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Google Chrome for Linux: enabling Flash
An official beta build of Google Chrome for Linux has been out for a couple of weeks now; I’m loving it! To get Flash to work on it, refer to the directions here.
Execute-Notify
Multitasking in the right manner helps one be productive. Do it too much, and quality declines as you get more stressed. Do it too little, and, well, you get less done. I think the crucial element is minimizing significant context … Continue reading
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Tagged compiling, libnotify, multi-tasking, notification, notify-send, productivity, shell
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Bad BIOS!
In my quest to get my motherboard (Gigabyte S-series GA-MA790FX-DS5) to wake-on-LAN, I tried upgrading the BIOS from Gigabyte’s download site from version F6 to version F8F. Bad idea! After the upgrade, the system would sometimes reboot spontaneously. This seemed … Continue reading
Stir-on-LAN
I got Wake-on-LAN almost working on my desktop computer. It took some trial and error, but here are the essential steps: I configured my Gigabyte S-series GA-MA790FX-DS5 motherboard BIOS to have PME Event set to enabled; this enables wake-on-LAN which … Continue reading
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Tagged Android, aWol, ethtool, GA-MA790FX-DS5, Gigabyte, hibernate, Magic Packet, motherboard, PCI, PME Event, r8168, r8169, router, suspend, wake-on-LAN, wol
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Flash on Fedora 11
To get it to work, an unneeded package needs to be erased: yum erase libflashsupport Credit: Dutchtechies
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