http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138957-windows-8-tips-and-tricks-for-dealing-with-the-desktopmetro-minefield
Category: Technical
$13 Tablet. Yes, that reads THIRTEEN Dollars.
From Mashable at http://mashable.com/2012/10/10/txtr-beagle-e-reader/: If you thought the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite e-reader was a great deal at $119, take a look at the Txtr Beagle Read|Only, undercutting it by more than a C-note — it sells for a mere $13. … If you just want to read text and you can live without a touchscreen, 3G, a backlight…
You don’t have permission to access / on this server
“You don’t have permission to access / on this server” in Ubuntu / Apache2 is due to not having the file system root (not the web site root) executable to Apache2. Every directory from the web site root up to the file system root must be executable by Apache2.
Flash double speed fix
Ubuntu / Mint Audio or Flash problems. Two fixes that worked in my case. Seems to be conflicts with PulseAudio in several different ways. Installing Adobe-flashplayer instead of the Ubuntu version helps.
Setting Ubuntu Default Desktop (Session)
Testing to see if this works. Sometimes installing Ubuntu in a PC without 3D capable video hardware results in a non-bootable system: rather it boots but you can’t see anything, and since the default configuration is that OpenSSH-server is not installed, you can’t shell into it either. You can’t even use CTRL-ALT-F2 to change TTYs…