Ubuntu/Debian: Bluetooth disabled by default!
I found this really useful post here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1333221If you ask me, it would be best if GNOME remembered the last state of the devices across reboots."How to set...
View ArticleAndroid Camera App complains "Please insert an SD card..."
Today my Android phone running Oxygen Rom 2.3 could not make photos any more. A error message appeared on opening the camera app:"Please insert an SD card before using the camera", although the sd card...
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Most perfectly fitting Raspberry Pi Paper Case
Previously I downloaded the famous Punnet paper case (http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1310), but unfortunately it was not really fitting. The base area was too broad and the holes for audio out,...
View ArticleSwitching graphic cards on the Thinkpad T400
I just realised that a lot has changed since I looked for support of Hybrid Graphics under Ubuntu/Debian a few years ago. Now, there is a project for switching between the integrated and discrete...
View ArticleSave the environment AND your eyesight!
I have to read a lot lately and therefore I print out everything. I don't like to read publications, papers and other scientific stuff on the screen, as there is no easy possibility to take down notes,...
View ArticleVLC as DLNA Client on Linux
Since version 2.0 VLC is able to play content from a DLNA Server.On Ubuntu it seems not to be working out of the box. The first challenge is to realize, that a probably installed firewall (eg. ufw) is...
View ArticleWindows as Guest in Linux with minimal Software
You have Linux (any distribution, commands below for Debian/Ubuntu) and need to do just one tiny thing with Windows? Therefore you don't want to install thousands of packages and third party...
View ArticleLinux: Start long running jobs with SSH
Recently I needed to start several long running jobs at my working machine from home using SSH. Unfortunately closing the SSH connection stops all the tasks started in this session.Therefore we need a...
View ArticleInsert a CD image file in gnome-boxes
As I heard about the new Age of Empires II extension "Forgotten Empires" created not by Microsoft, but by an awesome community, I needed to play this game again! I don't like Wine that much as I once...
View ArticleTomboy's new sync-server Rainy running on the Raspberry Pi!
As Ubuntu One is shutting down their note-sync service based on the Snowy server, I needed to come up with a solution for this problem. My main thought was: Why should I trust anyone on this again, if...
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Create a custom launcher icon in gnome-shell
Today, I realised that navigating into a certain folder to start mincraft with a terminal command is much to complicated. A nice minecraft icon within the other installed applications would be...
View ArticleRainy can't be built on Debian Wheezy any more - here is a solution!
To be able to build Rainy on Debian Wheezy (and probably also on Ubuntu), you need to do several preparations, because building now depends on NuGet (http://nuget.codeplex.com).At first you need to...
View ArticleHow to manually install the OpenVPN binary
It seems that since the upgrade to Android 4.3 the OpenVPN Installer App is not working for me any more. I get some error saying /system cannot be mounted writeable (rw).However, it is still possible...
View ArticleOne-liner to convert any music file to mp3
On Debian 7 ffmpeg is not installed any more as it comes with its successor avconv.Therefore it is enough to write a small bash for loop which takes any *.wma file of the folder and starts the...
View ArticleHowTo manually upgrade the Moto G to Android 4.4 in Germany and Austria
Just today I readthat it is easily possible to manually force the Moto G to a system update to get Android 4.4. All you need is to put the signed installer package on your phone under /sdcard/ and the...
View ArticleUbuntu/Debian: Mouse buttons and trackpoint scrolling on T440s, X1 Carbon and...
I just got a new Thinkpad T440s and was not very happy with it. No wifi, bad graphics and the touchpad was not working properly after installing Debian Wheezy, the current stable version.I soon...
View ArticleCustomize SSH login
After you have set up a secure SSH server maybe you would like to customize your login, to look a bit more personal. e.g. like the penrose triangle ____ ____ ____ ____...
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Create a custom sandboxed webapp in Firefox
Google, Facebook, Twitter and others depend on getting as much information about you as possible and therefore use your account information to track and profile you not only on their services but also...
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Empty Document" menu in Gnome 3">How to bring back the "New Document -> Empty Document" menu in Gnome 3
Long time ago, the Gnome developers removed the right-click menu entry "New Document -> Empty Document" in Nautilus (the file browser). The solution to fix this is easy therefore it seemed not...
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Secure your Raspberry Pi
Recently I examined my Raspberry Pi's logfiles because of all the cyber warfare going on and as I went trough the auth.log (/var/log/auth.log) looking for failed login attempts I saw a list of about...
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