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General Sep 23, 2009 1 min read

LuckyBackup: A Powerful, Fast and Reliable Backup & Sync Linux Tool

LuckyBackup is a backup and sync application running on Linux and Mac OSX, powered by the rsync tool.It is simple to use, fast (transfers over only changes made…

General Sep 22, 2009 1 min read

Disable NTP sync during boot (USplash) in Ubuntu Linux

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport…

General Sep 21, 2009 1 min read

Enable Flash support in Google Chrome for Linux

If you want to have Flash support in Google Crome, the Linux version, you can enable it like this:Make a plugins directory in the Google Chrome foldersudo mkdir…

General Sep 20, 2009 1 min read

How to use a swapfile to increase the swap space of your linux system (ubuntu, centos, debian, etc..)

You you have alloted a low space while installing, or you have upgraded your RAM, or you think you need some more swap space then what will you…

General Sep 20, 2009 1 min read

Advanced gmail notifier for linux – Checkgmail

Advanced gmail notifier for linux - Checkgmail - lets you control emails from the notification areaCheckgmail Checkgmail is an application that stays in your notification area and whenever…

General Sep 20, 2009 1 min read

Removing a Swap File

To remove a swap file: At a shell prompt as root, execute the following command to disable the swap file (where /swapfile is the swap file): # swapoff…