I've used synergy/quicksynergy in the past for controlling the mouse and keyboard on my desktop with the mouse and keyboard on my laptop...

This probably affects very few people, but I'll post it anyway for my own benefit: I have a Syntax Olevia LT27HVS TV hooked up to a Shu...

There seems to be a bug in Intrepid that causes problems with the search function in synaptic. The problem usually comes up after adding a ...

PDF Split and Merge (PDFSAM) is a nice utility to split and merge PDFs. Just download the program and unzip it into its own folder (I'...

Midnight Commander is an excellent file manager for the shell. Works well if you are running a server and want a nice overview of files and...

Transmission, the default torrent program on Ubuntu now, also has a command line version that can be run on a server. This combined with Cl...

If the number pad isn't working on the Guest OS in Virtualbox, try the following: Go to System-->Preferences-->Keyboard (not Keybo...

UPDATE: The instructions below regarding Subsonic are for Hardy. For Intrepid, these instructions stay the same except for the following: ...

If you have a server(without gnome or kde running) and need to install a printer, the easiest way is to use the CUPS web interface. You can...