Monthly Archives: July 2006

HOWTO: Installing and compiling the latest latex and kile packages in Ubuntu Dapper Drake

Posted on July 31, 2006 by

Tetex is no longer mantained (see http://www.tug.org/tetex/), so if we want the latest and greatest, we must install the latex system from the latest TeX live cd install. First of all remove tetex-base, tetex-common, tetex-bin and kile from the repos. … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Checking md5 sums in Linux

Posted on July 30, 2006 by

Everyone of us has downloaded an iso file sometime or will download one sooner or later. But, how to check for errors in the downloading process. Probably, the server which you are downloading the iso file will have an .md5 … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Backup your data to an external usb hard drive with rsync

Posted on July 29, 2006 by

Linux has a wide range of applications to perform backups, some of them very powerful. In this howto, I’m going to introduce you to rsync, a powerful yet simple command line application. With rsync we can perform exact copies of … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Recording audio from the command line

Posted on July 28, 2006 by

Recording any sound that goes through your computer is a feature that you don’t have to miss out. Mostly if this sound is music. There are lots of internet streaming mp3 sources that stream audio that you can listen with … Continue reading →

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HOWTO: Formatting and partitioning your external usb hard drive

Posted on July 27, 2006 by

So, you have just bought a brand new external usb hard drive where you’ll store your backup data. Well, then now the question. How I format my new external usb hard drive using Ubuntu Linux or any tool available in … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Servers restored

Posted on July 24, 2006 by

It was due to a power outage in London. All Ubuntu related domains were down for more than four hours. Happily, all has been restored and all the services are up and running.

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Ubuntu Servers Down

Posted on July 23, 2006 by

I can live without the ubuntuforums, but it seems that the ubuntu servers are down at the moment. No one can connect to ubuntu.com or ubuntuforums.org. Let’s await and see what has happened, but at this very moment ubuntu servers … Continue reading →

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My wonderful coffee machine

Posted on July 22, 2006 by

In this photo you can see the most beloved device in my home. A Nespresso Coffe machine. It makes incredible coffees with a delicious froth. Just take a look

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All against piracy

Posted on July 18, 2006 by

I have read the following news from Reuters about Microsoft suing resellers over piracy. Link http://today.reuters.com/news/NewsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2006-07-18T131235Z_01_N18333266_RTRUKOC_0_US-MICROSOFT-LAWSUITS.xml Well, I find it very good. If people can’t get software because is too expensive then just don’t steal it. If you want a … Continue reading →

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Linux Support

Posted on July 16, 2006 by

The Linux support is awesome these days. For example if you go to Ubuntu Forums and post a question you’ll get an answer in a few minutes. It’s true that sometimes you can’t get a satisfactory answer and you can’t … Continue reading →

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