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Magento Mage Core Variables to Use

Magento Mage Core Variables to Use

By | February 21, 2012 at 9:00 am | No comments

Magento Mage Core, Admin Static Blocks, or Phtml edits are usually includes getting url path such images, javascript, base url, media and store url. There are different ways to retrieve mentioned URL paths depending on where section you’re editing. To Retrieve URL path in...

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Change the Boot Screen in Xubuntu 11.10

Change the Boot Screen in Xubuntu 11.10

By | February 19, 2012 at 9:00 am | No comments

I wanted to modify the existing boot screen for Xubuntu. I did not care to create my own, only wanted to make changes to a couple of the graphic files. Change the logo and change the background color. This little tutorial worked out very nicely for me. Run the file manager as...

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Editing Grub Config in Xubuntu 11.10

Editing Grub Config in Xubuntu 11.10

By | February 18, 2012 at 9:00 am | No comments

You will need to be root to edit the file. A very useful approach is to user leafpad or gedit from running the file manager as root. I personally prefer gedit so I removed leafpad and install gedit on my installation. In Xubuntu simply run this command from the terminal to...

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Installing Remastersys on Ubuntu 11.10 i386

Installing Remastersys on Ubuntu 11.10 i386

By | February 14, 2012 at 10:00 pm | No comments

Option 1) Command Line Pull up terminal: sudo su wget -O - http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu/remastersys.gpg.key | apt-key add - Add these two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list #Remastersys Oneiric deb http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu oneiric main Option 2)...

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Kingston SSDNow S100 Firmware Update

Kingston SSDNow S100 Firmware Update

By | February 13, 2012 at 11:45 am | No comments

Part Numbers: SS100S2/8G, SS100S2/8GBK SS100S2/16G, SS100S2/16GBK Description: We have discovered a technical issue with our SSDNow SS100S2 which could result in drive instability. While we have observed this issue in only a small percentage of drives, Kingston...

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