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A change in Gnome’s gnome-power-management package has hidden the “Do nothing” option making it difficult to run an external monitor on a laptop with the lid closed. Here’s a workaround.

I keep forgetting exactly how to do this without searching for it, so what better than to post it here for myself and others?
I enjoy installing games that are either not in the official Ubuntu repositories or are newer versions than what is available. After downloading and extracting, I move them to /opt and add [...]

Peeking inside an image backup of an encrypted partition with logical volumes was a lot easier than I thought it would.

I finally figure out how to force all of my Firefox 3.0.x plugins to work with Firefox 3.5. All were enabled, but one was broken.

Here’s a short example showing how to enable Firefox 3.0 plugins to work with Firefox 3.5.

Install Firefox 3.5 onto your Ubuntu 9.04 installation

Here’s a small introduction to using aliases on the command line to shorten commands.

Quick and easy guide to upgrading your OpenOffice.org to 3.1 on Ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid, or Jaunty using the Scribblers PPA.

You can upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex’s vlc package from 0.9.4 to 0.9.8a with a few easy steps.

The OpenOffice.org Scribblers PPA has been updated to include OO.o 3.0.1 for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron users.