check-certificate https://github.com/xorg62/tty-clock/tarball/mastertar -zxvf xorg62-tty-clock-a82fd71.tar.gzcd xorg62-tty-clock-a82fd71make && make install job done!
Continue Reading →I am a computing student, currently working towards an MSc.
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