Random and obscure info on various things…

The following are quite specific scenarios that I've come across during usage of various Unix-family systems, though some may contain rather general tips that may apply to Windows or other operating systems as well, so check the respective pages for more information. These are targeted for users with advanced skills, and any application of suggestions here is at your own risk. There, I said it. :-)

System configuration, installations etc.

Games:

• Running America's Army 3.0.5 in Wine 1.1.28
• Running Enemy Territory 2.60b (not Quake Wars)

See also "Installing Wine…" below.

Configuring Linux distributions:

• Some configuration tips for Ubuntu 10.04
• IPv6 using 6to4 tunneling
• TiMidity++ and sound patches
• KDE in Ubuntu (not Kubuntu)
• Managing users, etc.
• 32-bit apps in a 64-bit world

Configuring applications:

• Flash problems
• Thunderbird tricks
• Configuration example(s) for Vim

Installing applications:

• Installing libssh2 (2.0.18) on FreeBSD 5.4 (incidentally also autoconf 2.62)
• Installing Wine from source on 64 bit Linux (for versions of Wine without 64 bit support)

See also the "Games" section above.

Networking:

• Network redundancy with CARP (blog entry of mine)

Shell scripting etc.:

• Bash
• Zsh
• Useful code snippets (functions, aliases, etc.) to use in the shell
• Gotchas with UNIX filenames etc. (link to article by David A. Wheeler)

Various web services:

• Webmaster Tools with Blogger / Wordpress / Wikidot

Mobile stuff:

• Tips for Maemo / Nokia N900

Backup:

• Checksum problems during backup that turn out to be due to an unexpectedly mounted swap partition (blog entry of mine).

(Serious) nerd points:

• Tricks for installing DOS game

Trivia etc:

• Miscellaneous Linux-related notes
• Type less when troubleshooting a network

Swedish stuff

• SL hållplatsnummer

About me

• Contact information (on my blog)