Category Archives: Computer

More Ubuntu Lucid IPv6 problems – solved

Posted on May 21, 2010 by

I have solved another IPv6 problems on Ubuntu Lucid 10.04. When trying to install a package (apt, aptitude or synaptic) wget has these symptoms; –2010-05-21 20:05:55– http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/corefonts/webdin32.exe Resolving internap.dl.sourceforge.net… 1.0.0.0 Connecting to internap.dl.sourceforge.net|1.0.0.0|:80… failed: Connection timed out. Giving up. This … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu Lucid 10.04 64 Bit IPv6 problems

Posted on May 7, 2010 by

I’ve installed Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid on a core 2 Duo Acer Aspire, going for the 64bit version for the first time and am having loads of problems with IPv6. 2 Instances; firstly Firefox would not connect to a website. I … Continue reading →

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What do I want from Ubuntu?

Posted on November 3, 2009 by

What would I like to see from Ubuntu. Well 2 things;

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What’s in an OS

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

The imminent release of Ubuntu 9.10 and the release last week of Windows 7 has prompted me to consider what I actually want from an Operating System. Rory Cellan-Jones (BBC technology Correspondent) produced a storm of response to his off … Continue reading →

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WordPress Maintenance

Posted on October 20, 2009 by

Recently I upgraded my Worpress installation to the latest release from Fantastico within cPanel on my hosting service. Upgrade worked fine but there was an error when posting new posts because of one of my plugins Role-Scoper. Tried to upgrade … Continue reading →

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