I create a few how-to and step by step manuals for my users at work which include multiple screen shots. I do this using OpenOffice which has a handy export to PDF feature. However when trying to insert screen shots into a document it becomes very laborious to do...
I have installed a small app using Wine under Ubuntu 8.04 however the desktop launcher icon isn't the correct one for the application. Windows frequently stores application icons in the programs exe file. So to fix my launcher icon I need to extract the icon from the...
It's simple: Login remotely to your Linux based home computer via ssh. Create a text file with the contents you want to say in it. vi ilu.txt Lisa, I love you. :wq Then run festival with the following arguments festival --tts ilu.txt If all runs well your computer...
I use Mozilla Thunderbird for accessing my home email from work, which I connect to using ssh tunneling. For Calendaring support I have the Thunderbird plugin Lightning. My email account is hosted on an IMAP server. My problem was how to keep my Thunderbird address...
PuTTY is an excellent Telnet and SSH client for Windows and Unix. I have used it for all my IT Career to access my Home and Work Linux boxes. I now exclusively use Linux at home, but found the GTK1.2 PuTTY client to be a bit aged. However, while not listed as a...
If you want to do this get an old version of XAMPP Update: New versions of XAMPP for Windows don't have the PHP paradox module. The latest I could find that contained the necessary php/ext/php_paradox.dll file was XAMPP for Windows 1.7.0 Windows (XP) provides a...
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...
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...
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...
Hi Mum 🙂 These are the current titles I am ingesting. The E-Myth Revisited - Michael Gerber How to Grow Your Business by taking 3 Months Off - Louise Woodbury & William De Ora How to Organize and Operate a Small Business in Australia - John English As the economic...