Ubuntu Desktop comes with ‘Terminal Server Client’, which is ‘tsclient’ with a ‘rdesktop’ backend for RDP functions.
Generally, I tend not to use the full screen mode, but in this instance I needed to. Unlike the Microsoft Remote Desktop client, there is no pinnable banner at the top of the screen to allow you to easily enter/exit full screen mode.
After a lot of keyboard mashing, and various key combos later, it seems that CTRL-ALT-ENTER is the correct combination.
Unlike Flash, I like Adobe AIR. It looks promising. I especially like that there’s a Linux and Mac version.The BBC iPlayer is all the better for moving to the AIR platform, and I’m able to use the same version of Twhirl on any of my Windows/Mac/Linux machines.
However, I dont like Adobe’s lack of support in this area. For example, when downloading the Mac or Windows version, its quite obvious how you install the application. Its how you would normally install an application on those OS’s. On Linux though, it’s not so intuitive. As most Linux users have likely experienced, the usual way of installing applications can differ between distributions. Then there’s compilation from source, etc. For a major software company like Adobe, you’d think they would offer the AIR installer with at the very least, some installation instructions. No?
For those who are wondering, here is how I installed Adobe AIR on my Ubuntu 8.10 system: Continue reading 'Adobe AIR Installation on Linux'»
After installing a fresh copy of Debian 5.0 on my mini x86 server (howto for that still being worked on), I needed to get PHP with FastCGI, MySQL and Lighttpd installed.
Here’s an excellent, short and to-the-point guide on getting FastCGI configured for Lighttpd:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/lighttpd-php-fastcgi-configuration.html
Of course, this is assuming PHP, MySQL (if required) and Lighttpd are already installed:
apt-get install php5-cli php5-cgi lighttpd mysql-server
I also needed to reconfigure MySQL for a low memory machine (112MB). Continue reading 'Lighttpd PHP FastCGI Configuration — Debian 5.0 Lenny'»
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