Archive for the ‘linux’ Category
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
The first tip is regarding password protecting GRUB entries or if you want more then lock the whole GRUB menu. Second tip is regarding what partitions you would like to mount and what you like to remain unmounted and hence protecting your important data from any kind of misuse. OK ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
Objective:
To troubleshoot my LAMP installation and local Wordpress install not working (just showing a blank page).
How to rename multiple files the most efficient way in Linux. yes its CLI way.
A little in-depth view to above problems:
Ok so I followed the Arch Wiki to install Wordpress in a jiffy. Yeah just ...
Posted in linux, mild moments, unix | 2 Comments »
Sunday, August 10th, 2008
Converting an audio or video file from one format to another format is a question that every newbie asks about.
Problem:
How do I convert flv files downloaded from Youtube ?
How do I convert rm to mp3 ?
How do I extract audio from a video ?
How do I convert that friggin quicktime ...
Posted in Arch Linux, linux, tools | 6 Comments »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
Updated on: 31 July, 2008 at 4:06 PM IST
Scrot is used to take screenshots of your desktop. Few things that you can do are:
Install it:
sudo apt-get install scrot
(Debian or Ubuntu users)
Features and Usage:
pacman -S scrot
(Arch Linux users, be sure to su before this command)
Whole desktop screenshot
scrot
Select a region on desktop
scrot ...
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Friday, July 18th, 2008
So what's so good about Linux ? Why does an average Joe even need Linux ? Joe routinely browse web, listen to music, watch videos and play some games. Yeah sometimes do editing, writing and designing too. So why he care about Linux ?
I was a hardcore Windows user too. ...
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