I am used to firefox on windows and expected it to operate in an identical manner. It does for the most part but one thing that is bugging me is that in Windows when you click in the Address bar it gets highlighted and you can start typing a new URL straight away. In linux [...]
I used a live partion backup cd to backup the windows 7 partitions and restored them to the new hard drive. I then installed Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) Then the fun began. I didn’t expect LMDE to be as user friendly as the standard Linux Mint but I did want a rolling distribution that [...]
PLEASE NOTE: This is done on the live version of the distro as I haven’t paid for the installer yet and my new hard drive hasn’t arrived anyway. I have just been reading up on the various desktops and E17 seems to be quite popular as a lightweight option. Looking around I found a distribution [...]
I have finally had enough of Windows for development work. Going through the software I now use it is only iTunes that is holding me back. I have ordered a new hard drive for my Laptop and will be installing a dual boot system of Linux and Windows 7. I will only go into Windows [...]
In case you didn’t know, I live in a Motorhome and travel around so most if not all my gear is 12V based and I am very power concious. I have moved from having a desktop computer with quad core etc to an M90 Dell desktop replacement laptop. It was hard to deal with the [...]
I have installed the ZendFramework Library to a central location and added it to the php include path. The code below then worked very quickly and easily so I am now prepared to go further with this experiment.I found the answer here thanks to BrianM By using a centrally loaded library and sharing it rather [...]
I have finally cleared the decks of all outstanding work and am ready to get back down to some serious PHP development work. I have a few projects lined up and each of them have some common requirements. Previously I haven’t used much OOP but want to go down this route purely for the purposes [...]