Month: February 2009
073.11 – Linux Software – Replacement for gnome-terminal With Tabs and Panes
Posted by on February 13, 2009
Do you find you have many gnome-terminal windows open? On this episode of The Meat, Robbie shows you Terminator; a gnome-terminal replacement that lets you open up new terminals within one application window using tabs and panes. 2 minutes 37 seconds.
073.10 – Viewer Question – Setting Up Remote Desktop (VNC) Access on Ubuntu
Posted by on February 13, 2009
A viewer was curious about installing LogMeIn on his Ubuntu system. On this episode of The Meat, Robbie explains why that won't work, and offers an alternative for remote PC access that is already included on your Ubuntu system. 4 minutes 51 seconds.
073.09 – Blogging on Joomla – Lesson 2 – Part 2 – Uploading and Posting Your Image on Joomla
Posted by on February 13, 2009
On this episode of The Meat, Robbie shows Carrie how to upload her photo to her Joomla web site using the Media Manager, and then post it and position it within her blog article. 5 minutes 8 seconds.
073.08 – Blogging on Joomla – Lesson 2 – Part 1 – Preparing Images for Web Display
Posted by on February 13, 2009
On this episode of The Meat, Robbie shows Carrie how to obtain and use The GIMP (a free graphic editor) to crop, resize, and prepare images for use within her Joomla blog. 9 minutes 11 seconds.
073.07 – Viewer Question – Creating a Joomla Menu Item For Your Blog
Posted by on February 13, 2009
You've created a content article on Joomla through the back-end, and it's marked as 'published', but it doesn't show up on your site. On this episode of The Meat, Robbie explains how to add a menu item to show the content category or section on your Joomla web site. 6 minutes 22 seconds.
073.06 – Using Linux Terminal to Determine Why A Program is Crashing
Posted by on February 13, 2009
So you've got a rebellious application on Linux that closes with no error. On this episode of The Meat, Robbie tells of a simple way you can catch the errors that are output from crashing applications. 29 seconds.
073.05 – Viewer Question – Making VMWare Fullscreen in Compiz Fusion
Posted by on February 13, 2009
On this episode of The Meat, Robbie explains why a viewer is losing full-screen in their VMWare virtual machine when trying to spin the compiz cube. 2 minutes 48 seconds.
073.04 – Viewer Question – Making Emerald Auto-Start in Ubuntu
Posted by on February 13, 2009
On this episode of The Meat, Robbie shows you how to set emerald to auto-start with your Ubuntu session. Of course, the same can be used to make practically any Linux application auto-start. 1 minute 36 seconds.
073.03 – Viewer Question – Freeing Up Space on a Small Hard Drive
Posted by on February 13, 2009
On this episode of The Meat, Robbie describes how to effectively reduce the space your Ubuntu Linux installation is using on your hard drive by removing unnecessary applications. 3 minutes 8 seconds.
073.02 – Viewer Question – Determining if Your Printer Will Work on Linux
Posted by on February 13, 2009
On this episode of The Meat, Robbie shows you how to access the OpenPrinting Database to determine if your printer is compatible with Linux. 2 minutes 47 seconds.