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android for better hangouts and calendars on the desktop

Posted onJuly 23, 2014June 20, 2017Leave a comment

I run Ubuntu as my desktop.

I have multiple Google Accounts.

I don’t want to have a bunch of browser windows open to deal with different IM accounts and calendars.

All of this works great on my phone.

So I … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

easy test environments with vagrant and virtualbox

Posted onMarch 6, 2014June 20, 2017Leave a comment

I am probably like most developers. I prefer to code on my own system. This allows me to use my chosen tools and work in a comfortable and efficient space.

Possible differences and deviations from production environments are a downside … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

solarized and the bliss of great color everywhere

Posted onDecember 10, 2013June 20, 2017Leave a comment

I’m a fan of syntax highlighting. To me it makes programming easier since variables and strings stand out visually. In a GUI environment a nice color theme has the same effect. In both cases it can make things more … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

chrome flickering under ubuntu and compiz

Posted onOctober 18, 2013June 20, 2017Leave a comment

So, my laptop generally is upgraded. I don’t want to take the time to fully re-install and Ubuntu has made that pretty smooth with their 6 month releases.

As of late I’ve noticed that in chrome on some web pages … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

Ubuntu 12.10 and s/pdif or iec958 or optical audio output

Posted onFebruary 3, 2013June 20, 2017Leave a comment

I’ve given up on cable and satellite TV. For my needs a combination of MythTV, Hulu, and [Amazon Prime] are sufficient.

So, essentially my “TV” is an Ubuntu box. Recently that box died and I replaced it with … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

adjusting video settings for a google hangout in Ubuntu

Posted onJanuary 16, 2013June 20, 2017Leave a comment

At work we often conduct meetings as a Google Hangout and Ubuntu running Chrome works very well for this. Unfortunately, I found that sometimes the video quality was a bit iffy and the controls offered by Hangout don’t let you … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

hulu and ubuntu 12.04 and flashplayer

Posted onJune 15, 2012June 20, 2017Leave a comment

So, my TV is an old PC running MythTV. I also plugged firefox into that so that I could watch the free Amazon Prime offering and I also had Hulu integrated. All was well, until Hulu broke after a … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

easy emusic downloads in ubuntu

Posted onMarch 28, 2012June 20, 2017Leave a comment

I’m an emusic subscriber and I found it remarkably challanging to get the emusic downloader (emusicdlm) to open the emusic download files. Well after some digging and find various hints on the topic I found a comfy way to do … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

redundant DNS on ubuntu using IP takeover via heartbeat and pacemaker

Posted onJanuary 19, 2012June 20, 20177 Comments

When DNS is unavailable the internet always seems down. And sometimes it’s just really really slow waiting for timeouts. The other day the primary DNS server in my house failed and I once again thought that there had to be … Read the rest

CategoriesTechnologyTagslinux, ubuntu

annoying xorg crash due to librecord.so

Posted onJanuary 17, 2012June 20, 2017Leave a comment

Running with Unity on Ubuntu 11.10, I’ve had a few sporadic X crashes. This seems to be due to the librecord.so module and you end up with something likethe following in the /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

Backtrace:
[224197.616] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x37) [0x80a66f7]
… Read the rest

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