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.
Script to create reflection effect in GIMP
If you want to create a reflection effect in GIMP, you can use this simple script . Download.Just copy the script to your gimp installation directory. Example: /usr/share/gimp/2.X/scriptsreplace…
Amarok 2.1 music player for debian / ubuntu
The launch of Amarok 2.1, five months after its previous version 2.0 was announced , the all-free multimedia player developed primarily for the KDE desktop. In addition to…
How to Dual boot Slitaz and Windows
"Dual boot Slitaz and Windows"Follow these steps to dual boot your system with Slitaz and WIndows.1. First create atleast two partitions on your hd, one for Slitaz and…
Restore grub boot loader
I installed ubuntu and then vista, i found that my ubuntu grub was lost..I followed these steps to "restore" the "grub boot loader" of ubuntu.Here are the steps1.…
gtalx: Howto Gtalk in ubuntu ( google talk )
Did you fail to use "gtalk in ubuntu" ...Now you can chat and talk to your gmail buddies in ubuntu...1. check for gtk2.0 and qt4$ sudo apt-get install…
HOWTO create your own GDM Themes ( login screens )
Create your own login screens in ubuntu..Components of a GDM ThemeA GDM Theme is basically composed by:* A background image* A screenshot to be displayed in the GDM…
HowTo Create your Own Usplash for Ubuntu
Download the tar file from here....and extract it....You can see many image files, one c file, one Makefile and one bdf file.To create a usplash using this...just type…
My Ubuntu
List empty directories using the command ‘find’
This is what i tried to list all empty directories :~$ find . -type d -emptyand this is what i got./.config/transmission/torrents./.config/transmission/blocklists./.config/transmission/resume./.gnome2…
Beryl in ubuntu 8.10
Yesterday i tried to install beryl in my ubuntu 8.10....this is what i found..$ sudo apt-get install beryl-managerReading package lists... DoneBuilding dependency tree Reading state information…
Windows Games on Linux
I’d like to focus this time on one special site, which goes so well together with Windows game emulation on Linux that it’s frequently mentioned at WineHQ itself:…
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Screen Saver Configuration
Screen savers were originally designed to protect the monitor from creating a permanent impression on the screen after projecting a static image for too long of time. These…