Juha Palomäki

Blog entries in the Ubuntu category

1. Ubuntu, disable special effects

   Sun 28 July 2013

   I installed Ubuntu under Hyper-V and for reason the UI with all the effects is S-L-O-W.

   Quick steps for disabling the UI effects:

   sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager ccsm
   

   Then head to the effects tab and disable those that you want. This does not make the UI blazing fast, but helps …

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2. Starting up node.js apps on Ubuntu

   Tue 03 July 2012

   Tim Smart describes in his article a great way to use upstart on Ubuntu to startup node.js applications.

   Below is my version of his script. I stripped the PID file handling and moved configuration to use environment variables (to be able to use the same basescript for multiple apps …

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