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Installing F# on Ubuntu.

By sholsapp | Published: December 8, 2009
Uninstall any Mono and MonoDevelop you may have installed with your package manager. I found that the majority of package managers had versions of Mono that were a tad too old for running F#. Afterwards, download and compile the software listed below. You do this just as you would any other Linux program. These links [...]
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How to turn off desktop icons in ubuntu linux for xwinwrap.

By sholsapp | Published: July 10, 2009
If you ever feel inclined to turn of your desktop icons by disabling nautilus from painting your desktop you can use the following command: gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false You can reverse the change with: gconftool-2 --type bool --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop true This can be useful if you want to use xwinwrap to paint your [...]
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Installing nvidia 9500GT on ubuntu hardy heron (8.04)

By sholsapp | Published: January 13, 2009
A short and painless guide to installing a NVidia 9500 GT driver set on a Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit operating system.  It involves some working knowledge of the command line like cd, ls, root. but all of the commands will be provided. OS: Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit VIDEO CARD: NVidia GeForce 9500 GT Useful Information: X server [...]
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