Sony VAIO with Insyde H2O EFI bios Ubuntu 12.04 Dual Boot
If you have a Sony VAIO laptop (it could be E series or S series), there is a strong chance that your laptop’s MOBO uses Insyde H2O EFI bios. Getting Ubuntu dual booting with Windows 7 is not as...
View ArticleViewport / Workspace Switching Using Mouse Wheel Ubuntu 12.04 Unity
I love multi-tasking and Ubuntu 12.04 allows me to have my way with 4 (2×2) workspaces by default. However, old Gnome allowed one to change number of workspaces or viewports with ease. With new Unity...
View ArticleRepair / Recover Crashed fat32 Drive/ File System Using fsck in Ubuntu
If your fat32 formatted USB memory stick / hard drive is failing on you and not allowing you to access it. You can try repairing it to restore access by using free tool fsck available with most linux...
View ArticleHow to Install or Remove DEB Packages Using dpkg (Ubuntu / Debian)
This post explains how to install, uninstall, verify deb packages on Debian or Ubuntu. dpkg is the command that allows one to install or uninstall a .deb package in Ubuntu or Debian Linux. Here is how...
View ArticleBeagleBoard XM Powered File Server Using Ubuntu
Single Board computers like Raspberry pi and BeagleBoard have found wide range of applications among DIYers. This post tells you how to install Ubuntu headless server on a BeagleBoard single board...
View ArticleFixed Grub error: “symbol not found: ‘grub_efi_secure_boot'”
If you have an EFI bios boot enabled computer then updating Ubuntu would leave Grub with the following error: error: symbol not found: 'grub_efi_secure_boot'. error: symbol not found:...
View ArticleDIY Webcam Server or Home Security / Monitoring Setup Using BeagleBoard XM...
Earlier I showed how you can use a BeagleBoard XM as a home file server as well as a DLNA server using Ubuntu headless server. It is now time to extend the setup to include Home Security / Monitoring...
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