If you’re having issues with fullscreen video playback, this may help. The issues may range from hard lock’s and crashes to poor performance and flickering. The flickering issues may not go away with this tweak, but performance should be better and crashes should stop.
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June 17, 2009
Fullscreen Video Playback, Jaunty 9.04, Xorg
June 6, 2009
Bash script to automate mounting and unmounting of nfs shares
This is a small script I wrote that automates creating a directory for the mount point and then mounts the nfs share on that diretory. It also accommodates removal when needed and unmount’s the nfs share and removes the directory that was created.
June 4, 2009
Create ISO/Disk Image from DVD/CDROM on Linux
This is a quick guide to creating an ISO/Disk Image on Linux from your DVD or CDROM drive.
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May 31, 2009
Avant Window Navigator - Folder Icon for File Browser Launcher Applet
On the latest build of AWN (0.3.2), the folder icon is broken.
To fix this; do the following below;
Line 60 of /usr/share/avant-window-navigator/applets/file-browser-launcher/file-browser-launcher.py
Original:
self.icon = self.set_awn_icon('file-browser-launcher', 'folder')
Change to:
self.icon = self.set_awn_icon('file-browser-launcher', 'stock_folder')
restart AWN
May 13, 2009
Xorg Memory Leak Fix for Jaunty 9.04 ATI Proprietary fglrx
Memory leak fixed on my sony vaio laptop with an HD3400 series. NOT completely, xorg will still leak over time (about 60mb over 8 hours and I think some of this memory is re-used for effects which will not increase the memory any further when opening, closing, etc). The change is DRASTIC compared to what I was seeing. Before this xorg would leak anywhere between 500-700mb over 4 hours of use.
ATI Proprietary fglrx Minimize/Maximize Fix for Jaunty 9.04
After a few weeks, a patch has been released a few days ago that fixes the fglrx lag when minimizing, maximizing or opening a window on ubuntu jaunty 9.04. The lag was severe freezing the entire desktop for 1-3 seconds, almost making desktop effects unbearable to use.
For those who would prefer to compile xorg;
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/26424345/107_fedora_dont_backfill_bg_none.patch
PPA is available here;
https://edge.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat/+archive/xserver-no-backfill
Launchpad link for this bug;
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fglrx-installer/+bug/351186
May 11, 2009
Adjusting Contrast, Brightness and Gamma on Linux. ATI Proprietary Driver (fglrx).
If you have the ati driver installed correctly and have xorg setup correctly, you can easily change the brightness, contrast and gamma on linux.
I could not find anywhere on google a single search result except for setting gamma, so I post this here.
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May 2, 2009
Ubuntu Jaunty: ATI Restricted Proprietary FGLRX Driver, Direct Rendering, Mobility Radeon HD Series
To start off I am no expert. I am a windows convert about a week ago now. However, I’m grabbing Linux by the horns and loving it!
The reason I am posting this is because it took me several hours to figure this out. I could not find in one place an organized concise approach. I’d imagine the experts already know this info but for the new Linux users, I can see this being helpful and also as a reference for me in the future 
This does not fix the current memory leak in Xorg or the slow sluggishness of compiz when minimizing, maximizing or resizing. Sadly, I’m experiencing both of these issues on Jaunty with the ATI Driver, I have not tried the open source ATI Driver yet.
I went through many installations and removals of the ati driver during this process. I will only explain how and what I did to actually get the driver working with direct rendering enabled.
CSS Shorthand Guide with W3C Reference
What is CSS Shorthand? CSS Shorthand is simply combining multiple property values into a single CSS property. This guide will help you improve your knowledge and understanding. Over time you will find yourself spending less time writing CSS and spending more time on actual style and page structure.
CSS Shorthand is all about memorizing order. Starting off you may find yourself asking, which property value goes where again? You might get lost and you may even have to reference this guide (or another that you might choose) numerous times before it sticks. There are a lot of CSS properties, most is learned over time with practice (and good use!).
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