Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Installing the nVidia driver in Kubuntu 12.04

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Running the vanilla install of Kubuntu 12.04 worked incredibly well. It took me quite some time to notice that I was in fact using the open source noveau driver. Dual displays, desktop effects and all other first impressions worked without … Continue reading →

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Passwordless access to MySQL by using sudo

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Tired of remembering root passwords for MySQL on your servers? Fear no more, help is on the way. I’ll assume that you have a Linux system set up with sudo and mysql already installed. Fire up a terminal and type … Continue reading →

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Getting a headless connection to a server

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

I just learnt how to get a headless connection to a server before it has even booted. This gives access to LUKS and LVM, giving the oppurtunity to decrypt an encrypted hard drive. The solution was in this blog post. … Continue reading →

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Thunderbird with Lightning on Ubuntu

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

I’m trying out Thunderbird with Lightning as my calendar application, but for some reason Lightning did not show up under Add-ons in Thunderbird. Instead I installed it by using the xul-ext-lightning package. However, this ended up with all options in … Continue reading →

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Bookmarks in terminal

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Today I found a great tool to ease the navigation in terminal, called apparix. It lets you bookmark a folder so that you easily can navigate to it just by typing to nameofbookmark To install apparix in Ubuntu, type sudo … Continue reading →

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Using Wacom tablet with dual monitors (TwinView) in Ubuntu

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

I have a setup with two monitors on my computer and wanted to restrict my Wacom tablet to only one of the screens. Otherwise, the tablet is expanded to the entire two screens, making any drawing stretched. This has shown … Continue reading →

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Spotify for Linux

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Awesome news! Spotify is now finally available as a native client for Linux. I have no idea why I haven’t spotted this earlier, as it was already announced in July, but in any case it is finally here. Although they … Continue reading →

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LaTeX It! (and a new blog)

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Together with my good friend, Mikael, I’ve started a blog about physics, chemistry, maths and technology over at Mindseye.no. Some of my postings over there will be dual posted here. Especially those about technical notes and tutorials. This is the … Continue reading →

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Internal licensing error

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

What do you say? Is there something wrong with the internal license? Well, just change the name of that client, and we’ll be alright! Continue reading →

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Connect to your N900 while developing via usb

Posted on July 18, 2010 by Svenn-Arne Dragly

Sometimes it feels good to be a bit lazy and let your OS do that boring terminal-typing for you whenever you connect a new device. Continue reading →

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