Entries from November 2008

November 18, 2008

An Easy Way to Fix Grub

Sometimes GRUB stops working out of the blue. Other times, Windows kills GRUB out of spite – when you install Windows, GRUB breaks. One way to fix GRUB is via the command line by using a live CD. An easier method is Super Grub Disk.
I use the CD-ROM disk method. Download Super Grub Disk [...]

November 15, 2008

Determine Button Layout/Number

I learned something new today and thought you should try it out.
To find out or determine your button layout/number run the following in the command line:
xev
A nice little screen will pop up. Experiment!

November 15, 2008

How to: Linux’s Gmail Notifier for Google Apps

*Warning* This is going to require some command line knowledge and editing source files! This is a dirty fix; Let me know how to make it better!
Gmail Notifier is a Linux alternative for the notifier program released by Google, it is written in Python and provides an attractive and simple way to check for new [...]