Ubuntu

Let's say that you would rather not root your android device simply so that you can test websites on your local network. Turns out it is super easy to do if you have an ubuntu box around.

Part 1 - Setup your ubuntu box as a local proxy

1) Run this command to install squid

sudo apt-get install squid

2) Begin editing the /etc/squid/squid.conf file

3) At the very top of the http_access section, add the following

http_access allow localnet

4) Save the squid.conf file

5) Make sure squid is running

sudo start squid

No, this entry has nothing to do with strange food.  I am doing some experimenting today with the Dogtail GUI test tool in order to evaluate its capablities for testing apps on Linux.  First off, documentation on dogtail is very hard to come by.  The API docs on the dogtail site are very old so avoid using them if you can.  I recommend the following series of articles instead:
 

I recently had a bit of an adventure trying to get the latest MonoDevelop installed. There are some undocumented dependencies that took me a while to figure out, so hopefully this will save someone some time:

1 - Build and install mono-addins

Get the package from http://monodevelop.com/Download

Then use the normal build and install method:
./configure
make
sudo make install

2 - Install the following packages using synaptic

These are required dependencies for building gtk-sharp WITH glade support.

libgnome2-dev
libgnomecanvas2-dev
libgnomeui-dev
libgnomeprint2.2-dev