Send email through UWaterloo Engmail (SMTP) using gmail
UPDATE: UW now does not allow SMTP mail relays from Google mail accounts. This HOWTO is deprecated. So ever since gmail enabled the ability to send email like they’re coming from linked accounts, I’ve had my uwaterloo Engmail set up to work right from my gmail and there was a very simple way to do … Read more
Google Chrome Alpha and Firefox 3.5 Shiretoko on linux
I installed two semi-stable browsers yesterday. This isn’t going to be a leveled comparison, considering Chrome was recently ported to linux and Firefox 3.5 is on RC1 already. In any case, I’m just going to put up some links to where you can get them and some shots of them in action. You can get … Read more
Wine additional configuration
In order to install a lot of windows software in WINE, you need DLLs that are missing from the default repository installation. Here is one way to get some of the dependencies you’ll need when you try to install applications in WINE, 1. Get the following script file using a terminal (view the URL in … Read more
Convert m4a tracks to mp3 on linux
Short tutorial on the command line foo you need to get this done: (I’ll write up the script later, I want to make it regexp smart first) 1. In a terminal, navigate to the directory containing the music tracks you want to convert into mp3. 2. Install faad and lame: $ sudo apt-get install faad … Read more
Multitouch on Synaptic (linux vaio fw235j)
This is how you enable multitouch on your laptop. First enable shmconfig: In a terminal enter: gksudo gedit /etc/hal/fdi/policy/shmconfig.fdi In the file that is created, copy paste this: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="input.x11_driver" string="synaptics"> <merge key="input.x11_options.SHMConfig" type="string">True</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo> Save and close. Then to enable multitouch on synaptic In a terminal … Read more
