Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
VNC over SSH in Ubuntu 8.10 (Ubuntu to Ubuntu)
This procedure describes how to set up and connect to a VNC server over an SSH tunnel from one Ubuntu machine to another. I am making the assumption that an SSH server is already running on the host machine, and that the host is running Kubuntu. It shouldn’t be hard to figure out the equivalent [...]
Automatic horizontal scrollbars in Wordpress <code> blocks
Since wrapped lines of code in Wordpress’ <code> blocks are obnoxious, here’s how to make them automagically appear when you run past the end of a line, instead of wrapping and confuzzling things.
Edit your theme’s style.css file. Find the block that starts:
#content code {
…
}
Inside the braces, add a line somewhere that reads:
overflow: [...]
Scriptable sendmail via Gmail in Ubuntu 8.04*
*There’s no reason this shouldn’t work in later versions.
The purpose of this setup is to configure Ubuntu Linux so that you can send an email with a single command from a bash terminal. The idea behind this is that once set up to do it, your computer can now actively alert you (or others) to [...]