My RubyMine (and it seems like many other Java GUI applications) crashes the Compiz window decorator almost every time on...

In older Ubuntu releases you could ALT+drag any panel bar to another position and/or monitor. In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty...

Ubuntu natty introduced new "invisible" scrollbars for GTK programs such as gEdit or Nautilus. If you do not like them...

When using gnome-open (i.e. double-clicking a file, telling to browser to open a download, etc.) on Ubuntu you...

My front audio output would not work even though the front mic input did fine. The Pulse Audio mixer (= Ubuntu...

This will install a printer called "PDF": sudo apt-get install cups-pdf Files will be put into ~/PDF/ without...

You probably already manage servers you often connect to inside the ~/.ssh/config file. What is nice: you may define alias...

One of the more controversial changes in the Ubuntu 10.04 beta is the Mac OS-inspired change to have window...

Today I needed to execute a ruby gem executable with sudo. But, surprisingly, bash would tell me command not found...

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Install Ubuntu Server Download an image from this site Select File > New… to and follow the instructions, choose the .iso...

After a new system installation, Ubuntu One starts automatically and seems to try to sync your complete home directory. This...

When installing RMagick you may get an error messages like this: Version 2.13.1: checking for Ruby version >= 1.8.5... yes

The Ubuntu Documentation on LaTeX says, that the packages tetex are no longer supported. You can install the alternative texlive...

Note that you cannot currently use Ruby 1.9.2 with Rails 2 applications that use RSpec, so don't upgrade if...

blueprint is DevStructure’s workhorse tool that looks inside popular package managers, finds changes you made to configuration files, and...

Install OpenSSH Server: sudo apt-get install openssh-server To check if the server is running you should get no...

Although you can access many symbols using the AltGr key you may be missing some, like the en-dash (–) or...

This note is a reminder that there is something called AppArmor that could cause weird errors ("File not found", "Can...

To open a terminal quickly navigate to System → Preferences → Keyboard Shortcuts. There, click the "Run a terminal" row (It should...

When you need to bulk rename files you can not call "mv *.foo *.bar" to change the extension of all...

To list the name and version of your Linux distribution, type the following: cat /etc/*-release

If you're on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install ruby-dev On other platforms: Look for a package containing ruby...