Binary Tides

MDB Viewer is a tool which can be used to open and view mdb files on Linux.
On Ubuntu it can be installed from synaptic via the command :
sudo apt-get install mdbtools-gmdb

To create a .deb package file on Ubuntu you need a utility called checkinstall.sudo apt-get install checkinstall
1. Extract the source of the application in a folder.2. Run : ./configure3. Run : make4. Now run : sudo checkinstall

Ubuntu 9.04 did not detect the native resolution of my new LCD monitor which was 1440 x 900.
Fix :
1. Get the modeline for the required resolution + refresh rate using the gtf command.
desktop:~$ gtf 1440 900 75

So here is a list of games which can be played on Ubuntu.
On Ubuntu 8.10
1. TORCS – The Open Racing Car Simulator – Racing game

Hmmm, so it looks like that konqueror or dolphin wont access a windows ftp server properly whereas its absolutely fine and fast with linux ftp servers. One reason for this could be the NTLM authentication that windows ftp servers use.

As usual internet was fast on ubuntu as it used to be till I needed to plug more PCs into the adsl route lying nearby. After connecting all computers and the adsl router to a switch I noticed that on one of the PC (Ubuntu 8.04) internet became really slow. Rest of the 2 PCs [...]

Postgresql , phpPGAdmin and pgadmin 3 can be installed from synaptic.
sudo apt-get install postgresqlsudo apt-get install phppgadminsudo apt-get install pgadmin3
After installation the postgres password of postgresql can be changed like this :

openSuse presents a different kind of menu in gnome desktop that what appears in Ubuntu.
The menu can be added as an applet to the panel in Ubuntu gnome desktop also by installing the package :

If Konqueror is not showing the image thumbnails in the icons or previews then check :
1. Control Center > KDE Components > File Manager > Previews & Meta-Data for the Maximum File Size in the slider. If it is too low then increase it to say 5 MB.

To install and run Tomcat on Ubuntu (8.04 over here) the following packages should be installed from synaptic :
1. tomcat5.52. tomcat5.5-webapps3. sun-java6-jdk
They can be installed from command line using the command sudo apt-get