Ian's TechBlog

I document my adventures and problems so that I remember my mistakes, and perhaps you may learn something.
I'm not a programmer, nor a computer expert.
I'm just a tinkering guy in Milwaukee with a store and three kids to keep me busy.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Creating a metapackage with jablicator

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A convenient way to create a metapackage is the jablicator command-line application, included in the package of the same name. Jablicator ...

Monday, April 27, 2009

The Evolution plugin for Mail Notification doesn't work/exist (LP#355209)

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In mail-notification 5.4 in Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04), the following files are installed to /usr/lib/evolution/2.24/plugins/ instead of /usr/lib...

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Upgrading from Xubuntu 8.04 to 9.04

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It's finally time to reinstall to dist-upgrade, which I haven't done in a year. Burning the 9.04 CD : Instead of installing Brasero...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Using rmadison and apt-cache

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rmadison is part of the devscripts package. It's a fantastic little tool that tells you which version of a package is in which release o...

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Using debtorrent to contribute to the community

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Debtorrent is a way to download packages using a torrent instead of a mirror. It's also a way to contribute to the community by reducing...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

One IM application to rule them all...

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I use Pidgin, the default IM client on Xubuntu 8.04. But I also use the Department of Defense's AKOIM. And my laptop doesn't have a ...

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Scanning for wireless networks

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Two methods to scan for wireless networks. One requires sudo/root, the other requires Network Manager. #! /usr/bin/env python ""...

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