Auto loading of images for incoming mail for entire domains in Thunderbird

Thunderbird 2 by default does not allow any auto loading of images so it seems, only from people in your addressbook. There is no global override. Use the following instructions to allow auto loading of images for entire domains. Comes in handy when working in a large company:
1. Options -> Advanced -> [...]

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Add the following kernel boot option to the kernel line in grub’s menu.lst and reboot ( I’m not sure which one does the trick ):
loop.max_part=63 max_part=63

Create a sparse disk image file ( 40 GB reserved, 0 bytes on disk )
dd if=/dev/zero of=fs.image bs=1024 seek=40000000 count=0

Initialize a new loop device ( /dev/loop0 )
losetup -f fs.image

Create a [...]

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http://fatbuttlarry.blogspot.com/2010/01/ipod-touch-iphone-3g-ubuntu-910-in-5.html

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Install BlueMon bluetooth manager ( replaces gnome-bluetooth ) and install ipheth from a PPA using the following instructions:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/iphone-tethering-on-ubuntu-9-10-karmic.html

Make Ethernet-Tethering again available on the iPhone using a patch from Cydia:

http://www.iphoneclub.nl/forum/f59/iphone-help/f60/wiki-handleidingen/46330-tethering-6-stappen-op-firmware-3-1-2-via-cydia-jailbreak.ht

Maybe you need to do this too:

Optional/needed: remove PDANet and like applications
Some reboots
Reinstall of gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse

Both Bluetooth and USB tethering work fine!

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In Gnome it is possible to have a gnome-panel for each monitor. This is very useful. One can create a new gnome-panel by pressing right-click on a existing gnome-panel ( make sure that when the entire gnome-panel space is filled with applets and programs you temporarily remove some applets or close some programs ). Click [...]

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Lucid: http://www.secudb.de/~seuffert/mozilla/
Karmic:

https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ppa/+packages ( Will install also firefox 3.5 daily build by default!! )
http://blog.thomas-lauria.de/archives/9-Mozilla-Lightning-1.0b1-for-Thunderbird-3-on-linux-amd64.html
Download Dutch 32 bit tar version from http://download.mozilla.org/?product=thunderbird-3.0&os=linux&lang=nl

Extract tar
cp thunderbird-3.0/dictionaries/nl.* /usr/lib/thunderbird-3.0*/dictionaries/

Update:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ThunderbirdLightning
http://themikecam.com/blog/2009/10/05/64-bit-lightning-builds-for-linux/

http://www.secudb.de/~seuffert/mozilla/2010-01-12%20-%20lightning%201.0pre%20×86_64%20linux%20english/

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On the to-be-woken-up computer make sure to enable ACPI/APM (S3/STR) and Wake-On-Lan(WOL) in the BIOS and add in /etc/network/interfaces:

post-up /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g
post-down /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g

Write down the MAC-ADDRESS. Powerdown the computer. Only when the computer is powered down to S3 or STR(Suspend to ram), the computer can be woken up. A [...]

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After some trouble compiling nzbget for Debian mips, I created a Debian package for it. Click the continue reading button to download.

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I installed VirtualBox 3.0.6 and installed a couple of Guest OS’es. During the installation of a OEL 5.3 Linux as Guest, I discovered that the VirtualBox process for this Guest on the host was consuming between 55% and 85% of CPU usage, even though the Guest’s top showed that the Guest was idle.
It seems to [...]

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I find it not always easy to find the correct theme, with the correct icons and the correct colour scheme. The letters should not be to be big or to small. Menu’s and windows and widgets should look nice, but remain visible and easy to distinct from their surrounding. For now I feel comfortable [...]

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