Monthly Archives: November 2007

Nokia 6230 on Ubuntu

Posted by on November 27, 2007 No comments | This post has 482 views.

Wammu is mobile phone manager running on Linux, Windows and possibly other platforms, where Gammu and wxPython works.

To install it on Ubuntu issue the following command:
sudo apt-get install wammu
Here is a screenshot:
wammu-displaysms

To make your Nokia 6230 connect to Ubuntu using a bluetooth device, edit your ~/.gammurc file to contain:

[gammu]
port = xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
connection = bluerfphonet
name = Nokia 6230
model =

Replace xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx with the MAC address of your phone.
To find out the MAC address of your phone, run:
hcitool scan

You can now launch Wammu and start playing with the phone.

gt5 – a diff-capable ‘du-browser’

Posted by on November 22, 2007 No comments | This post has 495 views.

gt5 is a console command which provides an easy to understand interface to show a detailed disk usage list. Due to its console nature, i recommend using this tool for remote computers too.

Install it on Ubuntu using the following command:
sudo apt-get install gt5

gPhone User Interface Walkthrough

Posted by on November 20, 2007 No comments | This post has 453 views.

In the following video, Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz give us a short demonstration of Google’s new open source platform for mobile devices, Android.

Vista Incapable Stickers (Designed for)

Posted by on November 16, 2007 No comments | This post has 880 views.

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iftop: display bandwidth usage on an interface

Posted by on November 16, 2007 No comments | This post has 486 views.

iftop does for network usage what top does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts.
More info here.

Install Firefox Add-ons for all Users

Posted by on November 12, 2007 1 comment | This post has 2,055 views.

It is possible to install Firefox add-ons for all users that use a computer instead of installing them for every user separately. This is helpful if you are the computer guy in the family for instance and want everyone to have a basic set of extensions enabled that add functionality and security to the accounts.

The process of installing Firefox add-ons globally looks like the following. Download the xpi file instead of clicking on it which would install it directly. Once the add-on has been downloaded you use the following command at the run prompt (type Windows R):
firefox -install-global-extension

Let me give you an example:
firefox -install-global-extension c:\extension.xpi
The add-on will be silently installed and is available normally afterwards in the Tools > Add-ons menu of Firefox. Only administrators may uninstall the add-on but it is working for all users who are running Firefox.

Install Nodoka (Fedora theme) on Ubuntu

Posted by on November 12, 2007 1 comment | This post has 923 views.

1. Install build-essential and libgtk2.0-dev packages:

2. Download Nodoka GTK+ engine 0.6 from here.

3. Extract tarball package:

4. Now go to gtk-nodoka-engine-0.6 directory:

5. Configure:

6. Make:

7. Install:

Install theme

1. Get Nodoka theme 0.3.2 from here.
Then execute command in terminal:

2. Copy the Nodoka folder to themes folder:

Use theme
Click System -> Preferences -> Theme menu command. In Theme Preferences dialog, choose Nodoka item.

Screenshot:
Screenshot

Qps Visual Process Manager

Posted by on November 11, 2007 No comments | This post has 697 views.

Qps is a visual process manager, an X11 version of “top” or “ps” that displays processes in a window and lets you sort and manipulate them.
Install it on Ubuntu using the following command:
sudo apt-get install qps
Screenshot:
Screenshot-Qps - cviorel@outsider

phpIP Management

Posted by on November 6, 2007 No comments | This post has 421 views.

phpIP Management is a complete IPv4 IPAM (IP address management) suite, built to handle the complexity of managing today’s IP address space. phpIP Management was built to scale and address the full lifecycle of IP address space using techniques that are not administratively intensive.
http://www.phpip.net/index.php