Category Archives: HowTo

HowTo: Fix “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.”

After installing an update to WordPress I received the error: “Briefly unavailable for scheduled maintenance. Check back in a minute.” I was unsure if this was down to my hosts servers being temporarily down, going down during the update or … Continue reading

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HowTo: Find Recently Used Commands in Linux

One of my most used commands in Linux is the history command, it lists all your recent commands. The problem with this is you might have to scroll through hundreds before you get to one of any interest, so adding … Continue reading

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HowTo: Fix Can’t Click on Flash in Ubuntu (64bit)

There is a pretty quick fix for not being able to click flash on websites such as YouTube, just simply add the line below into the following file and restart your web browser and all should be fine: sudo gedit … Continue reading

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HowTo: Install BURG in Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

BURG if you didn’t notice is GRUB backwards and actually stands for “Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB” which was probably decided a while after picking the letters.. Basically though it’s a much nicer looking alternative to the very dated looking … Continue reading

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HowTo: Install BURG (The Beautiful GRUB Replacement)

BURG if you didn’t notice is GRUB backwards and actually stands for “Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB” which was probably decided a while after picking the letters.. Basically though it’s a much nicer looking alternative to the very dated looking … Continue reading

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HowTo: Run .jar files in Ubuntu

To run a JAR file from the command line in ubuntu using the following command: java -jar filename.jar Otherwise it is also possible to enable double clicking to run jar files too by the following simple steps: Find the .jar … Continue reading

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HowTo Fix: The file ‘/path/file.exe’ is not marked as executable.

The file ‘/path/file.exe’ is not marked as executable.  If this was downloaded or copied form an untrusted source, it may be dangerous to run.  For more details, read about the executable bit. While re-installing Spotify on my Desktop I came … Continue reading

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HowTo Fix: “There is a problem with your sound card. Spotify can’t play music.” (Wine)

Quite a few times I have encountered this problem, which I think is caused when the soundcard was recently used by another program and might still be busy but it means Spotify can’t play music, so a quick fix for … Continue reading

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HowTo: Stop Ubuntu Checking For Automatic Updates

At work I can’t afford to have my Ubuntu system update and possibly wipe out some important libraries I need, and I get pretty tired of closing the Update Manager every time it decides I need to update so here’s … Continue reading

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HowTo: Swap the Window Menu Buttons Back to the Right – Ubuntu Lucid (10.04)

I’m not an OSX person and personally prefer my minimise, maximise and close buttons to be in that order on the right, which they are not as default on the new Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) so here’s how you can … Continue reading

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