Notes, fixes and guides.
Sixteen years of working notes — Linux and networking, Django and Laravel deployment, SwiftUI, AWS. Written down mostly so I can find them again.
Removing (or reducing) Swap Space of your linux system
Sometimes it can be prudent to reduce swap space after installation. For example, say you downgraded the amount of RAM in your system from 1 GB to 512…
Force application windows to start centered on the screen
Make new application windows to start centered on the screen.Just do this for that:Press Alt+F2 and enter gconf-config, then set the following two values:Key: /apps/metacity/general/focus_new_windows…
KeePassX: Password Manager for Linux ( Ubuntu )
KeePassX Password Safe is a free, open-source, light-weight and easy-to-use password manager for Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.Originally KeePassX was called KeePass/L for Linux since it was a…
FTP In Linux Via Command-Line
You can connect to a FTP server from linux through command line with ease.Just open a terminal and type:ftp example.comnow you will be asked for name and password…
How to start compiz on bootup (system restart)
After you have install and enabled compiz, you will still not have compiz started on restart.To make compiz start on bootup:Goto "system > preferences > Startup Application"and addcompiz…
Howto create an autostartup script for Debian and Ubuntu systems
You can make one autostartup script for ubuntu(debian) easily, and put commands to be started up automatically at boot. Here’s what you have to do:sudo nano /etc/init.d/local.startupYou can…
wbar: a quick luanch bar( similar to avant and cairo dock)
wbar is a quick-launch bar (not a dock) that has an appearance similar to Avant Window Manager and Cairo Dock. It is GTK (Gnome) based but can work…
Use Startup Manager to change Grub settings
Grub is the bootup utility that controls which OS to load by default and other bootup settings. You can change Grub settings from the Startup Manager:System -> Administration…
How to find out which kernel you are using in ubuntu (debian)
To find out the kernel release you are using, open the terminal and type:uname -r
How to find out the version (release) of the ubuntu (debian) installed from command line
On several situation you will need to find out the version of ubuntu (debian) installed in a system you are using.For that open the command terminal and type:lsb_release…
Integrate google calendar into your gnome calendar
To integrate google calendar events into your gnome desktop, go to google calendar, click on "settings", then on the "calendars" tab and then on your calendar's name:Then, at…
Find details about your ISO images from the Linux command line
If you want to find the details of an iso image before burning or using it, you can get that by just typing this at terminal:isoinfo -d -i…