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I installed Ubuntu onto my HP Mini 110 using the Windows Ubuntu Installer (Wubi). A Wubi install of Ubuntu is basically virtual disk files sitting on top of the Windows 7 NTFS file system, and a mod to the windows 7 boot manager enables you to boot Ubuntu which uses a...

OK so I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a HP Mini and am currently finding and installing useful apps so that I can run it in a Windows environment. So I find I need: tsclient (with the following 2 apps also) rdesktop (Remote Desktop Connection to Windows Boxen)...

I use Putty to access a character application that makes extensive use of F1-F11 function keys so you can imagine how annoying it is to have to press the fn key every time I wanted an F1. So a trip to the BIOS and change the "Action Key Mode" to <disabled> And...

Install the Java components which are in java-6-openjdk or contained within ubuntu-restricted-extras: sudo apt-get install java-6-openjdk # I used this one because it gives a heap of oft needed codecs sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras To test goto:...

Just found an annoying feature of using GMail via IMAP. (Not sure if it's a problem via the web interface) Say you send an email with someone in the To: field and many people in the BCC: field To: ToRecipient1 BCC: recipient1, recipient2, recip3, etc When you send the...