Not that most of you are going to ever see this or care, but as for me, I just spent about 6 hours over the last few weeks trying to resolve it so I hope as a public service this will help someone both fix their client and save some time! Background: My Ubuntu owncloud client was working just fine…
Category: Ubuntu
How to Privatize Your Calendar with Owncloud, Thunderbird, and Lightning
Edit 151224: I had accidentally selected ‘ics’ format instead of caldav. Sorry about that. Now it works! — Getting your calendar off other people’s servers should be a priority. It’s bad enough that you’re being tracked unwillingly but throwing your daily calendar out there to be viewed is borderline twisted. I needed a solution where the sync was happening on…
How to Migrate Thunderbird Lightning Calendar to Owncloud
I will expand this tutorial soon but I was able to figure it out from this. Bug me if I haven’t updated this and clarified the details since this tutorial is not clear in a few ways http://flailingmonkey.com/moving-contacts-calendar-google/
detailed ubuntu ddclient and namecheap tutorial
I just wanted to log this great website that I found which offers a great copy and paste ddclient setup. It’s much better than the out-of-the-box setup that comes with the software. Thanks very much for this tutorial! detailed ubuntu ddclient and namecheap tutorial It was also interesting to learn that Namecheap simply uses a service called ‘freedns’ apparently…. good…
How to Install Owncloud on Ubuntu 14.04 Server
I heard owncloud is awesome but I just couldn’t force myself to get it installed on my home server project until another situation lead me back to it – the need for a self-owned calendar instead of one that relies on some other cloud service. I didn’t want my daily schedule on someone’s server to view. After trying may supposedly…
Getting an Ubuntu Server Up and Running from Start to Finish: 14.04
All I wanted to do was turn an unused computer into a web host in my house so I could run wordpress on my own domain/website. I knew Ubuntu is the best so that was my plan. There are a lot of tutorials out there but I found it to be fragmented all over the world wide webs. This post…
How to Completely Remove Unsafe Microsoft Windows and Replace with Safe Ubuntu
So you have a Microsoft Windows computer. You finally realize that the reason you have no hair on your head is because you pulled it all out at your computer. It is full of viruses, malware, and a host of other programs attempting in vain to stop these from making their home on your machine. Also, you heard the news…
Getting Started with Retroshare on Ubuntu: The Secure Communications Hub
Retroshare is awesome. It’s secure. It’s simple (once you get rolling) and it’s highly useful. I found getting the initial few friends in was a ‘little’ tricky without a familiarization tour so here is a video I made to help folks out. I sent it to my mom so we’ll know how effective it is shortly, we hope…
Getting Started with Thunderbird: Now Released to the Public!
This secret gem was hidden for a long time, but now, in it’s ‘slightly’ outdated form, please welcome: >>>Getting_Started_With_Thunderbird_3.1_rev1.1 <<< Just to whet your whistle, here is the table of contents: Introduction to Getting Started with Thunderbird 3.1……………………………………………. 1 Getting Started With Thunderbird 3.1…………………………………………………………………. 2 Introducing Mary, an Email User Under Siege………………………………………………………. 2 Why does Mary want to use Thunderbird…………………………………………………………………………2…
PGP (Yeah, You Know Me): and How to Set Up New Key
PGP encryption on your email is not only awesome but it’s now mandatory if you care even the slightest about your personal privacy. If you don’t care about your personal privacy, I invite you to strip naked and dance in front of your living room window towards the street with your blinds open at night…. unless you look like me…