By Martin Scharm on January 11, 2013 at 2:37 am
The network time protocol (NTP) is a really smart and useful protocol to synchronize the time of your systems, but even if we are in two-thousand-whatever there are reasons why you need to seek for alternatives…
Posted in Administration, Debian, Linux/Unix, Network, Security, University
Tagged Debian, fail, Network, remote, Security, time, trick, Ubuntu, ugly, University
By Martin Scharm on September 1, 2012 at 3:46 am
I just bought a new printer, the Brother MFC-9120CN. It’s also able to scan and to copy documents and to send them by fax. Since the installation instructions are win/mac-only I’ll shortly explain how to setup the device in a Linux environment.
Posted in HowTo, Linux/Unix, Media, Network, Software
Tagged aptitude, Cups, Debian, explained, FTP, Media, Network, Printer, scanner, Ubuntu
By Martin Scharm on April 5, 2012 at 5:32 am
Some days ago I discovered galternatives, a GNOME tool to manage the alternatives system of Debian/Ubuntu. It’s really smart I think.
Posted in Debian, Media, Software
Tagged aptitude, Debian, simplification, trick, Ubuntu, user interaction
By Martin Scharm on November 13, 2011 at 4:27 am
Due to different circumstances I had to figure out how to share a wireless connection with some wired clients. And what should I say, that’s a very simple task ;-)The scenario With your notbook you are able to connect to an AP with access to the internet, but other machines within your network infrastructure don’t [...]
Posted in Linux/Unix, Network, Private, Software, Unix, Web
Tagged Debian, NAT, Network, Notebook, trick, Ubuntu
By Martin Scharm on February 20, 2011 at 11:11 am
Today I played a bit with JRI as part of rJava, a Java-R-interface. Here you can learn how to setup for Debian/Ubuntu/akins. 
Posted in Debian, Java, R, Software
Tagged Debian, GNU, Java, Programming, trick, Ubuntu