Linux

Sometimes - especially when I copy large files to my USB flash drive - something is going wrong. Then I noticed that my USB flash drive is read only. I don't know why this happens, but I think it is connected with DOS file system. So let's see the...

When I use Ubuntu the resolution always was OK except tty. The resolution which was set up on GNOME or Unity was not the same on tty when I pressed eg. Ctrl + Alt +F2. Sometimes I prefer to use fullscreen tty and last time I decided to change the...

I bought a new NAS server (Synology DS415+). Very small and silent NAS. I configured it without any problems. Every workstation with Widows had access to network shares. But I had a problem when I wanted to get access from my Ubuntu.   Of...

Last time when I plugged in my external hard drive (via USB) I couldn't write anything on it. The external hard drive is read only (it was mounted in read only mode). So I checked my operating system, actually packages. Then I found that I need...

Sometimes I want to send large files directly from one PC to another without uploading them to any server. So I started to find a solution. I had three conditions: 1. The service should support directly sending files without uploading to any...

My Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't have classic screensaver. I noticed that developers removed it from compilation. There is only gnome-screensaver but I don't know how to configure/use it. I decided to install screensaver in Ubuntu 12.04. So first you have...