Yeap, Nokia N73 is a great phone and the N-Series PC Suite looks very nice.
But if you are using Linux, you can’t use the Windows PC Suite. Don’t hurry to fire up a Virtualbox or VMWare machine running Winblows […] Continue Reading…
Nokia N73 synchronization with opensync under Ubuntu 8.04
Posted by cviorel
on November 5, 2008
2 comments | This post has 1,065 views.
Ubuntu 8.10 on Lenovo ThinkPad T61
Posted by cviorel
on November 2, 2008
7 comments | This post has 1,803 views.
Just installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my T61. Works great!
I hated that bloated Vista Business!
Items that work out of the box:
– Nvidia: 2D works, 3D requires the installation of the proprietary drivers (nVidia Quadro NVS 140)
– Wireless: Atheros card
– Bluetooth […] Continue Reading…
My custom bash prompt (PS1)
Posted by cviorel
on October 9, 2008
No comments | This post has 516 views.
Pimp out Linux / UNIX shell prompt!
You can find a nice guide here, and a nice collection here.
Here is mine:
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export PS1="[\[\e[28;1m\]\H \[\e[0m\]\w]\$ " |
Have fun!
aria2 – wget and curl replacement
Posted by cviorel
on September 3, 2008
No comments | This post has 619 views.
aria2 is a command line utility for downloading files. The supported protocols are HTTP(S), FTP, BitTorrent (DHT, PEX, MSE/PE), and Metalink. To install it on Ubuntu, just type in terminal:
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sudo apt-get install aria2 |
Enable/Disable GDM in Ubuntu
Posted by cviorel
on July 2, 2008
No comments | This post has 1,132 views.
By default Ubuntu Loads Gnome GUI.
If you need to disable X.org / Gnome under Linux, so you can get text only login, this is the right guide to follow.
Using command line (CLI):
Ubuntu comes with rcconf and update-rc.d command.
rcconf allows […] Continue Reading…
PulseAudio and 5.1 surround sound on Hardy Heron
Posted by cviorel
on May 15, 2008
4 comments | This post has 659 views.
The new Ubuntu 8.04 look very good and has many improvements over the older releases. I will not discuss about them now. I’ll just stick on the new default sound server, PulseAudio that offers sophisticated mixing capabilities and network […] Continue Reading…
Reset the root password on MySQL
Posted by cviorel
on May 7, 2008
No comments | This post has 537 views.
Have you ever forgotten the root password on one of your MySQL servers?
This is a quick h00tow (how to) reset your MySQL root password. It does require root access on your server.
First things first. Log in as root and […] Continue Reading…
Sample firewall script for Ubuntu
Posted by cviorel
on May 7, 2008
No comments | This post has 505 views.
I just thought that you might be interested in a small script you can use in Hardy Heron.
It uses the new UFW (Uncomplicated firewall) introduced in this new Ubuntu distro.
The script is well commented, so everything is easy to […] Continue Reading…
Backup your MySQL databases automatically with AutoMySQLBackup
Posted by cviorel
on May 6, 2008
No comments | This post has 427 views.
If you are a MySQL user and you want to have a disaster recovery solution, or even as a simple backup, you can write small shell scripts based on mysqldump tool.
For this, you need AutoMySQLBackup. It doesn’t have any […] Continue Reading…
Slow ssh login in Hardy Heron
Posted by cviorel
on April 29, 2008
1 comment | This post has 4,839 views.
If SSH login takes a long time, all you have to do is to add the following to /etc/ssh/sshd_config on your SSH server:
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UseDNS no |
and then restart the service.