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Samsung Driver for my new Ubuntu setup

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Brian

Just a quick one. Found this solution to a print driver for my Samsung CLP-310N. Works first time. Go to this thread.

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iTunes and a NAS

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Brian

I recently found this in a trusted review comment. I’m sure I’d lose it so here it is repeated here so I don’t! http://www.trustedreviews.com/networking/review/2009/11/19/Netgear-Stora-MS2110/p1 iTunes: Requiremnet for me was to have as single place for all music and ideally to … Continue reading →

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Three Mobile Faster Than Home Broadband

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Brian

Sad really, the download speed I can get from my Three mobile is faster than I get on my fixed line broadband. Ho Hum.

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Clean up Grub and default boot after Ubuntu Upgrade

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Brian

A bug bear of mine is that when you update or upgrade Ubuntu, it leaves all sorts of junk in the Grub menu and screws the default setting. The solution is easy, boot into Ubuntu, open the menu.lst (sudo gedit … Continue reading →

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Acer Aspire Recovery

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Brian

I have been trying to restore an Acer Aspire 5310. The laptop had not had its recovery CD built, would not boot with a registry error and the BIOS had a password that was unknown. Don’t despair you can restore … Continue reading →

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