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Sunday, November 29, 2009

ubuntu linux - utils for perfect desktop install

http://www.howtoforge.org/the-perfect-desktop-kubuntu-9.10
http://www.howtoforge.org/installing-apache2-with-php5-and-mysql-support-on-ubuntu-9.10-lamp


sudo apt-get install krusader
sudo apt-get install gnome-commander

sudo apt-get install gnome-do or [// awn]
sudo apt-get install rxvt
sudo apt-get install yakuake
sudo apt-get install byobu
sudo apt-get install glipper
sudo apt-get install rcconf
sudo apt-get install mc
sudo apt-get install alltray
sudo apt-get install locate
sudo apt-get install catfish
http://desktop.google.com/linux/

sudo apt-get install konsole kate konqueror krdc

http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel
http://www.google.com/chrome?platform=linux&hl=en
sudo apt-get install midori arora
http://getswiftfox.com/index.htm
http://swiftweasel.tuxfamily.org/
http://www.opera.com/
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
http://flock.com/
http://browser.netscape.com/

akragator
amaya
amule
httrack
bluefish
kompare
scite

sudo apt-get install vim-gnome vim-nox cream
sudo apt-get install jedit
http://netbeans.org/
http://www.eclipse.org/
http://www.activestate.com/komodo_edit/
kompozer

adobe air & flash


blender
dia
dngconverter
gimp
gthumb
gwenview
hugin
krita
okular
scribus
pdfedit
xpdf
xsane
ktorrent
filezilla
putty
wireshark
zenmap
transmittion

dropbox
skype
freenx & qtnx
virtualbox
tweetdeck
http://www.keepassx.org/
bibble

audacity
avidemux
dvd95 converter
dvd::rip
handbreak
k3b
mplayer
smplayer
vlc
qisoburn
xine
xvidcap screen capture
vuze

gkrellm
xosview
htop

envyng


http://wakoopa.com/account/download

https://launchpad.net/terminator

Quick Drop-Down Terminal With Yakuake

Quick Drop-Down Terminal With Yakuake

sudo apt-get install yakuake

http://lifehacker.com/309652/quick-drop+down-terminal-with-yakuake

Saturday, November 28, 2009

how to convert video to flv & wmv with ffmpeg on ubunu linux


ffmpeg -i file.mpeg -f flv -b 1200kb file.flv
ffmpeg -i file.mpeg -vcodec wmv2 -b 1200kb file.wmv

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

how to add/remove www. from domain name in .htaccess


to add/remove www. with mod rewrite :
cd public_html
vim .htaccess

# remove www
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://%1/$1 [R=301,L]


# insert www
RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.(.*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

how to download youtube videos in ubuntu linux

sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
youtube-dl -b "link to youtube video"

[or: youtube-dl -b -l "link to youtube video"]
[or: youtube-dl -b -t "link to youtube video"]

Alternative :
get-flash-videos -
code.google.com/p/get-flash-videos/  //  http://www.ubuntugeek.com/get-flash-videos-a-command-line-program-to-download-flash-videos.html

Saturday, November 14, 2009

how to accelerate firefox performance


http://about:config

http.max*
Set network.http.max-connections to 96
Set network.http.max-connections-per-server to 32
Set network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server to 8

pipelining*
Set network.http.pipelining to true
Set network.http.proxy.pipelining to true
Set network.http.pipelining.ssl to true
Set network.http.pipelining.maxrequests to 8

browser.tabs.tabMinWidth = 25

Friday, November 13, 2009

how to overcome "argument list too long" error o tar and other commands


find . -name "*.txt" -print | tar -zcvf BAK/0001.tgz --files-from -

Thursday, November 12, 2009

how to configure samba & squid with wizards in ubuntu linux


sudo apt-get install gadmin-tools

How to configure ubuntu linux terminal to fast scrolling : aterm & wterm


sudo apt-get install aterm
aterm -fg yellow -bg black -geometry 128x50 -fn "8x13" -si -sr -sk -sl 4000
time seq -f 'teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest %g' 1000000

sudo apt-get install wterm
wterm -fg yellow -bg black -geometry 128x50 -fn "8x13" -si -sr -sk -sl 4000
time seq -f 'teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeest %g' 1000000