Moved my ThinkPad T61 to ArchLinux! (Still using Ubuntu on many other machines.)
Screenshot:
I will post some install script I used to configure my system.
Liferea custom stylesheet
Posted by cviorel
on June 16, 2011
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I don’t like very much the default font used by Liferea, so I decided to use my custom font. Here is how:
1. Copy the default stylesheet to liferea folder in my $HOME:
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cp /usr/share/liferea/css/liferea.css $HOME/.liferea_1.6 |
2. Add this:
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{ font-family: Aurulent Sans; } |
at the begining of liferea.css file.
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Ubuntu Kindle eBooks
Posted by cviorel
on March 21, 2011
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Need some great Ubuntu eBooks to read on your Kindle? Look no further. Keir Thomas has some excellent guides for you.
Beautify SQL code
Posted by cviorel
on March 15, 2011
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Recently I had the oportunity to test SQL Pretty Printer (Add-In for SSMS). I don’t have to waste time formatting long sql queries. In no time, SQL Pretty Printer does the job
for me. It can also translate the sql […] Continue Reading…
Just installed Archlinux on my ThinkPad T61
Posted by cviorel
on February 24, 2011
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Quick gnome tweaks
Posted by cviorel
on December 24, 2010
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Here are some tweaks for your gnome:
Print all subdirectories and entries under a dir, recursively:
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gconftool-2 -R / |
Change GDM font:
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sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/document_font_name "Ubuntu" sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/font_name "Ubuntu" sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/interface/monospace_font_name "Monospace" |
Change GDM backgound:
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sudo -u gdm gconftool-2 --set --type string \ /desktop/gnome/background/picture_filename "/path/to_image" |
Set default gnome terminal size in Lucid Lynx
Posted by cviorel
on May 26, 2010
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Use these commands to change the default gnome terminal size:
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gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_columns \ --type integer 160 gconftool-2 --set /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/default_size_rows \ --type integer 50 |
XMLStarlet: command line XML toolkit
Posted by cviorel
on February 5, 2010
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XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) which can be used to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for plain text files […] Continue Reading…
Vacuum your Firefox 3
Posted by cviorel
on February 3, 2010
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This tip will hopefully speed up your Firefox 3 by optimizing it’s database.
Firefox stores your browsing data using SQLite – self contained, small footprint database.
Having database store your browsing data has one drawback, you have to optimize the database […] Continue Reading…
Turn off or limit the Recent Documents feature in Ubuntu
Posted by cviorel
on January 27, 2010
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If you want to turn off the Recent Documents feature in Ubuntu, all you have to do is create a .gtkrc file in your home directory.
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touch $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 |
Then add gtk-recent-files-max-age=0 to this file.
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echo 'gtk-recent-files-max-age=0' | tee -a $HOME/.gtkrc-2.0 |
This is documented here.
This will also work in […] Continue Reading…