This card explains how to install RubyMine for the first time. If you want to upgrade an existing RubyMine installation...
If your pidgin IM fails to connect to ICQ, you may need to update it. The ubuntu default sources are...
This note describes how to setup a box running Ubuntu to share its Internet connection with another PC.
When doing a presentation you may want to hide your desktop icons. You can switch them off (or back on...
If you previously used version 2.x of Thunderbird and upgraded to 3.x (for example through an Ubuntu release...
You need to install the following packages before you can build the Nokogiri gem: sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev...
If you get an error message like that you are missing the Aspell files a specific language:
You need to install the following packages before you can build the Paperclip gem: sudo apt-get install imagemagick librmagick...
Note that you should disable the Java plug-in in your browsers after installation. Ubuntu >= 12.04 Java 11
First of all: You could just use RVM which would make the pain go away. If for some reason you...
Update RubyGems and Passenger Bundler requires Rubygems >= 1.3.6. Run gem update --system if you have an older version.
Keyboard layout reverting to US on (every) reboot Cause: I found the same problem, but only on my wife...
Open the configuration file: gksudo gedit /usr/share/vte/termcap/xterm Find a line like this: :co#80:it#8:li#24:\
Ubuntu lets you mount an SSH shell into Nautilus from Places -> Connect to server (select "SSH" as server type).
This may be awkward to set up, but will work once you're done. Fun facts:
Basic configuration Please keep this config simple. It should be a starting point for new developers learning Git. [user]
In Ubuntu your ALT key is locked when you're working in VirtualBox. There are two workarounds for this:
I’m working on a problem for a client which involves connecting to a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database from...
I've recently moved from using Parallels for browser testing to Sun's Open Source VirtualBox. Here's a walkthrough...
Ubuntu is phasing out the notification area (a.k.a. “system tray”), because of its ineffectiveness at notifying people of things, and...