Here is a small extract from the article:

“If you look at what grows on computer keyboards, and hospitals are worse, believe it or not, it’s more or less a reflection of what’s in your nose and in your gut,” he said.

“Should somebody have a cold in your office, or even have gastroenteritis, you’re very likely to pick it up from a keyboard.” [comments by Dr. Dr Peter Wilson - Consultant microbiologist ]

Please read the article in full on the BBC Technology website.

1- as root #apt-get install php5-imap (a blue screen will ask if you want to install it without maildir support - if all you need it for is SugarCRM click yes)

2 - restart Apache - #/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

See painless! For other distributions, just search for php imap on your Package Manager like Yast or Synaptic.

While upgrading from version 4.5 to 5.o, using the option to upload from local file,after clicking the upload upgrade button the page would hang for a while and then take me back to the home page without any error message. I checked the installation, checked my PHP.ini and the upload size limit was set to 40M as instructed during the installation. Then I look in more detail at my PHP.ini and noticed that post_limit = 8M… mmm …. stupid detail overlooked and I’m sure I’m not the only one. I increased it to 40M and the upgrade moved very smoothly.

Here is how you do it:

Under Linux (do it as Root or use sudo if applicable)

1 - Open PHP.ini # vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini

2 - Scroll down until you see the line post_size_limit = 8M (change 8 to 40)

3 - restart Apache #/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

(the vi editor opens as read-only, to enable editing press “i”, to disable editing press “esc”, to save (write) press “:w” (editing needs to be disabled for this) and to exit “:q” )

This problem is caused by PHP not being able to talk to the MySQL server. Here are some simple steps that can help you resolve this.

1 - add the line extension=mysql.so to the end of your php.ini ( found under /etc/php5/apache2)

2 - restart the apache server - /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

This should resolve your problem but if it does not, like in my case, the php-mysql extension is missing so you need to install it.

3 - in a Debian based distro (Like Ubuntu) just use apt-get install php-mysql to install it (as root or use sudo before the command)

4 - restart the apache server - /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

This is it!

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It occured to me that the bios date on the laptop was wrong so I thought if I altered that it would be work. Once I got into the bios and changed the date and after a compulsory system check happened (because the computer thought it had not been booted for 2200 days), I was able to log in.

I can only guess that because the installation date will have been in 2008 - but the bios was in 2002, Ubuntu looked at the bios upon booting and did not recognise the creation of a user at a date 6 years in the future.
If anyone has any fact about why this would be the case - please let me know!

Looking through all the administration options to find it was unsuccessful and it was definately not as obvious to find as I hoped. After trawling through the Ubuntu Forums and reading about 9 threads I found you simply need to go to Terminal (which is located under Applications>Accessories) and then type in ifconfig and press enter, and you will get a list of your hardware address for your network card.

1) Open up one of the OpenOffice programs (i.e. Writer)

2)Go to Tools and then Options

3) Under the Load/Save section - expand it and click on general

4)In the section titled Default File Format there is a section called Automatically save as and you just want to select ‘Microsoft Word 97/2000/XP’.

For me - those simple instructions put OpenOffice as a more serious contender for those who do not understand file types!!

This was frustrating - but the solution was relatively simple. All you need to do is download and use the alternative installation which you can get here, and then for some reason that will work.

I looked for other causes of the problems and it has been claimed that it could also be if you use a multi-drive as opposed to a single purpose CD drive. However I did not find this was true in my situation!

So after several hours I now have Ubuntu running on a couple of laptops to take and give away in East Africa! Success!!

“My name is Daniel Kawakami and I’m Brazilian,” he writes. “I’m NOT a cracker, a hacker, just an enthusiast modder with basic assembly knowledge and very persistent.”

Kawakami’s expertise allowed him to enable advanced features in sound cards that Creative advertised as Vista-compatible, but which did not perform as well under that operating system as they do under Windows XP. After tolerating the distribution of his unofficial drivers for a time, Creative’s vice president of corporate communications, Phil O’Shaughnessy, ultimately asked him to stop, and accused him of “stealing their goods.” O’Shaughnessy also wrote that whether or not it cripples its Vista drivers is a “business decision that only we have the right to make.”

Extracted from Gadget Labs (read in full)

via online tech tips