Ever have a need to show a list of what packages were installed (or recently installed) by date on Ubuntu?
Say you are troubleshooting a problem and need to back-track on when a package was installed. Or if you are a Windows user who has switch to Ubuntu and is not familiar with how to check when a package was installed.
Fortunately there are a few ways to find out. In this article, we'll look at how to view installed packages by date using Synaptics Package Manager and from the command prompt using a Terminal window.
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With all the great features and ease of use, one item that Firefox does not include in the Options configuration menu is the capability to move the disk cache to another location or to a second hard drive.
Instead, all you can do is clear or change the allocated space that is reserve for the cache along with modifying some offline settings.. To see these settings, click on Tools \ Options from the menu, then click on the Advanced and Network tabs.
This is some what surprising since there are several benefits with moving the cache location, such as better browsing performance, faster video loading, more disk space for the cache or just being able to get to the darn cache directory.
By default, Firefox cache directory is buried deep under your user profile folder. You can easily view the location by typing about:cache in the address bar (for more information, see – How To View Contents Of Firefox Cache Location).
So, how can you move the disk cache to another hard drive location?
read more: Firefox Tip: Move Disk Cache To Another Location Or Second Hard Drive
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With the recent release of Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) people are finding a nice surprise after installing the service pack.
More free disk space.
Apparently Vista SP2 includes a clean up tool (Compcln.exe) that recovers hard disk space by permanently deleting previous versions of files such as RTM, SP1 uninstall files and restore points that are being serviced by SP2.
If installing SP2 does not automatically delete these files, you can run the clean up tool manually.
read more: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Recovers Disk Space With Cleanup Tool
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With Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope) some new features have been added that you may like or dislike.
For me, one feature that I don't like is the delayed shutdown. When I'm ready to shutdown my desktop I want it to begin shutting down immediately.
Unfortunately the default setting for shutting the system down in version 9.04 is a one minute delay. You do have the option of canceling the shutdown or clicking another button to…shut it down (what is this Microsoft thinking??)
One clicks to many.
If you want change this behavior and just have the system shutdown, keep reading.
read more: Disable Delayed Shutdown Notification In Ubuntu 9.04
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While Outlook 2007 offers many new features that do indeed offer real benefits it can come at a price – performance. On my Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM Outlook 2007 originally took a good 20 seconds to fire up from a fully booted PC and appeared to be constantly sluggish.
So what can be done about it?
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If you have recently installed or upgraded to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), one feature you will notice missing is the automatic update notification icon in the system tray on the top panel.
It's replacement is an annoying update manager that seems to have a mind of it's own.
Personally, I like the old notification icon that let me know of pending updates.
Instead, with Ubuntu 9.04, the update manager starts automatically and is displayed on screen when updates have been available for a week or more. You are informed of security updates within 24 hours, via a one time notification in the corner of the screen.
If you want to get back the normal notification icon method used in previous versions of Ubuntu, you can run a simple command or use gconf configuration tool to make the change (NOTE – the icon has been changed to a down arrow icon).
read more: How To Restore Automatic Update Notification Icon In Ubuntu 9.04
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How many times have you forgotten the URL address of your wireless administration interface page? Probably more often than you can remember and at times when you really need to configure something.
Let face it, trying to remember an IP address is like trying to remember a phone number (unless you are old school and don't program phone numbers in your phone).
https://192.168.1.1 isn't something that an average computer user wants to remember.
So how can you make it easier to remember? By using a host name, similar to how you remember sites on the Internet, like watchingthenet.com.
But your probably thinking that you don't have DNS running on your wireless home network.
No problem. Here's how you can utilize DNS-like-service with your Windows computer.read more: Connect To Your Wireless Router Administration Interface Using An Easy To Remember Name
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Ever notice your computer fan seems to run constantly? Maybe you also notice your laptop or desktop feels warmer than normal. And you probably also noticed that your PC performance has been running a lot slower lately trying to execute even the simplest tasks.
That's what I noticed about my laptop, which is only sixteen months old. It just was not running as snappy as it did a few months ago. So I did all the usual clean up tips that you can find anywhere on the Internet in hopes of speeding up my Windows PC.
Ran CCLeaner, removed unused programs, defrag the hard drive, cleaned up my user profiles and desktop, and so on.
Only to have the same problem. A slow computer.
I was about ready to give up by formatting the hard drive and reinstall Windows, when I decided that maybe I should look inside and check things out before I got started with the reinstall.
Well much to my surprise, I found the cause of the performance problem….a dirty computer.
read more: Speed Up Your PC And Boost Performance By Cleaning It
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