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Jun/14

Install Node / NPM On Ubuntu 14.04

Filed Under Linux at 23rd June 2014 0:01 by

Overview Node is fairly new and is constantly improving. With Ubuntu LTS, the repository versions tend to stay the same version and only changing for patches. This doesn’t help with fast changing software like node.js so a manual install gets … Continue reading →

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Jun/14

Install Latest Ruby On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Ruby at 16th June 2014 0:01 by
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Go to https://gorails.com/ and go to the setup section. The site has step by step to install a Ruby environment.

26

May/14

Ubuntu System Load Applet

Filed Under Linux, Software at 26th May 2014 0:01 by

Overview I like to have a constant view of my resources (especially on a limited machines such as laptops) so i can see what the slow is possibly caused by. Thats where multiload comes in. Install sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload … Continue reading →

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May/14

KeePass On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Software at 19th May 2014 0:01 by

Overview I use KeePass as my password manager which works very well on Windows. Running it on Linux is not as easy but it has gotten better over the years for example in 14.04. Integrating it into browsers on the … Continue reading →

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May/14

Samsung Series 9 Ultrabook Running Ubuntu 14.04

Filed Under Laptop, Linux at 12th May 2014 0:01 by

Overview Like most problems with Linux based operating systems it lags behind on support of new hardware and with Ubuntu’s LTS releases being 2 years apart it can become a real hack to get support and drivers if new hardware … Continue reading →

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Apr/14

Install SASS On Ubuntu

Filed Under Linux, Software at 28th April 2014 0:01 by

Overview SASS has allowed CSS to evolve into a more dynamic language such as variables and mixins for re-usability. Install sudo apt-get install ruby-full rubygems sudo gem install sass Usage If the following error occurs when you use –watch parameter: … Continue reading →

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Mar/14

Preparing For Ubuntu 14.04

Filed Under Hardware, Linux at 24th March 2014 0:01 by

Overview With Ubuntu 14.04 LTS coming up I thought it would be fitting to discuss my plans for upgrading. My current setup has 1 computer running 12.04 LTS and it has been running relatively well except for the first few … Continue reading →

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Mar/14

Brute Force Protection On Ubuntu 12.04

Filed Under Linux at 3rd March 2014 0:01 by

Overview Protection from spammers and slowing down brute force attacks should always be used especially with cheap VPS / cloud computing as well as the botnets. Whilst there are no 100% way of preventing the issue there are software to … Continue reading →