I'm using vnStat to measure internet usage on my Ubuntu 10.04 laptop, coupled with the vnStat PHP frontend it works nicely. Only problem was the summaries of disk usage started at the beginning of the month (sensibly) and we get billed on the 23rd, which is when our month ticks over and we get a new data cap.
Install Eclipse 3.3 On Ubuntu 8.04
This is just a quick post. I've had numerous problems with eclipse 3.2 PDT and Aptana on my Hardy Heron install; updates have broken functionality in the past and many problems with memory allocation. After installing the PyDev plugin the other night to try out Django my PDT and Aptana installs were destroyed and so I had to look at my Eclipse install again.
Install Eclipse 3.3 On Ubuntu 8.04
This is just a quick post. I've had numerous problems with eclipse 3.2 PDT and Aptana on my Hardy Heron install; updates have broken functionality in the past and many problems with memory allocation. After installing the PyDev plugin the other night to try out Django my PDT and Aptana installs were destroyed and so I had to look at my Eclipse install again.
Transfer photos from Nikon DSLR on Ubuntu
Saving the photos from my Nikon D60 onto my laptop running Ubuntu 8.04 was a bit problematic. F-spot worked initially but then it seemed a bit complicated and really I wanted to use picassa to manage my photos as it works so nicely.
Register with NickServ and join an IRC channel with Pidgin
I've been using the IRC channel for cakephp, jquery and others for a while now without a registered password, at first I thought I would just try it out, but as these IRC channels have become more and more handy it became time for me to register properly and stop impersonating someone else :-)
Resize images in Ubuntu
Looking around for an easy way to resize my images ready for uploading to facebook. Sure, you can use gimp batch processes, but that looks like an awful lot of work.
Install Ubuntu Dual Boot with Vista installed on your laptop
Installing a dual boot of Ubuntu on your Vista laptop is really very easy, but there are a few gotchas that tripped me up and meant I had to install Ubuntu a couple of times to get it right. I am not a windows or linux expert at all, this is just a basic how to for beginners like me really, so comments welcome.
Using NTFSClone to clone NTFS volumes super fast
NTFSClone is a super fast Linux utility for copying NTFS volumes. It is incredibly fast and will typically clone a 10GB NTFS volume in under 3 minutes.