Yearly Archives: 2011

Remove Old Package Configuration Files in Ubuntu

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Many software packages in Ubuntu come along with a package configuration file. These files are used to control various settings for their particular package. In most cases, there is no reason to keep these files around after you’ve removed a package from you system. They get removed from your system along with the software package if you happen to use the apt-get purge command or if you mark it for “Complete Removal” in Synaptic. But what if you didn’t do that when you removed the package? Continue reading →

Get A Free Digital Issue Of Linux Journal

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I’ve been subscribing to Linux Journal for a few years. Today I was disappointed to find out that they are discontinuing their print edition and they are going digital only. Maybe I’m old fashioned, but I like the fact that I can hold a magazine in my hands and flip through the pages without having to boot my computer or worry about running out of battery power. Continue reading →

Displaying Today’s Date With PHP

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I’ve had a book on PHP & MySQL for over a year, but I’ve barely touched it. Last night I decided to get to work on getting through the book as I’ve got some website ideas I’d like to pursue, but I currently lack the skills to execute what I want. Anyway, I’ve decided to pass on some of the knowledge I gain along the way. Continue reading →

Switching My Sister In-law To Linux

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About a month ago my brother in-law came to me with his wife’s “dead” Windows XP computer. The computer would not boot at all. After a successful POST, the system would just sit there, unable to find any bootable media. I was asked if I could recover their files for them. Outside of that, they didn’t want to put any money into the computer. They were thinking about getting a Mac.

I told them that as long as there wasn’t a serious hard drive failure, I could probably get all of their files. I figured I could boot the system to a Live CD and backup the files to my USB hard drive. Continue reading →