June 2011
1 post
Inconsolata - programmer's (monospace) font →
February 2011
1 post
Magic SysRq key →
Nice, complete, discussion of the “magic sysrq key”, which are a set of keystroke combination that can allow you to get out of a “frozen” Linux. Hold down Alt+SysRq+[REISUB] key to get fun stuff to happen.
January 2011
1 post
November 2010
2 posts
Tramp not working in Emacs →
I’ve been having this problem for a few weeks now. The ‘sudo’ file editing hack I mentioned a couple of months ago stopped working with a strange error :
Wrong type argument: numberp, 1288700312.000000000.0
Looks like some bug in a returned value from the shell. Here’s a patch to Tramp.el to fix it.
October 2010
7 posts
“The more I write code and design systems, the more I understand that many times,...”
– Taco Bell Programming
Mouse problem?
Having problems with a stuttery or even frozen mouse when playing Linux games like Doom, OpenArena or Teeworlds? Or a non-functioning mouse in your precious DosBOX games? Try setting an environment variable in your .bashrc file:
$ cat >> ~/.bashrc
# Set this to fix mouse problems in Linux & DosBOX games
export SDL_VIDEO_X11_DGAMOUSE=0
^D
$ source ~/.bashrc
$ dosbox -conf...
Useless Use of Cat Award →
Lot’s of funny little commandline anecdotes. Like don’t use ‘cat’ to view file contents.
Some .bashrc color defines →
Someone on the #ArchLinux IRC was asking for some help in defining colors for their PS1 prompt and so I remembered some clever defines I had in mine. Mind you, they weren’t my idea, but copied’n’pasted a long time ago. But they make for much nice PS1 defines. Check it out.
September 2010
1 post
Linux From Scratch, 6.7-rc1 →
Man, I wish I had time to go thru Linux From Scratch! I did a bunch of it about a year ago, going so far as to get the toolchain done and a partition readied, but that was all. v6.7 has a release candidate and now would be a good time to begin anew. Hrm.
August 2010
3 posts
Try Google’s Android Mobile OS on Your Computer... →
Oh great, another “live” CD for me to spin my wheels on! This time, it is a full blown version of Android, as run on my (by now ancient) G1.
July 2010
2 posts
googlecl - Project Hosting on Google Code →
This looks pretty cool - Google Commandline. Only thing missing, really, is ‘google search’.
“rm ~/.titanium/runtime/linux/1.0.0/libgobject-2.0.*
rm...”
– I really really really want to take some time and get to figure out Appcelerator. So I periodically install it, usually run into some kind of small problem, figure it out, run it a bit and then run out of time.
This time when I ran it I got:
./Titanium Developer: symbol lookup error:...
June 2010
1 post
April 2010
1 post
How it works: Linux audio explained | TuxRadar... →
As someone who has tried, and is trying, to implement an audio solution in Linux, this post has particular interest. Unfortunately, like Linux audio, there is no one solution :(
March 2010
1 post
February 2010
6 posts
Linux/UNIX software on VanHeusden.com →
Lots of great stuff here. multitail looks really nice.
Conky Hardcore! →
I’ve done some work tweaking my Conky config since I made my move to Arch Linux, but it still has a way to go. Much like looking at fancy desktops, I’m always jealous of the great Conky displays I see. Maybe this site will spur me on to great heights!
Wicked Cheap Hosting
Thanks to a pointer from All About Linux, here’s a couple links to some really cheap hosting offers, both from some pretty big names. Each of these is offering a whole year of web site hosting for under US$10! I’m tempted to hook onto both, just to see how usable they are.
- *And* enter an iPad drawing! All for US$9.24 for the year!
- 1 yr (including unlimited bandwidth) for 1...
TermBuilder: a graphical Linux command line... →
Very cool little web app from the Linux Format folks that lets you build Linux commands and their myriad options by checking them off on a form. Really nice guide for newbies and experts alike!
January 2010
2 posts
50+ Ultimate Collections of Planet Wallpapers |... →
Everybody loves a good collection of wallpapers and here’s 50 pretty nice look “planet” ones.
7 Best Linux Apps for Ripping CDs and DVDs |... →
Nice list of DVD & CD rippers. I’ve been having problems with Asunder (my favorite because it will encode MP3 & Flac at the same time), so I’ve been casting about for a new CD ripper. grip is nice, although it only does one format at a time.
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
2 posts
bash programmable completion | freshmeat.net →
Since v2.04, bash has allowed you to intelligently program and extend its standard completion behavior to achieve complex command lines with just a few keystrokes. Imagine typing ssh [Tab] and being able to complete on hosts from your ~/.ssh/known_hosts files. Or typing man 3 str [Tab] and getting a list of all string handling functions in the UNIX manual. mount system: [Tab] would complete on...
“Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others.”
– Robustness principle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This clause has been generalized into the robustness principle, also known as Postel’s Law.
July 2009
1 post
17 gorgeous OpenSuse Wallpapers →
Wallpapers are always fun, although lately I’ve just been using digital snapshots.
June 2009
2 posts
Fun Wallpapers: The Linux Desktop Edition →
Some pretty good looking Linux wallpapers.
emacs life: occur →
More useful Emacs knowledge keeps bubbling up. This time, it is the occur command, which brings up a list showing where a particular regexp shows up in your file. Also, see the comments for more occur goodness.
I have been using Emacs for 20 years (or more even!) and it still brings new tools to the workshed.
May 2009
3 posts
8 Beautiful Conky Desktop Monitor Setup →
Sweet list of conky setups. I have a pretty basic one, but it works very nicely. Wish I had more time to customize it, but maybe I can just use one of these instead!
Don't Fear the Penguin: A Newbie's Guide to Linux... →
Focuses on Ubuntu, with its emphasis on the squirrelly GNOME desktop, but still a good intro page.
April 2009
5 posts
Linux Format wallpapers | TuxRadar →
Always love a good destkop image. These are nice big images from the covers of Linux Format magazine, my fave Linux mag.
Tectonic » 10 open source books worth downloading →
Looks like a solid list of Linux and open source books. Thanks to @geekegrrl for the link.
Qimo 4 Kids | Software For Kids →
The computers the girls use are hand me downs from work and have been very unstable lately. Probably just years of WinXP cruft. So I’ve been thinking of reformatting the hard drives and throwing a Linux on there. I could just use my regular distro, openSUSE, but this month’s Linux Format magazine has a feature called “Get a Better Linux!”, where they propose a distro for...
Trinity Rescue Kit | CPR for your computer →
Looks like a pretty solid competitor for System Rescue CD and the Ultimate Boot CD, although perhaps the latter is more hardware-oriented. Trinity also includes some Windows-specific tools, like password recovery.
RedSnake →
I have had “analysis paralysis” when trying to figure out what to write my next project in - Python or Java. Here’s another “answer” - RedSnake!
March 2009
3 posts
How To Reset Any Linux Password →
Be sure to check out the link in the comments for a slightly easier way to reset the password by booting into single user mode. I didn’t know about the init=/bin/sh trick, as openSUSE will ask you for your root password by default when you boot into single user mode. The susetips link is here:
How to recover OpenSuse Lost Root Password
“In the beginning, God created the bit. And the bit was a zero.
On the first...”
– Geek Theology
“We’ll come right out and say this - Linux breaks. There, we’ve got...”
– How to fix the most common Linux problems | TuxRadar
Looks like a good article.
February 2009
6 posts
Linux Journal subscription special →
Through Feb. 28, 2009, Linux Journal is offereing a special $15 annua subscription, celebrating their 15th year of providing solid Linux coverage. Nice deal!
100 Free Icons - Weby Icon Set | IconsPedia →
Looks like a nice set o’ icons for your web page. You got me - I just loves me some icons. I Can Haz Ikonz?
DeviceGuru » The BoxeeBox Cookbook →
Great description of buidling a Home Theater PC. Very nicely explained, with plenty of detail. I’m thinking of doing the same, so it’s good to see some info, esp. on the Ubuntu tweaking side of things (as I don’t use Ubuntu much). My biggest changes to his equipment list would be to go with a small solid state drive and a much cheaper enclosure. My HTPC won’t need to save...
37 FREE Must-Have Fonts →
A lot of nice looking fonts here, of various types (TT, TTF, etc). Have to see if they have a nice monospaced font for this monospaced nerd.