Update Thanks to Jayen, there is a better way: $ lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 9.10 Release: 9.10 Codename: karmic $ cat /etc/issue Debian GNU/Linux squeeze/sid n l Or $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.32-trunk-686 (Debian 2.6.32-5) (ben@decadent.org.uk) (gcc version 4.3.4 (Debian 4.3.4-6) ) #1 SMP Sun Jan 10 06:32:16 UTC 2010 Source: Which Linux Distro are you using??

I just installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my desktop. When I tried to play some mp3 files with Amarok 2.2.0, it didn’t make any sound though it played ogg without a problem. Thanks to this post, mp3 play back can be enabled by installing libxine1-ffmpeg. $ sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg Credit: How to Play mp3 files with amarok in Ubuntu Linux 9.04

Finally, the OS X has been removed from MSI Wind U100, and completely replaced by Debian (testing). Whenever the computer is idle, the hdd makes this weird clicking noise. To stop it, we can use hdparm to turn it off. kenno@tora:~$ sudo hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda</p> /dev/sda: setting Advanced Power Management level to 0xfe (254) APM_level = 254 Source: MSI Wind – Gentoo Linux Wiki

At work, a colleague is struggling to get his PC up and running for a few days now. To add an insult to injury, he also lost some of his Microsoft Outlook back up emails. Seeing what happened to him, it’s a good reminder that I shall back up my files and emails too. I use Mozilla Thunderbird (2.0.0.22), and I found a very nice tool to back up the emails (a.k.a profile). It’s called MozBackup. ...

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