animations.
I like this better than gnome's slab. Looks nice. mmmmmmm tabs
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Is dapper to to much like debian sid?
It's almost a silly question I guess, since dapper is based on sid, but I am begginning to think that maybe a sarge install will suit my needs better. Dapper has been one headache after another. The latest xserver-xorg-core upgrade may be the straw that broke the camel's back. Honestly, the previous 3 versions were better than this one. I need something more stable on this laptop. It's fine for the computers I don't use as much as this one though. Maybe I am being a little harsh, it' not been that bad, mainly the synaptics touchpad, and now this. For the most part it's been alright--but not great. Now that I am doing this podcast though, I need something that just works all the time. I don't have the time to be playing around with trhying to fix things. I may end up changing my mind, but it looks like I am going to have to find the time to backup some stuff and do a debain stable install on this laptop.
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WORD OF CAUTION
Dapper upgrade issued tonight xserver-xorg-core 1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 will break your xserver. Downgrade with sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core=1:1.0.2-0ubuntu10 if you were unfortunate enought to have upgraded to this latest version.
posted 22:54 [/computers/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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latest (0.3.0-1) pcmanfm for ubuntu
Now out of beta pcmanfm file manager is an extremly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface. Latest package for ubuntu is here: pcmanfm_0.3.0-1_i386.deb.Link http://lottalinuxlinks.com/pcmanfm/ to download page is also on the right hand side of this page
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 18 (corrected) shownotes
Topics include:
Tombot, tuxcards, et al., music on console, killing process, nohup, screen, chkrootkit, moc, and more.
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 18
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 18 ogg vorbis format
lottalinuxlinks the web blog
emelfm2-0.1.8
music on console
chkrootkit
posit shell script
tomboy
tuxcards
xpad
dockapps
remember the milk
elive
amanda backup
funniest joke in the world
Star Trek inspirational wallpapers
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Correction for podcast 18
I mis-spoke when describing how to detach and later reattach to a screen session. In podcast 18 I said that the command to reattach to a named detached screen session was:
screen -a name_of_detached_session
This was not correct, the command should have been:
screen -x name_of_detached_session
Here is an example of how to do it (assumming a session name of neo):
login to remote computer then issue the command:
screen -S neo
issue some command that will take a really long time to run:
wget --quiet url_for_a_file_that_will_take_a_long_time_to_download
next hit CTRL-a d (that is hold down the control key while depressing the a key, release then press the d key) this will detach your screen session named neo.
Log out of the remote shell
Log back in later and issue the command:
screen -x neo and you will be logged back in (reattached) to the shell where you issued the wget command from earlier.
posted 22:27 [/podcast/shownotes]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEBIAN!
Debian is 13 years old today!. Now I feel old. Debian was less than a year old when I first started using linux.
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Convert a dos file foramtted text file to a unix file formatted text file
Step 1
vim dosfile.txt
Step 2
:set ff=unix
Step 3
:qw
posted 22:41 [/podcast/shownotes]
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Create a time stamped text file in vim
vim `date +%s`.txt
Easy as pie.
posted 22:39 [/podcast/shownotes]
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my simple backup script revisited
This is just a simple example of how to easily backup crucial directories from a webserver to two different hard drives on a remote backup computer
Assumptions made in this example: 2424 is the alternate port number, and public key has already generated and exchanged with remote computer. Substitute username with your username, substitute backup_computer_name with the name of the remote computer you are backing up to, and substitute /stuff/backup/ with the directory path on the remote computer where you will be storing the backups. Substitute /bigbox/backup/ with the directory path on the second hard drive on the remote computer where you will be copying the tarball that was created on the first hard drive.
#!/bin/bash
# example backup script
tar zcf - /etc/apache/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > apache.tgz;cp apache.tgz /bigbox/backup/apache.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/bin/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_bin.tgz;cp home_username_bin.tgz /bigbox/backup/home_username_bin.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/download/ | ssh -p2424 bakup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_download.tgz;cp home_username_download.tgz /bigbox/backup/home_username_download.tgz"
tar zcf - /var/www/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > www.tgz;cp www.tgz /bigbox/backup/www.tgz"
# exit cleanly
exit 0
This script is best run from a cron job as root.
posted 22:38 [/podcast/shownotes]
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200 linux tips added to tip database
I just added 200 more tips for a total of 750 to the linux tips database
750 linux tips
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Next podcast (18) within 48 hours or less
I am going to try my dead level best to post the next podcast late tomorrow night (08/14/06). It very well could be early on 08/15 though..
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Latest emelfm2 (0.1.8) for ubuntu
Here it is emelfm2_0.1.8-1_i386.deb for ubuntu. Link to download page is on the right side of this page.
posted 21:15 [/computers/linux/foss/emelfm2]
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Touchpad under ubuntu revisited
After weeks of using a wireless usb mouse, and nearly forgetting about the existance of the touchpad with a mind of it's own, I had an opportunuty to use the laptop without the wireless mouse. I had all but forgotten the list of tweaks, and options that I had applied in trying to resolve this problem, but the last thing I tried seems to have worked.
I put the follwoing in my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file under the Input Device section, in the touchpad section:
Option "TapButton0" "0"
Option "TapButton1" "0"
Option "TapButton2" "0"
I stumbled apon this tip after listening to an episode of Tht Jak Attack Podcast, where Kelly Penguin Girl found reslotion to her touchpad problem in ubuntu.
Like I said, I had almost forgotten that I had even made these changes to my xorg.conf file, until just now, when I was forced to use the touchpad for the first time in weeks. It's still a little early to tell, but it seems to work a whole lot better!
posted 22:26 [/computers/linux/distros/ubuntu]
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New url, sorta...
I finally got around to fixing it so that when you visit this blog, you don't have to type in funny url's ending in /cgi-bin/bloasom.cgi. Now all you have to do is type http://lottalinuxlinks.com/blog
If you are a subscriber to my blog feed, there is no reason to change the feed from the old url, http://lottalinuxlinks.com/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/index.rss (it will still work). But, if you want to, or if you are a new subscriber to my BLOG feed, here is a much easier url to remember:
http://lottalinuxlinks.com/blog/index.rss
Please, let me know if something isn't working right.
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Ogg Vorbis Feed
Starting with episode 17, I have an ogg vobis format version of the podcast.
Subscribe to this url for the ogg feed http://lottalinuxlinks.com/podcast/ogg.xml
Ogg is still new to me, it may take me a little while to get it just right.
posted 21:32 [/podcast]
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latest (0.3.0-beta3) pcmanfm for ubuntu
Now in beta 3 pcmanfm file manager is an extreamly fast and lightweight file manager which features tabbed browsing and user-friendly interface. Latest package for ubuntu is here: pcmanfm_0.3.0-beta3_i386.deb.Link http://lottalinuxlinks.com/pcmanfm/ to download page is also on the right hand side of this page
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More code (wget example this time) referred to in podcast 17
username to be substituted with your username
#!/bin/bash
cd /home/username/Newspaper/;
wget -r -nc -nd -A pdf -R html -I content/print/front_pdf -X content/print/multimedia,content/print/ni*content/print/spor*,content/print/pol*,story* http://www.newsobserver.com;
rm ./robots.txt;
mv ./1-A*.pdf nofp.pdf;
kpdf ./nofp.pdf
exit 0
This can be run from a cron job to get the front page pdf file http://www.newsobserver.com/content/print/front_pdf/1-A-Tue-August-1-06.pdf where 1-A-Tue-August-1-06.pdf changes name daily.
posted 15:34 [/podcast/shownotes]
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Code referred to in podcast 17
This is just a simple example of how to easily backup crucial directories from a webserver to a remote backup computer
Assumptions made in this example: 2424 is the alternate port number, and public key has already generated and exchanged with remote computer. Substitute username with your username, substitute backup_computer_name with the name of the remote computer you are backing up to, and substitute /stuff/backup/ with the directory path on the remote computer where you will be storing the backups.
#!/bin/bash
# example backup script
tar zcf - /etc/apache/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > apache.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/bin/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_bin.tgz";
tar zcf - /home/username/download/ | ssh -p2424 bakup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > home_username_download.tgz"
tar zcf - /var/www/ | ssh -p2424 backup_computer_name "cd /stuff/backup;cat > www.tgz"
# exit cleanly
exit 0
This script is best run from a cron job as root.
posted 15:24 [/podcast/shownotes]
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KDE 3.5.4 for ubuntu
add this to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
#latest kde
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-354 dapper main
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lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 17 shownotes
Topics include:
Network backup one liners scp, tar, and rsync over ssh; rootkit hunter, amarok, tunapie, new release news (gnome, kde, opera, quake4, pcmanfm) and listener email too. How to print man pages
Links:
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 17
lottalinuxlinks.com linux user podcast 17 ogg vorbis format
pcmanfm tabbed file manager
rootkit hunter
bashpodder
make kde look like osx
suse e17 howto
audio and video stream browser and recorder
funny 500 mile email story
wireless rookit vunerablity
posted 23:37 [/podcast/shownotes]
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