Getting PHP mail function to work on localhost (my computer)

I set up Apache and installed PHP 5 on my laptop computer running Linux/Ubuntu 10.10, but I couldn't get locally (localhost) run scripts to send emails. Following both the links below (bits from both) got things working. NOTE: for the root email I put my usually email, ie. smith@gmail.com.

http://www.davidhurst.co.uk/2007/06/19/php-mail-and-ssmtp-on-debian-linux/

http://tombuntu.com/index.php/2008/10/21/sending-email-from-your-system-with-ssmtp/

QMU Edinburgh Remote Desktop - Ubuntu 10.10 Citrix Client

How to access remote desktop on the Queen Margaret University Edinburgh network with Ubuntu (10.10) and Citrix client.

Install the Citrix client through the Ubuntu Software Centre - Applications>Ubuntu Software Centre

Now, follow the instructions here: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/it/certificates/IntRootCertLinux.PDF linked to from this page: http://www.qmu.ac.uk/it/certificates.htm

Copy the crt file to...

/home/username/ICAClient/linuxx86/keystore/cacerts

To move the crt file to the right location you have to open the file manager with root permissions. Open a terminal Applications>Acessories>Terminal and type

gksudo nautilus

enter your password and copy the file from where ever youb saved it (likely to be your desktop of hom/downloads folder) a copy it to the location mentioned above. finally, make sure the permissions of the file are correct. It has to be owned by Root. Right click on the crt file and under the Permissions tab change the owner and group to Root - see the screenshot below.

Convert iTunes M4A files to MP3 on Linux

Convert iTunes M4A files to MP3 on Linux
http://pragmattica.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/convert-itunes-m4a-files-to-mp3-on-linux/Recursive conversion - so easy and makes me so happy :)

The command... will copy all files that are already mp3s in the iTunes library in to the new folder as well...good by iTines... you will not be missed!

./ConvertToMP3.py /home/itunes /home/mp3s --copymp3s

gvSIG Android Linux Ubuntu 10.10 and Cache-able Maps

1) Install gvSIG Mini on my HTC Hero running cooked 2.2 Android trough the Android Market Place.

2) Install gvSIG on my Laptop running Linux Ubuntu 10.10. Download and follow instructions here: http://www.gvsig.org/web/projects/gvsig-desktop/official - use the full BIN package (I installed 1.10 and it worked with the 1.9 plug-in - see below)

3)Install the gvSIG phone cache plug-in, download and install instructions here: https://confluence.prodevelop.es/display/GVMN/Phone+Cache

4) Read the gvSIG phone cache plug-in user instructions here: https://confluence.prodevelop.es/display/GVMN/Phone+Cache+Documentation

Wipe a Hard Drive with Linux

sudo shred /dev/sdb -f -v -z --iterations=6

See: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1331572

Add BBC Radio 4 to Synology Audio Station

Download the ASX file from http://bbcstreams.com/ (right click on the (link) and save as filename.txt

Open the saved file with Gedit and copy the line

mms://wmlive-acl.bbc.co.uk/wms/bbc_ami/radio4/radio4_bb_live_eq1_sl0?BBC-UID=d4ec8a9b7be2b54f4179473740e0ac2

Paste in to User Defined Synology Audio Station URL field and change the mms to http.

Done

With thanks to http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=24622#p99007

Weekly Backup with Ubuntu, Rsync, Anacron and 2 Internal Hard Disks

1) Edit /etc/anacrontab

Code:
sudo gedit /etc/anacrontab

2) Add line to the bottom of the txt document - for more info see http://linuxgazette.net/104/odonovan.html

Code:
1 1 backup rsync -ravz /home /media/

where the fields mean:

1

the period in days indicating how often this command should be executed

1

the delay in minutes after Anacron begins before it should execute this command

backup

a unique identifier for this job so Anacron can keep track of when it was last executed

rsync...

the command to execute