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This is one of the many reason I love Linux. My desktop was acting up since a couple of days. I finally found I was having bad sectors on my hard drive. Checking bad sector badblocks is the command in linux which can scan or test hard diskfor bad sectors. Bad sectors or bad blocks Read More …
If you use Linux, with wireless mouse which has a on/off switch, which you forget to switch off while going home,this is what you need to do, write a script.I’m a newbie to shell scripting and loving the things that can be done using it.Okay,I’m using ubuntu 12.04, I read couple of forums and found, Read More …
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General keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + A = Select all Ctrl + C = Copy the highlighted content to clipboard Ctrl + V = Paste the clipboard content Ctrl + N = New (Create a new document, not in terminal) Ctrl + O = Open a document Ctrl + S = Save the current document Ctrl + P = Print the current document Ctrl + W = Close the close document Ctrl + Q = Quit the current application Keyboard shortcuts for GNOME desktop Ctrl + Alt + F1 = Switch to the first virtual terminal Ctrl + Alt + F2(F3)(F4)(F5)(F6) = Select the different virtual terminals Ctrl + Alt + F7 = Restore back to the current terminal session with X Ctrl + Alt + Backspace = Restart GNOME Alt + Tab = Switch between open programs Ctrl + Alt + L = Lock the screen. Alt + F1 = opens the Applications menu Alt + F2 = opens the Run Application dialog box. Alt + F3 = opens the Deskbar Applet Alt + F4 = closes the current window. Alt + F5 = unmaximizes the current window. Alt + F7 = move the current window Alt + F8 = resizes the current window. Alt + F9 = minimizes the current window. Alt + F10 = maximizes the current window. Alt + Space = opens the window menu. Ctrl + Alt + + = Switch to next X resolution Ctrl + Alt + - = Switch to previous X resolution Ctrl + Alt + Left/Right = move to the next/previous workspace Keyboard shortcuts for Terminal Ctrl + A = Move cursor to beginning of line Ctrl + E = Move cursor to end of line Ctrl + C = kills the current process. Ctrl + Z = sends the current process to the background. Ctrl + D = logs you out. Ctrl + R = finds the last command matching the entered letters. Enter a letter, followed by Tab + Tab = lists the available commands beginning with those letters. Ctrl + U = deletes the current line. Ctrl + K = deletes the command from the cursor right. Ctrl + W = deletes the word before the cursor. Ctrl + L = clears the terminal output Shift + Ctrl + C = copy the highlighted command to the clipboard. Shift + Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) = pastes the contents of the clipboard. Alt + F = moves forward one word. Alt + B = moves backward one word. Arrow Up/Down = browse command history Shift + PageUp / PageDown = Scroll terminal output Keyboard shortcuts for Compiz Alt + Tab = switch between open windows Win + Tab = switch between open windows with Shift Switcher or Ring Switcher effect Win + E = Expo, show all workspace Ctrl + Alt + Down = Film Effect Ctrl + Alt + Left mouse button = Rotate Desktop Cube Alt + Shift + Up = Scale Windows Ctrl + Alt + D = Show Desktop Win + Left mouse button = take screenshot on selected area Win + Mousewheel = Zoom In/Out Alt + Mousewheel = Transparent Window Alt + F8 = Resize Window Alt + F7 = Move Window Win + P = Add Helper F9 = show widget layer Shift + F9 = show water effects Win + Shift + Left mouse button = Fire Effects Win + Shift + C = Clear Fire Effects Win + Left mouse button = Annotate: Draw Win + 1 = Start annotation Win + 3 = End annotation Win + S = selects windows for grouping Win + T = Group Windows together Win + U = Ungroup Windows Win + Left/Right = Flip Windows Keyboard shortcut for Nautilus Shift + Ctrl + N = Create New Folder Ctrl + T = Delete selected file(s) to trash Alt + ENTER = Show File/Folder Properties Ctrl + 1 = Toggle View As Icons Ctrl + 2 = Toggle View As List Shift + Right = Open Directory (Only in List View) Shift + Left = Close Directory (Only in List View) Ctrl + S = Select Pattern F2 = Rename File Ctrl + A = Select all files and folders Ctrl + W = Close Window Ctrl + Shift + W = Close All Nautilus Windows Ctrl + R = Reload Nautilus Window Alt + Up = Open parent directory Alt + Left = Back Alt + Right = Forward Alt + Home = go to Home folder Ctrl + L = go to location bar F9 = Show sidepane Ctrl + H = Show Hidden Files Ctrl + + = Zoom In Ctrl + - = Zoom Out Ctrl + 0 = Normal Size |
I found out how to do this recently and thought it might be helpful to some people. To output this information to a file in your home directory you would use, Code:
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dpkg --get-selections > installed-software |
And if you wanted to use the list to reinstall this software on a fresh ubuntu setup, Code:
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dpkg --set-selections < installed-software |
followed by Code: Read More …
One way would be to create a small bash script that will kick off those programs, then create a startup script that calls it via at. So, create your bash script, something like lazy-startup.sh: Script 1:
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#!/bin/bash transmission dropbox other scripts |
Then create your kickoff script lazy-startup-kickoff.sh Script 2, that will execute Script 1
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#!/bin/bash at -f /path/to/lazy-startup.sh now + 5 minutes |
LYX: sudo apt-get install texlive-publishers sudo apt-get install texlive-science Miscellaneous chown chmod chgrp lsmod lsmod lspci lsusb grep dmesg dmesg | grep tty Programming AVR
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avrdude -c stk500v2 -P robokitsusbprog -p atmega32 -U flash:w:robokits.hex -U hfuse:w:0xD9:m -U lfuse:w:0xE1:m sudo avrdude -p atmega168 -P /dev/ttyS0 -c ponyser -U hfuse:w:0xdd:m -U lfuse:w:0xff:m -U efuse:w:0×00:m sudo avrdude -p atmega328p -P /dev/ttyS0 -c ponyser -U flash:w:main.hex |
Package Related install .rpm directly
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sudo alien -i package_file.rpm |
convert .rpm to .deb
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sudo alien package_file.rpm |
install converted .deb package
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sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb |
Get window borders back
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gtk-window-decorator --replace |
enter the command in RUN aoss gtick Read More …
Remove partial packages, unused dependences, orphaned packages You have installed a lot of applications, uninstalled them. A lot of times when you apt-get remove all those dependencies stay behind. There are a lot that think aptitude is the answer but I have found that when you aptitude remove an application it removes stuff you don’t Read More …
Manually There are various locations in GNU/Linux in which fonts can be kept. These locations are defined in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf; standard ones include /usr/share/fonts, /usr/local/share/fonts, and /home/<username>/.fonts (where <username> is your user name). The easiest way to install a truetype font is to press alt-F2 and enter the following code (this will open nautilus in the Read More …
Email to Ubuntu One Support: “I cannot sign in using existing account,when I enter sign in details, it shows authentication failure, I’m certain the information I entered is 100% correct, moreover when I click on the ‘forgot password’ link, and enter my email ID, it says ‘Sorry we did not recognize the email address’ ” Read More …