Find bios version information from linux command line
This will show you how to find bios version information from linux command line terminals. open the terminal / command prompt and run the command: sudo lshw -html > lshw.html…
Speed up your linux netbook
This will show you how to [drastically] speed up your linux netbook 1) install prelink sudo apt-get install prelink 2) edit the config file sudo vi /etc/default/prelink Near the top…
Airplay from iphone or ipad to linux target
This will show you how to airplay from iPhone or iPad to linux. This way you can stream from your iPhone to a linux media server, or a raspberry pi…
Get osx lion style natural scrolling in linux
You can get osx like reversed two finger scrolling in linux [mint or ubuntu or Backtrack], if you install 'naturalscroll'. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zedtux/naturalscrolling sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install naturalscrolling
How to join a wireless network on an ipad or iphone
To join a wireless network on an ipad or an iphone all you have to do is: go to settings > wifi wait for a second for the iphone or…
How to stop your iphone or ipad asking to join wifi networks
To stop you iphone or ipad asking you to join lots of different wifi networks all you have to do is: go to settings > wifi at the bottom you…
Make your AFP NAS more responsive
I have a western digital mybook word NAS. Using the afp protocol file transfers were very slow. I knew there had to be a way to make your AFP NAS…
Automount network drive on startup osx mac
Automount network drive on startup osx. This will show you how to automount a network drive when you login to osx lion. This method will persist through a reboot, so…
How to enable spotlight indexing on a network drive
This short blog post will show you how to enable spotlight indexing on a network drive. I have also added the commands to disable spotlight indexing on network drive that's…