Skip to: Site menu | Main content


 

Archive for the 'Linux' Category

Convert and export Thunderbird emails to Outlook

After quite some time using Thunderbird as my email client, circumstances forced me to go back to Microsoft Outlook.
(I have to admit that while Firefox is by far the best browser around, Thunderbird is still very lacking compared to Microsoft Outlook - But this is a whole different article…)
Unfortunately I’ve discovered I am facing is [...]

Convert Ubuntu Linux from brown to blue

Ubuntu Linux is a success like no other Linux distribution has even ever come close to.
It’s really good, and it just keeps getting better and better all the time.
However, one thing that seriously annoys me is that such a good and successful Linux distribution has made the unbelievably stupid choice of shit-brown as its primary [...]

How to create a Linux backup server and automatically backup your Windows XP

I’m really happy with this little setup I’ve made. I have two Windows machines, my wife and mines, and a single Ubuntu Linux server.
I wanted to somehow make sure that both my Windows XP machines have the important files and folders automatically and periodically backed up unto the Linux server.
This would make the Linux machine [...]

Printing a splitted large image (or poster) on several pages

We just got our new house plans. I wanted to do something which seemed elementary -
Split the large TIFF or EPS image file and actually print it across several normal A4 printer pages.
After a lot of hard searching on the Internet, as always, it appears it’s REALLY easy to do in Ubuntu Linux.
Simply install the [...]