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Tether Nokia 5800 as a 3G Modem on Ubuntu

I recently updated my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to firmware v40.0.005 (also worked perfectly on v50.0.005) and my netbook to Lucid Alpha 3 which reminded me I hadn’t tried using my Nokia with Ubuntu. A friend of mine has a HTC Tattoo which he tethers with Ubuntu 9.10 to connect to the internet anytime, anywhere. My Continue reading →

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Alan Doyle on March 11th 2010 in Howto, Nokia 5800, Ubuntu

Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboard under Ubuntu

As previously blogged my wife bought me a Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboard which I’ve been slowly configuring to work with Ubuntu and now I believe I’ve gotten a sweet configuration, to the point where I’m now more comfortable with my Apple keyboard than the standard Dell keyboard I use at work. Initially there were a Continue reading →

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Alan Doyle on April 30th 2009 in Hardware, Howto, Ubuntu

Setup FreeNX under Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Moved … I’ve moved the details of this post to a seperate page which I’ll keep updated for each version of Ubuntu. Currently supported versions Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Jaunty Jackalope (9.04) Thank you for visiting this page.

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Alan Doyle on December 16th 2008 in FreeNX, Howto, Ubuntu

Configuring phpMyAdmin for multiple users

Yesterday I needed to setup phpMyAdmin for multiple users so they could each see their own databases when they logged in but couldn’t see anyone elses databases. They also needed to be able to drop their own databases should they need to (I’m not responsible if they drop the wrong one though). Moved … I’ve Continue reading →

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Alan Doyle on November 27th 2008 in Howto, Ubuntu

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