Category Archives: Ubuntu

KeePass2 on Ubuntu 10.4 (Lucid)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Brian

I have been trying all weekend to get KeePass to run in Lucid. It seems the problem is that 2.18 is not compatible with Mono. I eventually tried this method which failed with 2.18, but worked with 2.17.  I have Mono … Continue reading →

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Map Network Drive in Ubuntu (again)

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Brian

I previously posted on a frustration of mine that there was no quick way to mount a network drive like you can in Windows. The original solution was a bit messy. However, I have found this method using an application … Continue reading →

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Printing from a mobile phone

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Brian

One of the biggest issues I have had with my HTC Desire is how to print from it. The solution I found is by using Dropbox. There are several scripts around but frankly they didn’t work. So here is my … Continue reading →

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HOWMANY for Grub 2

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Brian

One of the things lost in moving to Grub2 is the lack of the #HOWMANY option to limit the number of Kernels presented in the Grub Menu.  This was a great option especially if you dual boot otherwise every time … Continue reading →

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Mount a network folder automatically in Ubuntu

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Brian

One of the frustrations with Ubuntu, has been that there is no easy way to replicate the Windows function ‘map network drive’. The best I have found is this thread. I still find it very slow to find the network … Continue reading →

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