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FSTAB GUI Editor — pysdm

Check out pysdm for GUI-assisted editing of your FSTAB configuration file. http://pysdm.sourceforge.net/ Ubuntu-specific information: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=872197

Posted 21 January 2011 † brett § linux § software ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Network Bandwidth Test Application Iperf

Wondering what you network throughput is? Try Iperf– sudo aptitude install iperf On a ‘server’: iperf -s On a ‘client’: iperf -c server-ip ..wait ~10 seconds, and the results will be displayed in your terminal window!

Posted 19 June 2010 † brett § linux ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Ongoing Review

Today I upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS Beta 2 from Kubuntu 9.10 (yea, I wanted to go back to gnome). My first impressions–wow! I love the change in color scheme. The OS seems faster than ever, the Ubuntu software center is perfect, and all of my drivers are working flawlessly. The first thing [...]

Posted 08 May 2010 † brett § linux ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Finally! Cross Platform On-the-go Remote Desktop

And its name: TeamViewer! TeamViewer provides a session ID. One user simply tells another this ID and password, and the rest is done for you. A linux client was just released!

Posted 15 April 2010 † brett § software ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

How to: Install a theme for Kubuntu (KDE)

Pick a plasma theme here. Use this simple command to install a kde theme for kubuntu! (No need for sudo) If the folder is compressed, extract the contents. Open up terminal, change to the directory of the theme, and run: plasmapkg -t theme -install ./

Posted 08 February 2010 † brett § how-to ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,
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