Tag Archives: Ubuntu

Fast and easy bluetooth management on Ubuntu

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Samuel Huckins

I wanted to connect the conveniently svelte Apple wireless keyboard and mouse to my Ubuntu media server. I don’t often have issues connecting peripherals to my Ubuntu systems these days, so I naively assumed this would be a walk in … Continue reading →

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Amazon MP3 Downloader on 64-bit Ubuntu

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

We were in need of some additional holiday tunes and wanted to download this splendid album from Amazon. As it happens, I had my newly set up 64-bit Ubuntu system running 10.10, Maverick Meerkat. I’ve used the Amazon MP3 Downloader … Continue reading →

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Adobe AIR on 64 bit Ubuntu: install easily at last!

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

Consider this an extra Christmas present, at least I considered it as such Back in this post I discussed various issues with 64-bit Ubuntu systems after an upgrade. And now 15 months later I upgraded a laptop that had been … Continue reading →

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Get Flash working on Ubuntu 64-bit

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Samuel Huckins

If you use Ubuntu, and you happen to like to visit more than a handful of webpages, you might have encountered an issue or two with Flash. If you aren’t sure if Flash is working properly on your machine, check … Continue reading →

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Quick tips for NVIDIA and ATI graphics configuration repairs on Ubuntu

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Samuel Huckins

While graphics card and display configuration on Ubuntu has come a long way from the days of always having to edit xorg.conf by hand, I still run into issues now and again. I almost never have problems any more when … Continue reading →

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