When Connected to my company’s VPN, I am not permitted to browse the web.  To overcome this, you can specifically tell Linux which IP address to route through the VPN.  Here is how I do it…
1. Select Configure  VPN from the panel icon.

2. Select the VPN of concern
3. Select the Routing Tab
4.  Check “Only use [...]

sudo /etc/init.d/dns-clean start

I had a buddy who had his home folder also setup as his desktop, and was frustrated because he didn’t know how to fix it.
There is a file located at “/home/yourfolder/.config/user-dirs.dirs”. You edit this file to point your common folders for where ever you would like.
Here is my setup.
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=”$HOME/Desktop”
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR=”$HOME/Desktop”
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR=”$HOME/Templates”
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR=”$HOME/Public”
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR=”$HOME/Documents”
XDG_MUSIC_DIR=”$HOME/Music”
XDG_PICTURES_DIR=”$HOME/Pictures”
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR=”$HOME/Videos”

Upgrading to Thunderbird 2 on Ubuntu Feisty
Add the following two repositories and check for updates
deb http://ubuntu.iuculano.it feisty thunderbird
deb-src http://ubuntu.iuculano.it feisty thunderbird
References
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThunderbirdNewVersion

After trying for over a year to get my Linksys WPC54GS card working on a Linux laptop, I finally got it working today!!!
Here are my steps

Open a terminal and type “lspci” this will give you a listing of pci devices on your computer.

Look for one that looks something like this

“0000:05:07.0 Network controller: Broadcom [...]

!! tells bash “repeat the last command I entered.”  How is this useful? I can’t tell you how many times I have received the error “Operation not permitted” while chmoding something. So instead of retyping the command as superuser, I can just type “sudo !!”.  This will run the previous sodoed
references
http://www.deadman.org/bash.html

This is how I install ColdFusion 8 on Ubuntu Feisty Fawn.

Download the ColdFusion install files from

http://www.adobe.com/go/trycoldfusion

Make sure your “Coldfusion-8-lin.bin” is executable

Right click on it
Click “Properties”
Click “Permissions” Tab
Click The “Execute” check box
Click “Close”

Open a terminal window
type “sudu -i”
Change directory to where your “Coldfusion-8-lin.bin” is located
type “./Coldfusion-8-lin.bin” (you probably need the “./”)
Choose “1″ for [...]

This is how I got Gaim to start automatically when i login to Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

Go to System->Preferences->Sessions
Click the “Startup Programs” Tab
Click the “New” button
Add “gaim” to the “name” and “command” fields
Click “OK”

Gaim should start by default next time you login.
This should actually work for any application you would like to run at startup. [...]

Many of you know and love Clark Howard, and all he does to help his listeners & readers “Save more, spend less and avoid ripoffs”. He was signing books last Saturday at my local Costco, and I thought this would be this perfect opportunity to talk with him about open source software. [...]

My Wife has taken a plethora of photos and video on her Motorola Razr phone, but never was able to download them to a computer. I finally decided to take a stab at downloading them to my Ubuntu GNU/Linux box. This is how I did it.

Installed moto4lin using synaptic (This utility lets me [...]