Automount internal drives
According to Only Ubuntu, to
enable auto-mounting of internal drives on bootup, edit the file /etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi and change
the line
Why Linux?
I use Linux because it's like owning a chainsaw compared to owning a pen knife. Not always necessary, but so much more fun.
--- arjayes of UbuntuForums
Rip DVD track
To rip a DVD track to a file, you need the transcode package and the encoders you're going to use.
Continue reading "Rip DVD track"Evolution/ClamAV integration
To scan incoming mails for viruses, create to following script somewhere in your system:
Continue reading "Evolution/ClamAV integration"SyslogD for LAN
To let the syslogd also receive messages from your local network, edit the file /etc/default/syslogd and modify the
last line so that it looks like this:
NetBIOS/WINS support
To enable lookup of WINS-names in Ubuntu, edit the file /etc/nsswitch.conf and find the line:
Updating X11 Fontcache
After adding some fonts to the /usr/share/fonts directories, you have to re-login to see the added fonts. To update
the fontcache without a log-cycle, use the following command:
MC Startup Delay
If Midnight Commander needs several seconds to startup, check the interfaces line in your smb.conf. According to this page,
the built-in Samba code of mc is outdated and doesn't recognize device names like eth0 or lo as the newer
smbclient does. So it tries to resolve those into IPs which takes ages until they time out.
Wake-on-LAN
Preparing to go asleep
Continue reading "Wake-on-LAN"Dual-headed X11
per user
Continue reading "Dual-headed X11"NASA Roger Beep
The "Roger" beep after transmissions from Space missions is @ 2475 Hz for 250 ms. According to everything2, there should be a pre-transmission tone @ 2525 Hz for 250 ms. They are called Quindar tones.
Windows License keys
At My Digital Life you can read about Belarc Advisor spreading Windows license keys. Advisor is a system profiler which also includes the Windows key in its reports. Users posting them to the Internet also publish their Windows key. A common string of Advisor reports is "Belarc Advisor Current Profile". Together with the desired Windows version you can easily find license keys:
Continue reading "Windows License keys"Partition Numbering
After removal of the first primary partition, you might notice, that the names of the remaining partitions didn't
change. /dev/sda2 stays /dev/sda2. To renumber the partition, use fdisk and create a new primary partition no. 1
which is located behind sda2. You might want to delete your swap partition, create a new one in partition slot no. 1.
Colourful boot messages
The functions used for the status messages upon boot are defined in /lib/lsb/init-functions and may be overwritten
in /etc/lsb-base-logging.sh.
Prompt with 2 directories
Optimizing Linux
At Ubuntu Unleashed you can find a document about different settings to optimize startup times of the system and applications itself.
Continue reading "Optimizing Linux"bash Tips & Tricks
Bourne Again Shell.
Continue reading "bash Tips & Tricks"