Compiz Fusion easy Feisty install

This article really helped me out installing Compiz-Fuzion on my laptop with Ubuntu 7.04 on it. It even shows you how to get rid of the older versions of compiz so you can have a clean install. Also lots of screen shots! check it out:

http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/enable_compizfusion_in_ubuntu_feisty/

vnc restart

this morning i found myself not being able to log into vnc because i forgot to logoff from a different computer. I kept getting a 'Not Authenticated' error, so in order to kill the other session i ssh'd into my computer and did these commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd stop
sudo killall Xvnc
sudo /etc/init.d/xinetd start

logged right in after that.

Using Terminal Server Client to remote desktop Windows from Linux

today i learned that it is possible to connect to Windows Remote Desktop from Linux. Very cool. i run ubuntu, like everyone knows, and there's a program called 'Terminal Server Client'. Now I don't know how long this has been around for, but i just discovered it today and wanted to blog about it.

it's very simple to use, and i'm very surprised i didn't run into any errors. i just turned remote desktop on from the My Computer properties, typed in my IP on my linux box into TSC, hit connect and it worked! amazing.

the reason i had any need for this is because i run a linux box and a windows box at work and we decided this was a much better way to control both and not get a switch. it's so much easier than having to switch back and forth. very exciting. software beats hardware.

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first post. this is where I will write about crazy computer stuff that I like.