I was installing Evolution to my laptop recently (see article on Evolution, the best Outlook replacement).  After firing up Evolution, I didn’t have the option for Exchange.  I found that the Exchange connector is listed as a suggested package, so my command of “apt-get install evolution” only retrieved the basics. I’ve seen this problem before: ...Read More

I’ve been in the IT industry for almost 15 years, and worked with both large and small companies. I have never had an opportunity to work with the BGP protocol, until now. My experience with it has been fun (for a nerd), and I have now expanded my networking knowledge, just a little bit, so ...Read More

On my system with nVidia card, I did the following to enable 3D effects (and later, dual display with 3D effects, which is really cool). From Terminal: gksudo nvidia-settings sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager This will install the Advanced Desktop Effects option under System-Preferences System-Preferences-Appearance-Visual Effects-Extra

Quick Tips on Networking with Linux Sometimes you may boot your computer and find that the network is not up.  You check the built in network tools, and can’t easily see what the problem is – time to drop to the command prompt to make some changes.  Here are some tips: Check you current settings: ...Read More