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.
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.
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.
This […] Continue Reading…
Need some great Ubuntu eBooks to read on your Kindle? Look no further. Keir Thomas has some excellent guides for you.
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…
archlinux, linux […] Continue Reading…
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" |
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 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…
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…
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…
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