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Rotating a document using pdftk

I have in the past used Ghostscript to rotate PDFs however this time I used a utility call pdftk On Ubuntu 7.10 it is easily installed using the command: sudo apt-get install pdftk To rotate a pdf 90 degrees to the right (the entire document in this example) you run...

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Lightening Strikes and DSL goes bye-bye

Just had some pretty severe electrical storms here in the Hunter. So my boss rings me and says that her Linksys WAG54G (DSL + 4 Port Ethernet + Wireless Router) power light is blinking. Sadly the resolution suggested on the website which is reflash it's firmware...

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Fedora / Ubuntu fstab differences

If you're used to the traditional /dev/hdXX format the new Fedora/Ubuntu fstab entries may throw you. Ubuntu uses UUID* which is found / set by using the vol_id utility vol_id -u /dev/sda2 a0584727-1c8b-48df-867b-9e3b5a453ff7 The Ubuntu fstab entry for the /dev/sda2...

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