Sep

10

How to disable VLC Media player system tray popup

Filed Under Fix, Howto, Linux, Windows | 8 Comments

Sometimes is annoying having all this popups when VLC is minimized and track changes.

Here is how to disable them:
Go to Tools-> Preferences -> All -> Interfaces -> Main Interfaces -> Qt
and uncheck Notify on track change.

Apr

12

Unit conversion in Spreadseets

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Recently I had to create a table to convert from lb to kg.

The way I did it was to start spreadsheet program – Excell or OpenOffice.org and fill up the conversion formula and desired data range.

1. In a cell fill the conversion in my case 1 lb = 0.453592 kg I used cell B1

2. Fill up a column with desired data

3. in next column type the formula =A3*$B$1

4. Copy the formula to other rows

5. Done

This method could be used for other conversions just by changeng the value in B1

Apr

1

How to crack Unix root password

Filed Under Command line, Linux, Unix, fun | 1 Comment

The root password is the key to any Unix/Linux system and the person who knows it is with full rights. But there is a simple way to crack root password.

Just type at terminal:

echo '82 43/25 43+65P80P82P73P76P32P70P79P79P76P10P' | dc

Jan

28

-bash: /usr/bin/find: Argument list too long – Fix

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I had a strange problem when trying to list all files i a folder.

I typed:

 find . *.gz

And received:

-bash: /usr/bin/find: Argument list too long

After searching on internet I saw a lot of similar problems, but then I remembered one of my old posts

bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long – How to fix it

After reviewing it for on more time I found my mistake

Correct syntax is:

find . -name "*.gz"

Jan

8

Another way of saving ink

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There are different ways of saving ink/toner, but SPRANQ has different approach – punching holes in the font.

Here is a sample:

ecofont

The good news is that it is available under GPL.

Take it from here.

Dec

24

Print envelope with OpenOffice.org

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In the era of e-mail and internet less and less people use regular mail, but sometimes you need to send a letter to someone.

Typing the address can be annoying and sometimes unclear so let’s put your computer to work.

To print your and recipient address on an envelope you can use manual formatting on a page, but if you follow the instructions here the process will be more automated.

So what we need:

  1. Printer – you want to print with something
  2. Envelopes – and something to print on
  3. OpenOffice.org (OO) – and some tools

Note: If you have MS Office you can use it too. See at the end…

1. Start OO and create empty document in writer

2. Go to Insert -> Envelope

You will see similar window:

step1

Add your address (if it is not already filled in) and Recipient address.

3. Select envelope format

Next click on Format tab

step2

Choose your envelope format and addresses positioning

4. Setup your printer

It is not done you need also to setup your printer. Click on Printer tab:

step3

Select correct envelope orientation and setup your printer to use envelope as paper and correct paper source (usually manual feed).

6. Ready to Print?!

When you are ready click on New Doc.:

step4

Here you can add your logo and preview how the envelope will look like.

When you are sure it is OK just print it.

First few times you will be on trial and error, until you correctly print, but after will be straightforward.

For Microsoft Office users:

If you have Office it is not obligatory to download ind install OpenOffice.org.

The procedure is similar, but on step 2 you go (at least in MS Office 2003) to Tools -> Letters and Mailings -> Envelopes and Mailings…

Dec

12

Fixing vim/vi arrow keys behavior

Filed Under Fix, Linux | 2 Comments

In case your arrow keys do not work as usual when you enter in “insert” mode try this:

:set nocompatible

And if this fixes the problem add:

set nocompatible

to your ~/.vimrc file.

I had this problem in FreeBSD 7.0 and this fixed it.

Found here.

Nov

6

RPM packages from different repos in RPM Fusion

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It was something I always wanted to see…

Dribble, Freshrpms and Livna repos merged their packages in new repository RPM fusion.

This will give single point of distribution for many software packages and the end user will benefit more.

There you will find packages for Fedora and RHEL both free and nonfreee.

Here are installation instructions.

For the imaptient…

Grab and install those RPMs

rpmfusion-free-release

rpmfusion-nonfree-release

Respectively for free and nonfree packages.

Enjoy ;)

Nov

3

Another “loyal” vendor seeks for alternatives

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Microsoft is rushing to release Windows 7…

After market success of Apple MAC OS X and Asus EeePC using alternative operating systems the ecossytem arround M$ succes is seeking for alternatives.

BusinessWeek reports that HP is trying to improve Vista or even replace it with another OS  possibly assembled by HP engineers.

HP has their own HP/UX unix based OS used in their high end servers so probably they will reuse their expertize in that field to release ..ux based OS.

Sep

16

vim and PUTTY

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Most of “ux” users and administrators use remote terminal to connect to administrared machine.

One of the popular choises, minly because of it’s portability is PuTTy only putty.exe is needed and no installation is required. In addition it is free.

Downside is that sometimes there are problems with terminal emulation – not necessary coming from putty, but still annoying.

One of my problems is that when vim is in insert mode arrow keys do not work. For long time I was no able to find solution to the problem, but finally i found one. Just type this in your home folder:

echo syntax enable > ~/.vimrc

This did the trick for me. Hope it helps to you too.

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