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Jun/09

Mozilla Firefox & Thunderbird Spell Checker

Since version 3 of Firefox it has had a built in spell checker. This is handy if say you use your browser to write blogs or posts online for example. The problem is when you download the browser it doesn’t … Continue reading

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Jun/09

Replace /dev/xxx With UUID

Overview My recent (re)build of my old Intel Pentium 4 system to run in my Linux system has a slight problem with jumping drive points e.g one minute my /home drive on /dev/sdb1 suddent goes to /dev/sda1 after a reboot … Continue reading

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Jun/09

Stop Services / Daemons Starting Up In Ubuntu

To remove daemons from starting up on boot use the following command: sudo update-rc.d servicename remove where servicename is the name of the service. To add the service to start up: sudo update-rc.d servicename defaults To see all your services … Continue reading

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Jun/09

Linux Terminal Not Auto-completing

in the terminal is one of the most useful features in command line. Both DOS and Linux support autocomplete with the key . This is when you type part of the command or file name and press tab to complete … Continue reading

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Jun/09

GNC-2009-06-12 #485 Email

Check my email out on GNC-2009-06-12 #485 On the Road again Geek News Central Website

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Jun/09

WordPress 2.8 Update

It’s been coming and now it’s out and running on this blog. WordPress 2.8

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Jun/09

Antec Mini P180

Summary This is the start of my new build which will replace the Linux box. The aim of the new PC is a media PC. Antec Mini P180 Overview The case was available in black and white (I opted for … Continue reading

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May/09

Windows 7 64 Bit Release Candidate Experience

Overview I heard good reviews about Windows 7 and with the nature of the Internet there was no way of avoiding the news coming out about it. I was on Windows Vista Ultimate for over a year and started to … Continue reading