Notes, fixes and guides.
Sixteen years of working notes on Linux and networking, Django and Laravel deployment, SwiftUI and AWS. Written down mostly so I can find them again.
Create a larger casper-rw loop file for your live usb from Linux
A larger casper-rw loop file is particularly useful for those who have performed a linux install to a large thumb drive using a Windows USB tutorial and need…
Mic not working with skype on Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala
After installing skype 2.1 in your ubuntu 9.10 you might have seen that there is only one option in skype's audio properties: "pulse audio server" and Nothing else. But…
Install Video and Music Players for ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala
Most current video multimedia players play many video formats, including the Flash video .flv format.MPlayer Multimedia PlayerMplayer is a video player with a wide range of formats supported…
How to play video dvd in ubuntu 9.10 karmic Koala
Follows the steps below to play DVD in your ubuntu 9.10 karmic Koala1. Become root$ sudo su -2. Add medibuntu repositories to your sources.list.# wget…
How to install Skype on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
The two methods below doesn't work now. Please see http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/11/how-to-download-and-install-skype-for_3060.html for a successfull installation of skype on ubuntu.I have…
Seahorse – Encryption Made Easy
Seahorse is a GNOME application for managing encryption keys. It also integrates with nautilus, gedit and other places for encryption operations. With seahorse you can... Create and manage…
Google is giving web masters access to the malicious code
Google is giving web masters access to the malicious code it finds in their web pages. If the Google bot detects malicious code when indexing a web page,…
Google’s memory stress test tool
Google has released its Stressful Application Test, known by its Unix name as stressapptest. According to Google, Stressful Application Test, which has been used inside the company for…
How to download torrent files from command line(Linux Terminal)
This can be achieved by using the ultra-lightweight text-based BitTorrent client "rTorrent".If you are using Ubuntu, you can install rTorrent via Synaptic Package Manager, or with this command:$…
Recover deleted files in linux using Photorec easily
PhotoRec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom and lost pictures (thus, its 'Photo Recovery'…
Create deb file of packages installed in your system
You can create .deb file of any installed package on your system.For this you will need the package dpkg-repack.So install this package by:apt-get install dpkg-repack Now run by typing…
How to create an ISO disk image of a CD or DVD from command line
The attempt to copy the entire disk image using cp may omit the final block if it is an unexpected length; dd will always complete the copy if…