Seeing red-colored stuff as blue in YouTube videos? Adobe Flash Player on Fedora seems to mess with settings, here is quick fix. Continue reading
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Welcome to online space of Lithuanian software developer Gytis Repečka. Here I blog about various topics that interest me: open source software, databases, web services, Red Hat based Linux operating systems, photography, etc.
Restore GRUB bootloader after Windows install
Last week I reinstalled Windows XP which was running on my laptop along with Fedora. It’s quite obvious that Microsoft uses own bootloader which is not compatible with Linux, therefore installing Windows overwrites GRUB. Luckily, it is easy to restore. Continue reading
Posted in Fedora
Tagged boot, bootloader, Fedora, GRUB, Linux, Microsoft, reinstall, Windows
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Recursive functions explained
In programming there are sometimes situations when you have to recursively call a function from itself. Novice programmers might find it difficult to understand so here are my two examples written in PHP. Continue reading
Posted in Programming
Tagged call, children, factorial, function, hierarchy, linkedin, parent, PHP, programming, recursion, trees
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Install Broadcom BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN drivers on CentOS
CentOS users might have problems with WLAN on their laptops especially with BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN chipsets. These can be solved by installing proprietary Linux driver by Broadcom. Continue reading
phpBB trick: automatic all forums subscriptions to all members
One small forum running on phpBB needed email subscriptions on all forums applied to all members. While it is easy to find a mod adding this feature, it is much more complicated to install a modifications to phpBB rather than vBulletin. Today I’m sharing SQL query accomplishing subscription task on database side. Continue reading
Install LibreOffice on Fedora 14
I’ve already wrote in my Lithuanian blog about 33 leading developers leaving OpenOffice.org project and building a fork named LibreOffice after Oracle bought Sun. Unfortunately, LibreOffice is not yet included in default repositories of current Linux-based operating systems – Fedora 14 is not an exception. LibreOffice will replace OpenOffice.org in version 15. As my current efforts shown there might be some problems installing LibreOffice on Fedora 14 which are explained here. Continue reading
Posted in Fedora
Tagged doesn't load, doesn't work, error, Fedora, install, Java, LibreOffice, linkedin, OpenJDK, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org, Oracle, Red Hat, Sun
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Trojan spreads again via video on Facebook
I’ve already wrote about virus that spreads via video on Facebook, but it seems not everybody on my friend list noticed it. Today I saw suspicious link on aggregated wall again. Continue reading
Posted in Threats and security
Tagged ESET, ESET NOD, Facebook, infection, teacher, video, virus
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Virus spreads via video on Facebook
Almost everyday I see links on friend’s walls at Facebook with piquant headlines like “15 year old girl jumped from the roof of a shop” or “video posted by teenager ruined her life” and so on. These are always tactics of spammers and scammers used to mislead credulous people and use their profiles to spam. Today I noticed one post which had image blocked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. Continue reading
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Tagged computers, ESET, ESET NOD, Facebook, facebookvideo, infection, Kaspersky, security, spam, tablet computers, video, virus
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EU domain history at EURid’s web-based WHOIS
EURid, operator of .EU TLD, is now offering domain history timeline at their web-based WHOIS system. Continue reading
