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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…

General Sep 20, 2009 1 min read

Removing an LVM2 Logical Volume for Swap

The swap logical volume cannot be in use (no system locks or processes on the volume). The easiest way to achieve this it to boot your system in…

General Sep 20, 2009 1 min read

Reducing Swap on an LVM2 Logical Volume

To reduce an LVM2 swap logical volume (assuming /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 is the volume you want to extend): Replace /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 with your HD partition. Disable swapping for the…

General Sep 20, 2009 1 min read

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…

General Sep 19, 2009 1 min read

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…

General Sep 19, 2009 1 min read

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…

General Sep 18, 2009 1 min read

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…

General Sep 18, 2009 1 min read

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…

General Sep 17, 2009 1 min read

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…

General Sep 17, 2009 1 min read

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…