“Compositing not enabled” message in Ubuntu 11 Natty Narwhal when using Unity-2D or Classic Desktop

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A quick one:

If anyone is expericning ‘compositing not enabled’ issues with their applications on Ubuntu 11 – even though you have Compiz installed and it’s saying that Compositing IS enabled try this application below from Mariano Chavero.

http://marianochavero.wordpress.com/2011/04/20/a-simple-gui-for-unity-2d-settings-ubuntu-11-04/

This worked perfectly for me to re-enable compositing after upgrading to Natty Narwhal..

Microsoft Threat Management Gateway (TMG) – Intermittent connection issues and timeouts

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After the installation of a brand new TMG Server (TMG stands for Threat Management Gateway which is the new name for Microsoft’s ISA Server Software of old) some of the internal clients complained of unusual connection issues – including web page dropouts, ftp access issues, IM applications connecting and disconnecting over and over etc. All these issues were sporadic, over time they would improve and then bam would return again..
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iPhone & OpenSSH – session dropouts

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I was having a problem with my Jailbroken iPhone where every time I tried to SSH into my phone with WinSCP (a great SFTP\FTP Client for Windows) it would allow me to connect for about 15 seconds or so and then completely disconnect. Most times after this I would no longer be able to SSH in and the only fix was to go back to Cydia and reinstall OpenSSH again.
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Tosh.0 – The largest photo on the webternet

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In case you didn’t know Tosh.0 is pretty much my favourite TV show in the entire cosmos, well that and Community.. A simple concept (just show web clips and make fun of people) with a smart, witty, hilarious guy Daniel Tosh to run it makes for fantastic viewing.

You can follow the daily shenanigans for Tosh.0 on Daniel Tosh’s Twitter – @DanielTosh – there’s always something to read about on there.. Or his Comedy Central blog..
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SOAPUI – SOAP functional testing and loading made easy

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If you live in a SOAP world and haven’t heard of soapUI then you are doing yourself a disservice.

soapUI is an open source tool which allows you to design and run your own SOAP XML up against any web service and visually see the results come back withing the soapUI interface – it can perform full functional, load and validation testing all in the one application. Not only that it gives you full http, soap and error logs as well from the Web Server itself should you need to diagnose any problems with your Web Server or Web Service.
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