Category Archives: Linux

Brother MFC 215c printing in Suse 10.2

Posted on August 12, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

This may be very specific all of a sudden, but I've been having a few problems installing my Brother MFC 215c printer on Linux. To aid anyone that needs to know, this is how ya do it…  Download the CUPS … Continue reading →

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Mod_rewrite underscores as dashes in URLs

Posted on July 24, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

At work I was faced with a problem — to rewrite all the URLs of a website that have underscores in, to dashes. This is to aid a painful transition to manage the website with the MODx php CMS. Here … Continue reading →

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How to Hack Silverlight for Linux in 21 days

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

A developer and his team from the Mono project were offered by Microsoft a 10 – 20 minute presentation on the Mono project's efforts on bringing Silverlight to Linux. As all they had working at that point was a rectangle … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu group confirm new multimedia creation studio

Posted on May 19, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

The team who bring us Ubuntu, Kubuntu and everything *ubuntu, have announced the creation of a new flavour to their line of open source operating systems — Ubuntu Studio. This is from the website: Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the … Continue reading →

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Linux for all

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

A zero config Linux distribution called BabelLinux has been made by the Brit boff behind Pipex and much of the internet. Running off of a live CD, the distro claims to be a no crap, simple interface aiming to achieve … Continue reading →

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How to synchronise iPods with Amarok

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

It has always been tricky to find a way to sync ipods in Linux, but I’ve found a way. 1. Get Amarok (version >= 1.4.4) 2. Make sure you have libipod installed – this allows iPod file functions. 3. Initialise … Continue reading →

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We’ve changed servers: The Epic Tale

Posted on February 21, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Whey! I’ve finally changed my server over to a US host. It’s an epic story, which i will relay to your in epic form… In the beginning, there was ukHost4u.co.uk. Microplop.com was hosted there, and all was good… (Okay, I … Continue reading →

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Dual-head nVidia powered displays on openSuse linux: Simple!

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Andy Callaghan

Recently I told you that I was scrapping Windows. Well a few weeks down the line, I had a few problems with my multi-headed setup with my graphics card – the nVidia Geforce 7600 GT. I installed the new version … Continue reading →

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The World’s First Open Linux Phone

Posted on December 8, 2006 by Andy Callaghan

Just announced today is a phone that runs off of the weeks old linux kernel 2.6.18, and is completely open source to everyone, a first for phones. It is not attached to any network, and therefore, should theoretically be allowed … Continue reading →

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