Category Archives: Software

Show disk space on Linux

Type into terminal: This command will show you the space on all of your disks in a human readable manner.

Using CTRL+ALT+DEL in remote desktop

To use CTRL+ALT+DEL in a remote desktop use the following key combination:

How to change Window Control positions in Ubuntu 10.04

So I finally got the time to download Ubuntu 10.04 only to find that when I downloaded it my window controls shifted from the right to the left…why, why did the Ubuntu team do that? Making Linux look like a Mac ain’t a good thing and I would like to think the most heated debate [...]

The joys of Apple Mac

I am very annoyed with Apple Mac at this time. One of my friends who has just sent an email to me attached important information in the form of a web page (strangely needed). Now when I went to open this webpage I couldn’t, instead all I got was a white page. Reason? because he [...]

Zune Quickplay Inspired JQuery Gallery with Tooltips

Hello and welcome I have been off recently working on something new for my video site. I thought I would produce some sort of tutorial on here so others can understand how to customize their JQuery galleries. I will be starting to talk you through the process of producing the end product in a couple [...]

IE Button Fix – Fix those stupid button widths

I know this hack is old and everything but I thought I’d repost this on here since I forgot how to do this today and it took ages for me to find out how to do this again. This hack basically stops buttons from expanding their widths in IE to stupid levels and is standards [...]

Beginners Guide to LAMP server Setup

LAMP – Linux Apache MySQL PHP server which can often have parts of the removed for other languages such as Perl or Prostge SQL but most commonly known as Linux Apache MySQL and PHP. Lamp is the first letter combination of the build up of a typical Linux based server. In this tutorial we will [...]

Firebug Tutorial

Beginners Guide to Firebug Firebug is an invaluable tool to any web developer. It is an extension for Firefox which allows the developer to understand the workings of a site, be it their own site. Let me give you an example of how Firebug works:- say you have a piece of JavaScript that should work [...]

Internet Explorer Compatibility Mode

Are you fed up with that damn Internet Explorer compatibility button? Well look no further! Just add this to the top of your page and all your problems will be solved. IE 8 will run as IE 7. Some say this does not truly emulate IE7 but so far I have not found any differences [...]

Patching Wine from Source

Not many people seem to know this, however, it is relatively easy once you get the hang of it. Imagine you have just downloaded a patch (.diff/.patch) for Wine and don’t have a clue where to start with patching Wine yourself. This tutorial will teach you how to do exactly that. I will using this [...]

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