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Bluetooth: Fix a2dp-source profile connect failed for XX Protocol not available in Linux

Been a while I’ve always wanted my Android to stay connected to my Linux via Bluetooth but I always get this heartbroken error message. bluetoothd[778]: a2dp-source profile connect failed for XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX: Protocol not available Why This Error? Most bluetooth devices are connected to your PC to use as Multimedia device (Sound), but when it wants […]

How to Set Up SSH Keys Between Servers

SSH Keys SSH keys serve as a means of identifying yourself to an SSH server using public-key cryptography and challenge-response authentication. One immediate advantage this method has over traditional password authentication is that you can be authenticated by the server without ever having to send your password over the network. Anyone eavesdropping on your connection […]

My Best 3 Smooth GNOME Desktop Fonts

Gnome is a nice desktop I’ve been with lately and easily configured, fonts are cool but its been me looking for a better font for my system. In the quest of getting better font, I got 3 of them which I love most and deciding to share. It may be useful to you too, below […]

How to Make Changes in /etc/resolv.conf Permanent

I’m not good at using my ISP’s DNS Servers because last time I did, it wasn’t always up. I browse on a mobile network, so decided to be using another DNS servers which are always up all time… I use either Google DNS or OpenDNS and changing DNS servers in Linux is editing the /etc/resolv.conf […]

[Video] Resizing/Modifying Partitions in Linux Using GParted

Yup, you can actually create out a free partition from already existing partition in your Hard Disk with Linux GParted which is a free partition manager. Below I made a video on how to do it:  

Restore Visitors’ Original IP from CloudFlare in Apache 2.4

Earlier I made a post on My Problems with CloudFlare and this was one them, I guess they saw my post and decided to do something ๐Ÿ˜€ . Meanwhile if you are in Business Enterprise Plan in CloudFlare you can activate for the user’s real IP be sent to you via Header but, poor me… […]

Creating Wi-Fi Hotspot in Ubuntu (Visible to Android and All Devices)

Using Ubuntu, I had problems in sharing network to my SmartPhone especially Android, Ubuntu does not share an AP network which Android sees and uses but shares and Infrastructure network, of course you should know how to share ordinary Wi-Fi Hotspot in Ubuntu. Now in this post I’d be sharing how to share Wi-Fi Hotspot […]

Reset Forgotten Windows User Password Using Linux

Ye! I’m always running into issues and lucky me I always find a way out ๐Ÿ™‚ It’s crappy when you forget your Windows Password without Password Recovery Disk. There are many recovery software out there but this one of Linux is so dope and easy. NB: This post is not about pointing out one OSโ€™s […]

My Problems with CloudFlare

CloudFlare is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and DNS manager serving as Reverse Proxy for webservers. CDN delivers front-end contents to the end user, this can be done by another server which will release load from the main server delivering the back-end content. Most CDNs are paid but right from the beginning CloudFlare has the […]

Recovering Deleted Files From An NTFS Drive Partition in Linux

Lately I mistakenly deleted my pending movies directory where movies I’ve not watched are, this was so painful to me how I was about to loose all those movies ๐Ÿ™ . Lucky me it was on another partition which was NTFS, Ubuntu ย comes with a package called ntfsundelete or you install it with: RPM: DEB: […]