Creating PPTP VPN connections in Ubuntu is really pretty simple. Just a few quick steps and you have some extra protection when surfing the web from open wireless networks and an easy way to get to your home computers. I’ve also found that applications in Linux behave much better when connecting and disconnecting from a [...]
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Take control of CPU frequency scaling in Ubuntu
Published November 30th, 2007 in Linux and Ubuntu. 6 CommentsIf you have a laptop or a newer desktop running Ubuntu there is a good chance that your computer is scaling the processor speed automatically. In most cases the OnDemand setting it chooses works just fine but it’s nice to have an easy way to manually control the scaling.
Here are the two biggest reasons I [...]
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Thanks to a good buy on some old computers we’re getting rid of at work I just acquired a computer to use in the kitchen so I can watch TV while I’m cooking. So a $30 Gateway Profile computer, Ubuntu, and an install of the SageTV Placeshifter Client for linux [...]
I’m posting this in the hopes that it will save someone the trouble I just went through. I found quite a few posts of people experiencing the same issues with the Realtek 8139 Family network cards but no one had a solution.
The Problem: Linux (Ubuntu Feisty in this case) detects and loads the kernel modules [...]