http://www.bengamblin.com Blog of Ben Gamblin http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/387/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2012-01-21/no-flicks-from-netflix/ With the launch of the on-demand video streaming service Netflix in the UK and the offer of one month's free trial, I decided to give the service a quick test. More than the selection of programmes and films available on the service though, I was curious... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 10:59:03 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/385/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2012-01-14/linux-mint-12-kde_initial-impressions/ Yesterday's setup of Linux Mint 12 KDE Edition went very smoothly. From running the system via a live USB boot disk through to complete installation; the problems were few and the impression has been largely positive particularly in comparison to the Gno... Sat, 14 Jan 2012 16:20:13 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/384/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2012-01-13/linux-mint_gnome-3-and-kde/ A few months back, the latest release of the popular Linux distro Mint was released. Since then, I've been running it on my two machines - a 64 bit desktop and a 32 bit netbook. Linux Mint 12 was a significant release as it was the first time that the d... Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:45:58 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/305/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2012-01-11/amazon-mp3-and-64-bit-linux/ Unfortunately it seems this guide may no longer work - at least it didn't when I attempted it in Linux Mint 12 (based on Ubuntu). The guide remains here for posterity, but I accept no liability for anything that may go wrong should you attempt to follow ... Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:26:14 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/372/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2011-03-27/logitech-mk250-keyboard-and-mouse/ More computer hardware today. Being annoyed with my old wired mini keyboard and cheap wired mouse, I bought a Logitech MK250 keyboard and mouse set. Unfounded Opinion I've always refrained from wireless peripherals as I had the opinion that perhaps the... Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:55:20 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/368/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2011-03-09/opening-mysql-port-3306/ It took me a long time to figure this out, and I really don't think it should have. All I wanted to do was open port 3306 on my Ubuntu Server, permitting external access to MySQL. I use this with my music player, where the client on whatever computer I'... Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:29:53 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/362/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2011-01-13/data-recovery-on-linux-fat32-bad-superblock-error/ The MicroSD card in my smartphone became corrupted today, and I feared that all data on it was lost. Fortunately, I don't store critical data on the phone, but I did have a number of snaps which, whilst of nothing special, would have been nice to keep.... Thu, 13 Jan 2011 19:48:52 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/358/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-10-27/samsung-n210-and-ubuntu-10-04lts/ Back in July I bought myself a netbook, and being a fan of the open source operating system I decided to install Ubuntu. All went well at the time, but I needed some extra software to make the wireless connection and brightness keys work. I found what I... Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:11:35 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/356/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2010-10-02/ubuntu_disable-gnome-keyring/ One of the small annoyances I experience with the Ubuntu operating system is the Keyring Manager which can pop up from time to time when using automatic login. Fortunately, disabling this 'feature' is easy! I experienced this problem when starting up my... Sat, 02 Oct 2010 17:15:47 +0000 http://www.bengamblin.com/entry/312/ http://www.bengamblin.com/2009-04-25/ubuntu-9-04_jaunty-jackalope_amarok-1-4/ The latest edition of the popular Linux distribution; Ubuntu was released on Thursday. Unfortunately if one wishes to use Amarok as their preferred music player the discovery that installing through Synaptic provides version 2 may come as a disappointmen... Sat, 25 Apr 2009 11:51:23 +0000