My sister had an issue with somehow moving the panels to different sides of the screen so to lock them down: In a terminal type: gconf-editor Expand apps > panel > globaland tick the option for locked_down
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Debian chkconfig
On Debian-based systems adding a script to runlevels is accomplished with the following (assuming you have the script in /etc/init.d): update-rc.d -f myservicename start 80 2 3 4 5 . stop 30 0 1 6 . The priority (80 for start and 30 forstop) is set and the runlevels (starting in 2 3 4 5… Read more »
DVD-RAM on Ubuntu
Some small steps with DVD-RAM on Ubuntu 9.10. I inserted a blank DVD-RAM disk and it was not automatically mounted. I tried mounting but there was no filesystem, so I formatted it as a test with: mkfs.ext2 /dev/sr0 which took a while!Then mounted it with: sudo mount /dev/sr0 /home/me/tmp/dvdram -o rw Unmounted with: sudo umount… Read more »
Photoshop-like Actions in Gimp
An easy way to add some of the menu items familiar to Photoshop users, such as: Layer Styles such as Drop-shadow, Inner Glow, Outer Glow etc Save for Web Smart Sharpen Batch Processing Contact Sheet Much more… Install using Synaptic Package Manager search for gimp-plugin-registry or from the command line: sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry Some… Read more »
ZSNES on Ubuntu Karmic 64-bit
As per this post on the Ubuntu forums: Download the 32-bit deb installer Install with: sudo dpkg -i –force-architecture zsnes_1.510-2.2ubuntu2_i386.deb Run with: zsnes -ad sdl
Ubuntu 9.10 Restricted Media Formats
For restricted media formats install from the Medibuntu repository, details here.
Anonymous Firefox and Vuze (Azureus) on Ubuntu
Great instructions for anonymising torrents on Ubuntu here.
Opera Mini on Ubuntu
I’m using Ubuntu 9.04 and I wanted to be able to run Opera Mini for testing web sites: Download MicroEmulator from here (or direct version 2.0.3) Extract the tar file and run the jar with: java -jar microemulator.jar In the Window that opens from the menubar choose Options > Select Device > Add Browse to… Read more »
Install RealPlayer on Ubuntu (9.04)
I wanted to try out Real Player on a radio station stream so … Visit: http://www.real.com/linux Click the Deb download link and Open with the GDebi Package Installer as prompted. The installer may pause so click the ‘Terminal’ arrow and type 1 then press enter Run Real Player from the menu ‘Sound & Video’
Easy Peasy on the eeepc
I decided to have a play installing Easy Peasy on the 7″ eeepc I borrowed from my sister.Setting it up was quite easy:1. Download the iso (at a whopping 800Mb)2. Download the helper script, make it executable and run it3. Choose the iso and specify a USB drive to install the easy peasy live distribution… Read more »
