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Get Netflix To Work on Ubuntu 7 Jun 2013 | 04:19 am
Being a fan of Ubuntu, along with its increasing popularity, it is surprising that Netflix doesn't support it. Especially since they support Macs. There is however a way to get Netflix to run on an Ub...
500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with writable root inside chroot 17 Mar 2013 | 01:06 am
I recently upgraded one of my Ubuntu servers to 12.04 LTS. I quickly found out that people who were trying to FTP couldn't login. They got the following message: 500 OOPS: vsftpd: refusing to run with...
Take Screenshot / Image Capture On a MAC - OSX 6 Mar 2013 | 10:19 pm
For a previous article, I needed to take a screenshot on a Mac computer, and didn t know how to to it. Capturing an image on a Mac is easy, just not intuitive.
Stop Cron From Sending Mail on a Linux Server 1 Feb 2013 | 10:38 pm
Recently I noticed that cron was sending mail on my Ubuntu server. I needed to figure out how to stop it from sending mail. There are two ways ..to do this. Here is how:
How To Burn An ISO Image In Ubuntu 6 Jan 2013 | 01:18 am
In a previous blog article, I showed how to burn an ISO image on a Windows computer. Now that I have switched over to Ubuntu, I needed a way to burn ISO images using Ubuntu. Here is how to to do that:
Connect a MacBook to a Windows Server / Share 21 Nov 2012 | 05:15 am
With the growth of MacBooks, often it is necessary to connect to a Windows based server, or a Windows computer that has a share. Here is how you do it.
Western Digital MyBook Has No Drive Letter 6 Oct 2012 | 05:21 am
I recently purchased a Western Digital USB external hard drive to use as a backup. However when I set it up, there was no drive letter. This solution is based on a previous article I wrote, so here is...
Share Files on your iPad with DropBox 31 Mar 2012 | 07:05 am
Dropbox is a great free file sharing utility for use with your iPad, or any other computer, including a smartphone. Dropbox uses cloud computing. Think of your dropbox as a virtual hard drive connecte...
Microsoft Outlook Won't start 17 Mar 2012 | 05:44 am
I was asked to look into a friend's computer whose Outlook 2003 wouldn't start. Often times this can be any of several issues. Here is a list of things to try to get Outlook working again.
Google Earth Won't Start - Signal 11 11 Feb 2012 | 10:06 am
Recently I installed Google Earth on my Ubuntu computer, but it would not start. Starting it the terminal, I saw the following error: "Google Earth has caught signal 11". Here is what I did to get Goo...
