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If you have problems loading Java (not JavaScript) powered Websites in Ubuntu 10.04 try to switch to another implementation.
At first you have to install the Java Flavors you would like to test. If you have no clue which one to try, Suns own implementation is probably a good starting point. Install it with apt-get ...
Ubuntu's default VNC server vino seems to have serious problems if you connect to it with visual effects enabled on the machine. At least with my configuration it only updates the remote host user interface once. Then the remote machine still reacts to clicks but I can't see the effect of the click.
One pragmatic ...
If you want to change the default font of your gvim editor add or replace the guifont (or its shortcut gfn) setting in your ~/.gvimrc. Keep in mind that you have to to escape the spaces with backslashes.
set guifont=Droid\ Sans\ Mono\ 11
If you ever wondered what exactly happens when booting Linux, bootchart is the right tool for you.
Install it with the package manager of your distribution, for example apt-get install bootchart on Ubuntu. Next time starting your computer the boot process should be logged by bootchart automatically. Depending on the boot loader and distribution ...
Yesterday I somehow destroyed my multi-boot setup and overwrote the default grub2 (set up by Ubuntu 10.04) by accidentally installing grub while setting up a new Fedora 13. Fedora was installed on the logical partition /dev/sda6. Fedora also installed grub version 1.x there and overwrote the MBR to boot into it.
The computer automatically booted ...
In a previous post I described how to enable Screen Sharing on a Mac via ssh, today I will sum up the necessary steps to accomplish the same on a Linux running the vino VNC server, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS in my case. Starting the VNC server If you have to adjust the configuration options ...
If you install a desktop Linux for friends or relatives that are not that much into Linux in my opinion Ubuntu is clearly the best choice.
So I ended up installing the new 10.04 LTS release on five machines. To go through the common tasks after the installation a bit faster next time I wrote ...