howtos

Howtos, tutorials, or tips & tricks, etc.

today's leftovers:

  • Spark pre-orders closed!
  • openSUSE 12.1 update repository changes
  • Using Bash To Solve A Brain Teaser
  • Hands On With Incursion
  • Will KDE drop support for older graphics chips?
  • Take Control Of Your Power Usage With Gnome Power Statistics
  • What Greg Does
  • aseigo: next steps
  • Mozilla releases Firefox 10.0.2 update
  • What's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 to 5.8 Risk Report
  • Who couldn’t use a little more screen space?
  • Remove Recent History Lists In Ubuntu 11.10
  • Living with Statistics

today's leftovers:

  • Slow boot? Blame systemd!
  • The Costs of Supporting Legacy Hardware
  • Linux Setup - Amelia Andersdotter, EU Parliament
  • Users Want AIM Client for Ubuntu… AOL Says No
  • LibreOffice Foundation Symbolises Maturity
  • Dotzler: LibreOffice update
  • A Patch That Can Make Btrfs 5~10% Faster
  • How to transform Archbang into Arch Linux with Xmonad
  • Mageia at FOSDEM 2012
  • Manually Install New Cinnamon Themes (Linux Mint/Ubuntu)
  • aseigo: on the economics of Spark
  • Package Management in Emacs: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Inspecting the Gentoo 12.0 Live DVD
  • Conky in CruchBang
  • Oil Rush Review
  • world’s most energy friendly Linux at Embedded World
  • Bricsys Releases Bricscad V12 for Linux (pr)
  • HijackThis now open source

Anaconda to the Rescue

agrimmsreality.blogspot: I've always been a fan of the flexibility of anaconda and kickstart not just for installing systems, but also for rescuing a system when something goes horribly wrong.

Soup Up GNOME 3 using Opera Widgets

  • Soup Up GNOME 3 Desktop using Opera Widgets
  • How-To: Make KDE Like Unity
  • FOSS is __FUN__: Get the Basics Right
  • Bulk renaming using Thunar
  • Drush: Managing Drupal from the Command Line
  • Alsa Reload
  • Linux on POWER
  • How to Change Your Terminal Hostname in Ubuntu

some howtos:

  • Browse From the Linux Terminal With W3M
  • Cinnamon Bread oops Cinnamon Desktop is piping hot
  • Create Temporary Desktops For Applications
  • Manage your PDF Documents with Mendeley
  • Finding instances by name with boto in python
  • Finding “lost” computers on the web the homebrew way
  • Play with Unity ‘Keyboard Shortcuts Overlay’ In Ubuntu 12.04
  • How to Make Programs Start Automatically in Linux Mint 12
  • Getting started with SELinux
  • sdcv: command-line based Dictionary
  • Fixing Sound Startup on KDE
  • Linux Time Command Examples
  • Unpacking Boxes...
  • Moose
  • Using Pybliographic and Lyx for Citations and Bibliography Part 1, Part 2
  • Creating and Customizing New Entries and Fields using Pybliographic
  • Newrez- A great nautilus script to change screen resolution

Simple But Handy Tips to Make Ubuntu Run Faster

junauza.com: If you are facing issues of slowdown and choppy graphics, here are some simple tips to help you alleviate those problems and in effect make Ubuntu Linux run faster.

With Clonezilla, Install Once and Clone Forever

openlogic.com: Linux installation in 2012 is pretty simple – answer a few questions, then click Start and wait. But what if you could eliminate a lot of the waiting? That’s the promise of Clonezilla Server Edition, which can help you install servers with less effort, and the same, or better, results.

Introduction To Linux Commands

smashingmagazine.com: At the heart of every modern Mac and Linux computer is the “terminal.” Mac, Linux and Windows computers today are mainly controlled through user-friendly feature-rich GUI. So, why would anyone want to bother with these text commands when you can use the mouse instead?

today's leftovers:

  • The Importance Of Anonymity On The Web
  • FLOSS Body of Knowledge
  • Manage Tasks with nag
  • Thoughts on Progress
  • systemd for Administrators, Part XII
  • running openSUSE on ARM
  • Install A Perl Module In Linux Without Root Permission
  • Red Hat Particularly Vulnerable To European Slowdown
  • Meet Debian at FOSDEM 2012
  • Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum. (Solved)
  • Finding what binaries to restart
  • Beginning Linux - Part III
  • CentOS upgrade from 6.1 to 6.2
  • Multitouch is near…
  • IBM and Red Hat Introduce Local Virtualisation Facility in Sydney
  • Can you demand my name to give me a public link?
  • All aboard the Bendy Bus
  • CAOS Theory Podcast 2012.01.20

Things to do after installing Fedora

wannabeg33k.blogspot: Fedora is a great OS. Its Linux as it should be free and usable, at the cutting edge but completely stable. But it still lets a lot to be wanted such as the non free software, libraries which are essential in day to day life. Few nitty gritties installed and the make a wonderful environment to work and play.

today's leftovers:

  • Is Steam Finally Coming to Linux?
  • fuk the kit you will love
  • New LibreOffice Ubuntu versions
  • Poor Mans GoogleEarth
  • Sony Reader and Linux
  • DIY: Quick and easy Samba print server setup
  • Bitwig Studio: A Professional Music Creation Software (DAW) Comes To Linux
  • Postal And Postal 2 For Linux Now Available On Desura
  • Calligra Words style selection combo
  • X.org screensaver bypass found
  • setting up a talking clock easily in Linux

few howtos:

  • How to Install a Preview of Ubuntu TV
  • Fix Ubuntu Sound With Module Assistant
  • Step-by-Step Vinux 3.2.1 Install Guide

some howtos:

  • install Takeoff Launcher on Fedora 16 KDE
  • automatically insert photographs in LaTeX files
  • Improve Linux System Efficiency with Control Groups
  • PkgClip: Does your pacman cache need a trim?
  • Install, uninstall and manage programs in FreeBSD
  • Record your linux desktop with recordmydesktop
  • Manage your bandwidth with Trickle

some howtos:

  • How to take screenshots in VirtualBox - Tutorial
  • How to Solve “The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG” Error in Ubuntu Updates
  • Make sudo stop asking for password when executing some commands
  • Ubuntu Remove File Association
  • How to install Linux Mint 12 KDE on a btrfs file system
  • Add a Vintage Effect in digiKam
  • Manage inventory with Wallaby

Backup your data in Linux with Deja Dup

freesoftwaremagazine.com: This article, which started as a comprehensive piece about this program, turned out to be quite short. The reason? Simple: the program is disarmingly easy to use and to explain.

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