Linux

Thunderbird in Ubuntu not connecting to IMAP

February 15, 2011

I struggled with this one for 2 weeks!  Here's a solution if you're having issues with Thunderbird connecting to IMAP servers like Gmail.

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Ubuntu Linux vs Vista vs Windows 7 benchmark

August 9, 2010

I came across this website today.  Provides a nice benchmark review of Ubuntu Linux and Windows.  Fairly scientific and unbiased. http://tuxradar.com/node/33

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[SOLVED] Gnome screenlets won’t stay on desktop when I click “show desktop”

November 23, 2009

How to get your screenlets to stay on your desktop when you click "show desktop".

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Wicd can’t connect to hidden wifi netwok

November 10, 2009

Wicd is a Linux tool used for managing network connections, but wired and wireless.  It is a replacement for standard tools like Gnome Network Manager.  After upgrading Wicd, you might find automatically connecting to a hidden network doesn't work when you reboot your computer.  Here's a tip that might work.

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[SOLVED] Using espeak error bt_audio_service_open connect failed connection refused 111

November 3, 2009

When using espeak voice synthesizer, we were getting an error message "bt_audio_service_open: connect() failed: Connection refused (111)".  Solutions which might work are:

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