Monthly Archives: February 2012

Best Practise

Posted on February 29, 2012 by fleamour

Thou shalt always backup.  That is all.

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Google Butcher Reader’s GUI?

Posted on February 26, 2012 by fleamour

You used to be able to just click the Google logo to flick home, but Google have been quietly rolling out a GUI update that requires double, yes!  Double! The amount of clicks.  You now have to click the navigation … Continue reading →

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Big Ugly Plymouth Logo *buntu LTS

Posted on February 22, 2012 by fleamour

Following this guide? http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Fix-the-Big-and-Ugly-Plymouth-Logo-in-Ubuntu-10-04-140810.shtml Recently install BURG & left with big ugly logo again?  BURG copies the /etc/default/grub file across with standard settings, minus your modifications. To solve, substitute BURG for GRUB  & edit: /etc/default/burg Enter the correct resolution then: sudo update-burg … Continue reading →

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Real Time Ubuntu Sunlight Wallpaper

Posted on February 19, 2012 by fleamour

Like Bing RSS feed Windows 7 themes for your desktop?  Well here is something similar for Linux fans: http://ubuntuguide.net/install-real-time-sunlight-wallpaper-on-ubuntu-desktop

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How to Force fsck (Filesystem Check) on Next Boot Under 10.04 LTS

Posted on February 19, 2012 by fleamour

$ sudo touch /forcefsck $ sudo reboot Then, when done: $ sudo rm /forcefsck

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Zorin OS

Posted on February 14, 2012 by fleamour

I can heartily recommend the Zorin OS, the Ubuntu based respin.  Everything works out the box much like Ubuntu except suspend.  A word of warning there is no upgrade feature unlike Ubuntu.  So may make sense to run LTS as all data … Continue reading →

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