Recently I had install Ubuntu 7.04 server edition for testing purposes. And I’m a little disappointed with it. There is a lot of unwanted packages/dependencies in default installation, so I’ve spent some time to clean up it.
Recently i have installed WebDAV server for internal company use. All works fine, except mounting WedDAV folder as a drive in WinXP SP2.
For some reason Windows does not send username in HTTP request:
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Few weeks ago I became owner of new 22 inch monitor Samsung SyncMaster 225BW. I has plan to sell my old 19 inch HP1905, but today i decide to try dual monitor setup on my desktop PC. I’ve spent about 3 hours to get everything work and now I’m fully confident that two monitors are better than one.
There is a lot of guides and a few ways how-to configure multi monitor systems under Linux. Most of time i have try follow guides to get my system working, but reading documentation is always better ;-). Below you can find some tips about dual monitor setup. This post is not complete HOWTO, but maybe you can find some answers
If you use Mozilla Thunderbird with KDE you already know that by default Thunderbird open hyperlinks in konqueror. If konqueror your main browser - this post is not for you ;-) Below you can find way how-to force Thunderbird to open hyperlinks in Firefox.
First thing that we need to do is create shell script:
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It’s not a secret that POP3 (Post Office Protocol) is unsecure protocol. All data, including passwords (!) between POP3 server and PC is going in plain text. POP3, like some other protocols (telnet, ftp, etc) absolutely not resistant to sniffing attacks. Even if you sure that your network or PC is secure you can’t trust your ISP network, that potentially can be compromised. Below you can find how-to secure your POP3 server in few easy steps. This how-to is actual for people who can’t or don’t want to change their POP3 server software, but want be secure.
In next few days i will go to business trip to Amsterdam. Flight time is about 3.5 hours, so i will have chance to test my new PDA Battery. I have a few ideas how to spent flight time, and i descided to watch few movies. Following short how-to will help you encode movies for your PDA.
To encode movies you need mencoder (from MPlayer package) and at least xvid and mp3 codecs. I have this codec packages installed on my desktop:
libavcodec0d
libxvidcore4
w32codecs
Before start encoding you need to note few parameters: