Robert Beal (Bealer)

Having been an Ubuntu user for a few years now, I decided to try a version of Linux based upon Ubuntu.
The best distribution I came across was Linux Mint. It’s currently based upon Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron). The main difference is that it (against Ubuntu philosophy) includes non open source packages, such as codecs and [...]

I watch quite a few movies on my Samsung YP-P2, so am always having to covert the AVI’s I currently have to SVI’s. An SVI is still an AVI, just a different extension name and a few key points, which include not having any b-frames, the video being 480×272 in resolution, and a few other [...]

I’ve been using rsync for a while now for doing backups.
I currently run my main pc, and a network pc (acting as a NAS), and use rsync to backup files between each pc. Here’s an example command.
rsync -rvt -pog –delete –progress –itemize-changes –stats "/media/storage/music/" "/media/backup/music/"

-r = recursive (to include sub-folders)
-v = verbose (so it shows [...]

Simply pressing delete on a file or folder won’t remove it from your hard drive. The reference will be removed from the file system but it will still exist on your hard drive until the space it occupies is used and it is overwritten. This can pose a problem as people can recover potentially sensitive [...]

I’ve posted it before, but here’s the install script I use when installing Ubuntu: Firstly open a terminal window
Applications > Accessories > Terminal
And the paste the following in, either by right-clicking and copy/pasting, or by using Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Shift+V (you need to use Shift too when pasting into a terminal window).
# Sources
sudo mv /etc/apt/sources.list [...]