Even though Fedora is a very stable Linux distribution I have recently experienced some problems which were resolved most easily by reinstalling. My impression of upgrading between releases is that each upgrade leaves behind some cruft from the previous release. While there are downsides to…

To have numlock automatically turned on after startup in LXDM/LXDE edit /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf. sudo nano /etc/lxdm/lxdm.conf Uncomment the line that has: # numlock=0 Set numlock=1 and save the file. numlock=1 Numlock should now be enabled on boot.

To change the default file manager in Linux edit /usr/share/applications/defaults.list $ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/defaults.list Then search for “inode/directory”. In nano, press Ctrl-W to search. It should look like this: inode/directory=pcmanfm.desktop Change the part after the equal sign to whatever file manager you prefer such as…

The Fujifilm FinePix AX655 is a point and shoot digital camera sold at Walmart. The AX650 is a similar model which is sold much more widely but for some reason the AX655 seems to only be available at Walmart. At the time of my purchasing…

If you are upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 8 and you have a FAT 32 partition Windows 8 Installation will fail at 11% without telling you the reason why. The error message you will receive is “Windows 8 Installation has failed.” The solution is…

The default behavior in Xserver in Linux and other *nix systems for window managers used to be that left clicking on a window focused the window without raising it above other windows on the screen. This behavior allows you to work simultaneously with windows on…

How to program your Element TV (26LE30Q) with your Samsung remote control (00008A): Turn on the TV. Point the remote at the TV. Hold down the TV button on the remote. Press 0, 6 while holding down the TV button. If the programming was successful,…

If after upgrading or restoring a WordPress installation you notice strange characters like “’”, ““”, —, and “” in your posts or comments then somehow your character encoding got messed up. This might have happened because you were pasting text from Microsoft Word or some…

When using certain blog publishing methods such as posting from Microsoft Office, one may have an empty blank line between paragraphs which is interpreted by WordPress’s automatic formatting as an empty paragraph. This results in an extra empty paragraph between each paragraph of text. To…

Marking spam emails in a Yahoo Mail account using the spam button appears to be  ineffective. One will continue to receive similar and even identical email spam. Although the Yahoo spam filter is effective for the majority of spam, apparently the spam button contributes to…