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Bye Bye Belkin, Hello Netcomm
A few months ago I installed a Belkin F5D7633au4A ADSL2+ Modem with Wireless-G Router. My advice is to avoid them. I could connect to Outlook Web Access at work but it choked on the graphical icons and hung. YouTube videos would play and then stop down loading at...
Using Knoppix to remove the GRUB password option and blank the root password
I went on three weeks holiday recently and when I got back I had forgotten what I had configured as the GRUB and root passwords on a CentOS 5.1 box. I ended up using two FAQ's that I stored for future reference. One I had written -...
QCAD uses /etc/printcap which doesn’t have correct printer entries
Just thought I would share my experiences with a printing problem I was having. QCAD (at least some versions) seems to look at /etc/printcap to populate the printing dialog box. I have had an issue where the wrong printer was being listed in the print dialog (one that...
Ubuntu 8.04 Devel – Acrobat Reader 8.1.2
I had an issue with Adobe Reader 8.1.1 printing Landscape layout on Portrait paper (not rotating properly). However it appears that the new 8.1.2 has fixed this. So if you are having problems with printing PDF's under Ubuntu 8.04 Devel try upgrading to Adobe Reader...
Sometimes xpdf does the job where Acrobat Reader 8.x can’t
Just about everything in the GNU/Linux world is working pretty much as advertised these days. I had an interesting issue with trying to print a restaurant menu from Legends Grill at The Vintage which incidentally is where we had our Wedding reception a few years ago...
Good Online Computer Equipment Sales Shops
I've been buying stuff off EYO for a few years now http://www.eyo.com.au/. I love their website and if you email their sales people you get good recommendations even if you ask something technical (i.e. about VT Processors) Another online supplier is...