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A little knowledge really is a dangerous thing « Andy’s Blog

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Just another WordPress.com weblog. A little knowledge really is a dangerous thing. I made a slight mistake yesterday. I managed to remove myself from the admin group. Which of course means I can no longer run ‘sudo’, which means I can’t put my self back in the group. What happened was I wanted to add myself to a new group. For this I typed:. Usermod -G newgroup myuser. What I didn’t realise was this replaced. My list of groups instead of adding to them. Luckily I typed. April 4, 2008. 1 Comment ». Enter ...

2008 April « Andy’s Blog

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Just another WordPress.com weblog. Linux Sol #2: MPlayer AF INET6 Error. Fixing MPlayer AF INET6 Error. Due to the success of my previous post about fixing unmount problems I have decided another solution to a common problem is in order. This information is supplied with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Please be careful when entering commands. Particularly ones you find on the Internet. Remember that anyone. For more information about the commands listed use the Linux manual pages (accessed via the. If you want ...

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Just another WordPress.com weblog. Low cost but function laptop? I have been considering getting a laptop however I don’t want to spend a huge amount of money on it. Of course there are Laptops like the eeePC. However these are rather low spec. As this would be my only laptop it needs to be reasonably functional. At least 25-30 Gig hard drive. Enough processor to run things like Eclipse and compile programs reasonably. WiFi is a must and obviously it must. February 18, 2008. Linux Sol #1: Ejecting. Annoy...

2008 February 25 « Andy’s Blog

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Just another WordPress.com weblog. The Dell Inspiron 1525 is available in both Linux and Windows versions. I thought I would take this opportunity to examine the differences. Note that the Ubuntu builds still don’t seem to be accessible from the main Dell site so you need to go to http:/ www.dell.co.uk/ubuntu. So unless you are specifically looking for Linux pre-installed and already knew about Dells offerings it is hard to find. Skip to the final prices. Skip to the conclusion. Linux is 30.01. Same on b...

2008 April 06 « Andy’s Blog

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Just another WordPress.com weblog. Linux Sol #2: MPlayer AF INET6 Error. Fixing MPlayer AF INET6 Error. Due to the success of my previous post about fixing unmount problems I have decided another solution to a common problem is in order. This information is supplied with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. Please be careful when entering commands. Particularly ones you find on the Internet. Remember that anyone. For more information about the commands listed use the Linux manual pages (accessed via the. If you want ...