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Convert uif Images in Ubuntu Linux

In my windows ages I was used to make backups in uif format. Sofar I couldn’t find any way to transform these images back from .uif to .iso. For all the people out there who don’t know what uif is:
Universal Image Format(UIF) is a powerful compression image file format for backing up CD/DVD. [...]

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Panasonic CF-R7 on Linux

Specs for my CF-R7 Japanese Model.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo U7500 @ 1.06GHz
Memory: 1GB 533MHz
Graphics: Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller
Chipset: 82801H (ICH8 Family)
Network: 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
WiFi: PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection vendor: Intel Corporation
SATA-Controller: 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller
HDD: TOSHIBA MK8037GS 80GB
PCMCIA: RL5c476 II Ricoh Co [...]

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Got a new machine - CF-R7

Last week I got a new notebook. First I was thinking of getting the Panasonic CF-R6 but later I realized that 2GB of memory can be very fine so I decided to get a new one and so I chose the CF-R7 which comes with 1GB memory a 80GB HDD and a Intel core2duo processor. [...]

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Sometimes when I wake up my Ubuntu laptop from suspend mode, it is the case that the Network Manager is having 100% load. I can’t connect to any network, so nothing is working. If you restarted your computer at this point and also get in the checking hdd routine, then your are in bad mood, [...]

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The task was to make it possible to write a document in Japanese Language and compile it with platex.
First there are some packages you need to install. I don’t really know if you need anthy to be setup at this point, but it was already setup on my machine.
Get:

% sudo apt-get install ptex-bin ptex-base okumura-clsfiles
% [...]

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