Category Archives: Ubuntu

Fixing DAViCal and PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneric Ocelot)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by mergy

DAViCal is a great server for calendar sharing. It is an implementation of the CalDAV protocol which is designed for storing calendaring resources (in iCalendar format) on a remote shared server. I have used it for sharing with my wife … Continue reading →

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Host Only Networking Setup With VMWare Fusion 4

Posted on September 29, 2011 by mergy

 
I have used VMWare Workstation and Fusion for many years now on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X host operating systems. I have used the “host only” networking on Windows and Linux host operating systems, but never on OS X … Continue reading →

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Desktop Paging Finally Back On Mac OS X

Posted on February 12, 2011 by mergy

After the demise of Codetek’s Virtual Desktop a few years ago, many Mac users who love desktop paging and virtual desktops were left with no real options. CodeTek’s software was actually very nice, but they just stopped updating it perhaps … Continue reading →

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Install and Run Handbrake on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

Posted on May 30, 2010 by mergy

I have been backing-up our DVDs to file recently and been using Handbrake a lot. Handbrake is a great tool and runs great on Windows and Mac OS X, but it also runs on Ubuntu. After encoding a few movies … Continue reading →

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Zabbix 1.6.1 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04

Posted on November 9, 2008 by mergy

After working with other Open Source monitoring systems over the years, I decided to give Zabbix a try. Net-Saint then Nagios was always good, but getting it going initially and then adding the trending graphing was always a pain. Big … Continue reading →

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