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Howto remove orphan packages in Ubuntu There is usually some orphan packages left on the system after upgrading Ubuntu from one major version to another. These packages can cause strange errors like Ubuntu bug...
Ubuntu and clicking sound from the harddrive I have experienced that my harddrive makes a clicking sound about every 10th second on my Ubuntu 9.10 and a fix to this problem is to disable APM using hdparm. This behaviour...
Enable or disable ping in Windows Server 2008 R2 I always forget where to change the ping setting in the Windows Server 2008 R2 Firewall. To enable ping Go to Start >> Administrative Tools >> Windows Firewall...
Logon to Norsk Tipping using Ubuntu 9.10 This post is a short howto how I managed to use my Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) to log on to the web pages of Norsk Tipping using a USB CardMan 3121 buypass card reader and...