Archive for 'ubuntu'

Upgrading project hamster to 2.25.3 from source

February 4th, 2009 – 5:54 pm
Filed as: ubuntu

This post is an update to a previous post regarding project hamster.
Since installing the missing project hamster to my gnome 2.24 upgrade I have used it daily at work to track the time spent on each of the many projects I will participate in on any given day and it has been absolutely marvelous at [...]

Alternative method for opening Smarty templates with HTML syntax highlighting in gedit

December 16th, 2008 – 11:41 am
Filed as: code, ubuntu

Here is an update to a previous post regarding how to get gedit to recognise Smarty template *.tpl files. I’ve found that gedit prefers to use the mime type to decide what type of file it is and therefore what syntax highlighting to apply.
After a little investigation I found that most of my .tpl files [...]

Failed VPN connections after upgrading to Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10

November 4th, 2008 – 3:09 pm
Filed as: ubuntu

Another post concerning my upgrade experience with Ubuntu 8.10 this time with regards to VPN connections. I keep meaning to take the time to write a more comprehensive piece about the upgrade as a whole but for now I’ll keep posting little snippets of minor annoyances and how I solved them.
This problem appeared when I [...]

Ubuntu 8.10 upgrade experience

October 31st, 2008 – 12:22 pm
Filed as: ubuntu

This is just a quick post concerning my upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, there will be more to come later.
One of the new features I was most anticipating in this upgrade was the time tracking applet included with the upgrade to Gnome 2.24. I have to fill in daily time sheets at work and [...]

Better VNC viewer in Ubuntu 8.04

May 15th, 2008 – 11:30 am
Filed as: ubuntu

Another post regarding my recent switch to Ubuntu as my primary OS, this one concerns the VNC client/viewer bundled.  I’ve been having problems with Remote Desktop Viewer which is the bundled and preferred VNC client in a default installation of Ubuntu 8.04, I’ve had random freezes and disconnects with a logout/login of my machine sometimes [...]

Smarty template syntax highlighting with gedit

May 2nd, 2008 – 5:04 pm
Filed as: code, ubuntu

Update: I have posted an alternative way to do the same thing this post describes, the alternative way should be more reliable. See it here http://www.c3b.co.uk/2008/12/16/alternative-method-for-opening-smarty-templates-with-html-syntax-highlighting-in-gedit/
I’ve started using gedit as my code editor after a couple of niggles with bluefish and wanted my smarty templates (*.tpl) to use the same syntax highlighting as HTML. Not [...]

Flash plugin with Ubuntu

May 1st, 2008 – 4:11 pm
Filed as: networkadmin, ubuntu

I recently installed the latest and greatest version of Ubuntu, version 8.04 aka Hardy Heron, from Vista (which was pre-installed when I bought the laptop)
I managed to switch quite happily, replacing many of the applications I used daily (Notepad++, FileZilla, TortoiseSVN, Winamp) with either their linux counterparts or alternatives (Bluefish, Exaile and I’m going with [...]