Ubuntu Suddenly Lost All Network Connectivity

One morning I switched my work laptop on, running Ubuntu 14.04, and found that I had completely lost all network connectivity. No ethernet LAN nor Wi-Fi connection, and no Gnome network manager icon. It turned out to be one of those peculiar things that seem to “just happen” from time-to-time in the Linux world. Read …

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Configuring A General-Purpose Ubuntu 14.04 Server

Over the years I’ve used many different hosting solutions. From shared hosting, a dedicated server, to several VPSes. These all came with a graphical control panel, most often Plesk, from which the server could be administered. The downside was the cost of the licence. So a little while ago I took the plunge and purchased …

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Suddenly Unable To Browse Facebook As Your Page?

If, like me, you own or manage a Facebook page, you may be used to switching identity to your page and then browsing Facebook like normal as your page, liking other pages, sharing posts etc… I’m not an avid Facebook user so I only noticed recently that I was no longer able to browse as …

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