Linux Wallpapers :)

Hi All,

Check this out for some cool Linux wallpapers -  Tux Wallpapers

Cool,
Ananth S Gouri

Removing hyperlinks from OO Writer

Hi All,

Many a times you may want to remove the hyperlink in a doc writen on OOWriter.

I dont remember what is it for MS Word.

But in oowriter - its as simple as right click on that link and say check "default formatting"

That should serve the problem.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

IE 8.0 for Ubuntu???? :/

Hi All,

A link to an intersting article from Digitizor. Enjoy Digitizor Link :)

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Compiled HTML format

Hi All,

Ever wondered how to open chm aka compiled html format files in Linux???

Its pretty simple. There are different packages called kchm, xchm and gnochm.

Install them using the package managers.

Right click on the file and say open with xchm or kchm.

Thats it...

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Winrar of Linux

Hi All,

You all would be accustomed of using the 40 days trial of Winrar in Windows. Ever thought of the same in LINUX???

Ok fine.. This post explains the same.

There is a package in most Linux distros called unrar. There are 2 versions of unrar. 1 is the free version and the other the un-free version.

Installation should be as simple as dpkg -i filename.deb or make use of your package managers.

The usage would be : unrar filename.rar.

Thats it...

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

iwl 3945

Hi All,

This post explains how to connect to a wireless n/w with a Intel Wireless Pro 3945 AG wireless card.

Follow these steps:

1. Issue this command: sudo aptitude install firmware-iwlwifi
2. sudo modprobe iwl3945
3. Use gnome-network-manager to connect to your specific encrypted / non-encrypted network.
4. If its encrypted network - then follow the type as per your vendor / office.

Thats it...

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

alias

Hi All,

Its been pretty long since writing a post.

alias is the command of my post tonight.

alias allows a key to be used as an alternative for a command. Example for the command cat - I can use "ca" as the alias. See below usage:

alias ca='cat a.txt'

This above command would print the contents of a.txt

To un-alias, issue the command "unalias".

To  un-alias all aliases, issue the command "unalias -a"

Thanks & Regards,
Ananth S Gouri

prey

Hi All,

Prey is a software which helps to track down stolen laptops.

It makes use of wi-fi Hotspots and then the Google's location api to track down the culprit.

You can read about the same in more detail here

To download prey visit here

Installation is:

1. sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

Copyrights: www.omgubuntu.co.uk

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Virtual Box 3.2.6

Hi All,

This post explains how to install VirtualBox 3.2.6.

1. Hit your browser to this link - VirtualBox 3.2.6

2. Install the deb file by issuing this command

dpkg -i filename.deb

3. Installing VirtualBox also requires some more configurations. Please read them in my previous posts.

Thanks & Regards,
Ananth S Gouri

cron

Hi All,

To those of you folks who have no idea as to what a cron is: Here you go.

There is a beautiful feature in cron.

What if you wanted to run a script every week and every month???

Its pretty simple.

Place your script in these 2 folders:

1. /etc/cron.weekly
2. /etc/cron.monthly

There is also cron.day and cron.hourly to run your script daily or hourly.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Truncate a file

Hi All,

Many a times when we work on the console of UNIX based systems - we will  have very little access to Windows or X terminal.
 
This  post explains how to truncate a file. Truncate a file as in deleting all the lines of the file.

This is done usually when we want to clear the logs.

This below command does our job:

cat /dev/null > filename.extension

Note that its a single '>' and not '>>'

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Daemon tool / VirtualDisk / ISOMaster in Linux

Hi All,

This post explains how to play the role of these windows softwares
1. Daemon Tools
2. VirtualDisk
3. ISO Master 

using a simple command in Linux.

These MS softwares are used to mount an image file(iso and other file formats) virtually without a CD / DVD to burn it physically.

Issue this command as root.

mount -o loop file.iso /to_path


Here above file.iso is the image file you want to mount to path to_path

Thats it...

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

Debian 5.0.5

Hi All,

Debian recently has put up security and updates for critical bugs. Now its  Lenny 5.0.5.

Use your update manager to update.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri

openSUSE 11.3 RC2

Hi All,

openSUSE 11.3 RC2 is released. RC as in Release Candidate.

12 days more to go for the release.

You can download the RC 2 here

Take care and GN,
Ananth S Gouri

LTSP

Hi All,

LTSP is for Linux Terminal Server Project.

LTSP should fetch you more info.

As said - its good if this can be implemented at schools and colleges where monetary benefits are low.

Take care,
Ananth S Gouri