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[HOW-TO] Remove old kernels from Ubuntu
The Linux kernel is not updated very often to require removing old versions regularly. However, when a new version is released, sometimes you may want to remove the old version so as to save on the disk space used. I normally employ the following method when removing old kernels because it is quite thorough and can be mostly accomplished through a terminal window. If you are accustomed to going through the Synaptic Package Manager and manually marking old versions for removal, you may want to try this alternative.
Arch Linux Forums / [SOLVED] Slow "magic lamp" and "minimize" animations on KDE 4.4
* Slow “magic lamp” and “minimize” animations on KDE 4.4
#1 Yesterday 09:24:16
eldarion
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From: Santarém – Portugal
Registered: 2006-08-01
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[SOLVED] Slow “magic lamp” and “minimize” animations on KDE 4.4
So after updating to KDE 4.4 i noticed that the “magic lamp” and “minimize” animations were slower on my machine (with Nvidia GeForce 7900, proprietary module).
After searching what was going out, i found out the reason: the “fade in/fade out” title animation of the new oxygen kwin style. I searched for a way to turn it off on the configuration dialog without success.
So, what i did was to edit ~/.kde4/share/config/oxygenrc and add the line:
Code:
AnimationsDuration=0
Installing and Configuring Awesome 3.2
I recently decided to give this WM Awesome a try and found this “awesome” post on a forum that explains the process very well. Sometime editing the rc.lua is a little intimidating, but I think this individual did an excellent job breaking it down.
Howto: install/configure Awesome 3.2
This a simple howto for Awesome 3.2 to get you going. Part 1 is about the installation of Awesome, Part 2 will show you how to edit the config file and Part 3 will show you how to use/create themes.
KLUG : Demo about CouchDB & Cloud Computing
Date : 14 / 02 / 10 Week : 41 People : 11+1
Session : 3 pm to 5 pm
Location : Siva Kalvi Nilayam
Topics Discussed : Discussed about CouchDB and Cloud Computing
Attendies : Arulalan, Pasupathi, Rajkumar , Dhasthageer , Elango , Yassir , Selvamani, Logesh, Ramya, Mahalakshmi, Priya and myself ( Praveen ).
Selvamani took the class about CouchDB. CouchDB is one of the Database Management Application.
Logesh gave the introduction about Cloud Computing.
The links are :
AutoStart Guake during System Startup
Well, all those who love to use terminal or are in need of using terminal frequently, would know about Guake, which bring terminal with a touch of a button. But the thing is after it is installed, it does not start up automatically during system startup. It was a bit frustrating for me, I searched Google for a few minutes and hit upon the answer,
type this is terminal
sudo cp /usr/share/applications/guake.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/
This will make Guake start automagically during system startup. I read this here.
Grub 2 Guide
The Grub 2 Guide
(formerly Grub 2 Basics)
Speaking UNIX: 10 great tools for any UNIX system
Martin Streicher, Web developer, Pixels, Bytes, and Commas
Martin Streicher is a freelance Ruby on Rails developer and the former Editor-in-Chief of Linux Magazine. Martin holds a Masters of Science degree in computer science from Purdue University and has programmed UNIX-like systems since 1986. He collects art and toys. You can reach Martin at martin.streicher@gmail.com.
Summary: The universe of UNIX® tools changes constantly. Here are 10 tools—some you may have overlooked and some new—to tinker with.
Online App that isn't Flash!
I have recently been searching the Internet in search of apps that aren’t flash. Lets face it
GParted live-usb, distro GNU/Linux live-usb untuk memartisi harddisk
Apa yang anda lakukan ketika pertama kali anda menghadapi komputer/laptop atau harddisk baru? Tentun
Theme | X-IVi (Human Deluxe)
Hoy hemos visto la adición de “X-IV ‘(10.04 en números romanos) ‘Human Deluxe ‘que funciona excepcionalmente bien con Homosapien o Lucidty metacities.

El tema no incluye un metacity, pero funciona muy bien con variantes Homosapien y Lucidity metacity.
Dumping 32-bit for 64, and maybe Ubuntu for something else too?
At the moment, my laptop runs 32-bit Ubuntu 9.10, despite the processor (an AMD Turion 64 X2) being x86-64 capable. I wouldn’t have any perceptible performance change should I change to a 64-bit OS, primarily because with only 2 GB of RAM everything can be addressed with only 32 bits. However recently I’ve decided that, with 64-bit being the future of computing (as one of my friends often cites when I ask him why he persists trying to hunt down 64-bit drivers for his <4 GB machine, when there are 32-bit versions much more readily available), and my processor being capable of it, I’m going to move to 64-bit.
package managers
i’ve been into package managers for some time and i always wondered why developers have to define dependencies manually and not supported by a program using ‘a syscall interface monitoring all OPEN calls‘ in combination to something like ldd for the built binary.
the idea is pretty simple:
Slimrat - Rapidshare, Megaupload, Youtube Command-line Downloader
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Ubuntu 9.10 AMD64 : The complete installation
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AUR (en) - kde-extragear-plasmoids
Package Details
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Masquerading Ubuntu Karmic as Windows 7
ok. Before i start,…. This is about having only the look of windows 7 on a linux rig. nothing more. If you might take any offence, then leave without reading any further. And this is not a total convert, just the look of the desktop.
Ok. So, Today, out of the blue, i had a day off. I didn’t know what to do. Was just looking around since last night. Tried a few things here and there, then suddenly i chanced upon this piece of software called GnoMenu. Which kinda rekindled memories, a few things from the past. So once again, i decided to try to make the desktop look a little different from the usual plain jane default desktop. I know this aint’t cool what i have done. But, i kinda like it.
Simplest bare metal program for ARM
Bare metal programs run without an operating system beneath; coding on bare metal is useful to deeply understand how a hardware architecture works and what happens in the lowest levels of an operating system. I wanted to create a simple example of bare metal program for ARM using free open source tools: RealView Development Suite is the state of the art of ARM compilers, but it is expensive for hobbyists; Codesourcery is a company that provides a free version of the GNU gcc toolchain for ARM cores.
This is not a Hardcore Post
Menengok kembali beberapa tahun yang lalu, mengingatkan pada ketertarikanku untuk menggeluti semua hal yang berbau UNIX. (Kalau anda belum tahu apa itu UNIX atau UNIX like systems, sebaiknya anda meluangkan waktu sejenak bersama om google yang akan dengan senang hati memperkenalkan anda dengan UNIX).
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A few months ago (probably almost a year now I come to think about it) I blew up the second hard drive on my desktop -the larger one- which led to windows becoming unusably slow, probably something to do with the virtual memory being restricted to about 1GB of free hard drive space.
Quake Live in google chrome
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Pidgin and X-chat plugins to execute a command on new messages
A while ago, when I coded message alert plugins for pidgin and X-chat so each time I get a new message my bumble-b LED display would flash, so I thought I might release the code here for people to use.
Sony VAIO Z Series (VPCZ114GX/S) Review
If you had any doubt that Sony marches to the beat of its own drum, the 13-inch VAIO Z Series is all
Installing IBM WebSphere MQ Client on Linux
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The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 338
Just Us: We discuss the Apple iPad, innovation in handheld devices, browsers, jollycloud, Klaatus multi-media blitz, SELF news, and much, much more.
Remastering Fedora 10 dengan Revisor
Revisor adalah tools dari distro Fedora untuk melakukan remaster distro Fedora. Program mulai diperkenalkan pada Fedora 7 walaupun memungkinkan melakukan remaster Fedora Core 6 bahkan CentOS. Dengan menggunakan Revisor maka anda cukup megubah paket-paket RPM. Anda tidak perlu mengedit source anaconda lagi. Untuk memulai tutorial ini disarankan anda menginstall Fedora 10 dalam keadaan masih belum diberi tambahan apapun. Perlu diperhatikan untuk kapasitas harddisk usahakan cukup besar terutama pada direktori /media/repo, /root/rpmbuild dan /tmp. Dimana /media/repo akan digunakan untuk menyimpan file-file rpm jadi paling tidak space harus 10 GB. Untuk prosesor disarankan P4 ke atas dan memory 1 GB ke atas.
Download Komik dengan wget
semalam pas lagi buka-buka website yang menyediakan baca komik secara online, ga sengaja nemu website yang isinya banyak komik-komik lawas seperti sembilan benua, legenda naga, dan semuanya udah bahasa indonesia pula, karena sepertinya komik-komik ini hasil scan dari komik asli yang di jual di gramedia itu, alamat websitenya www.duniakomik.com. wah, seneng banget rasanya bisa bernostalgia dengan komik-komik ini. langsung deh menuju halaman list komik yang tersedia, dan saking banyaknya jadi bingung pengen baca yang mana, akhirnya mouse diarahkan ke Tapak Sakti, ternyata semua seri dari 1 sampai 100 ada disana, makin ga karuan aja nih saking senengnya.
[Ubuntu] Enable Flash in Songbird
I absolutely love music (who doesn’t?) and I can’t live with out it. I gotta have that daily dose of air guitaring to Vinnie Moore in the morning to kick start my awesome day. And my weapon of choice on Ubuntu is the open-source, cross-platform Songbird; not only it’s a very competent audio player with all the cool add-ons and pretty ‘feathers’ (themes), it’s also a full-fledge web-browser built upon Firefox. Now that’s very cool until you hit up Youtube and find yourself staring at the infamous notification:







