The fstab file has a very key mission for your Linux system. What it does is map devices to directories so those devices can be used. If you plug in an external drive or a device like such as an iPod you are going to have to take advantage of fstab. In this article you [...]
Thunderbird Filter Additions
The email client Mozilla Thunderbird comes with a few mail filters preinstalled that can be used to automatically process incoming emails. The actions that can be selected as a Thunderbird filter are limited to moving, copying, deleting, forwarding or tagging messages, adding stars, setting mail priorities, marking as read, setting the junk status or replying [...]
Ubuntu Privacy Remix
Ubuntu Privacy Remix is a live CD that is based on Ubuntu 8.04 currently. The sole purpose of this Ubuntu spin off is to create a secure working environment for private data. This is achieved by several measures that distinguish the Ubuntu Privacy Remix distribution from any other. The operating system will only boot from [...]
Outlook Tips: Multiple Outlook Instances
Microsoft Outlook is still one of the most popular desktop email clients on the Windows operating system. It is especially widely used in work environments and seen as one of the most complete email clients out there. Outlook is usually configured to connect to a Microsoft Exchange Server in work environments. One of the main [...]
Should You Defragment A SSD?
So called SSD hard drives are becoming increasingly popular especially in the netbook sector. Solid State Drives have several distinctive advantages like faster access times, lower power usage and being completely silent while running. The main disadvantage that you might notice especially in netbooks is the write speed of those drives which is usually lower [...]
Add Youtube Videos to Your iPod with Floola
Some would say the fact that Linux can even communicate with an iPod is remarkable. And the way Apple keeps everything secreted away, I could easily buy that sentiment where it not for an intimate understanding of the resolve of the typical developer. Although not open source, Floola typifies this resolve, and then some. At [...]
Gmail Sign In
One of the main questions for privacy and security interested Gmail users is whether they should stay signed in or log out whenever they leave the Gmail website. A Gmail Sign In works for quite some time until the user signs out when leaving the website. The main problem that privacy interested users have is [...]
Web Development: Standardizing variables to code faster
Welcome to a new exploratory post here on gHacks! I actually work as a web designer specializing in standalone PHP and MySQL based sites, and I’ve always wanted to write a bit about coding, but it doesn’t really fit my own blog and I just don’t have time to start a whole new blog for [...]
Increase the Volume of Audio Files with Vloud
Like most people, I have a fairly large collection of music in a digital format. The only problem is that very often I get songs that are at different volume levels. This is irksome because then I have situations where one song is really loud and the next one is very soft. To solve this [...]