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This blog is my notebook for computer and technology related information, copies of useful webcontent (with refs of course), troubleshooting, general tips and setups that work well for me.
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nagios
network
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Set application which xdg-open uses to open a file
$ mimeopen -d ~/test.pdf
Please choose a default application for files of type application/pdf
1) E-book Viewer (calibre-ebook-viewer)
2) Document Viewer (evince)
3) Xournal (xournal)
4) GNU Image Manipulation Program (gimp)
5) Xpdf PDF Viewer (xpdf)
6) Print Preview (evince-previewer)
7) Inkscape (inkscape)
8) calibre (calibre-gui)
9) Other...
use application #2
Opening "/home/saml/Downloads/test.pdf" with Document Viewer (application/pdf)
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- 10 - Mac OS X Hotkeys
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April
- 22 - Convert OTF to TTF
2015
September
- 10 - Windows 7 Postinstall
- 10 - Infiniality installation on linux
- 10 - Cinnamon (nemo) desktop font color
April
2014
August
- 05 - How to create a Zotero group for cooperation
- 01 - Best software for managing and playing videos and music
April
- 24 - Installing Sage on Debian or Ubuntu
- 24 - Declouding my data
- 24 - Windows 7, disable file open security message for samba fileserver
- 24 - The 'ultimate' bash prompt
- 24 - Converting videos for embedding in Powerpoint
- 24 - bash snippets
- 24 - synergy protocol version woes
- 24 - Configure dns settings in /etc/network/interfaces
- 24 - Ubuntu post install tasks
- 24 - Moving form Dokuwiki blog to Wordpress, and coming back
2013
April
2012
October
September
- 30 - blog:setup_zoneminder_on_ubuntu_12.04_virtual_server
- 28 - Set up private firefox sync server
- 22 - Access encrypted lvm disk from live cd
- 02 - Ubuntu 24h Time display when using en locale
June
April
- 30 - Configure Linux as an Airprint Server
- 17 - Linux adapt keyboard
- 09 - Convert Technisat TS file to mkv
February
January
- 26 - Ubuntu 11.04 fingerprint
- 22 - Installing sage on ubuntu
- 19 - Ubuntu 11.04 vnc access, screen repaint problem
- 16 - Find ubuntu/debian package Simple way to look up what package contains a given file?
- 09 - vmware ubuntu
2011
December
November
October
- 24 - Word 2007 shortcuts
- 17 - Download rtmp streams to mp3 files
- 16 - Keep versioning info of etc edits using etckeeper
- 01 - Remote debian updates using apt-dater
September
- 21 - Word footnotes have undeletable extra lines
- 17 - Badblock check in linux
- 09 - Encrypting tar files using openssl
- 04 - Word Silbentrennung für bestimmte Wörter verhindern
August
- 31 - Replace faulty disk in linux md
- 31 - Convert nero nrg to iso file
- 30 - Enable SDD trim in ubuntu
- 30 - Linux print screen tool with upload shutter
- 28 - Latex picins.sty not found
- 26 - Thunderbird dictionary problem
- 24 - Things to set in ubuntu after installing
- 23 - Use dd to overwrite disk with zeroes, with progress information
- 15 - Apache htaccess for ip or auth based access
- 11 - Quick image upload to imageshack in ubuntu
- 08 - Plugin to check free server memory with nagios
- 06 - Reinstall grub after installing windows xp or windows 7
July
- 26 - Using exiftool to add meta information to jpeg images
- 22 - Ubuntu disable password request after suspend/hibernate
- 20 - Angepasste Nummerierung von Ueberschriften in Word 2007
- 17 - Thinkpad middle mouse scrolling
- 13 - epr.ch mail settings
- 08 - Install flash player in linux 64bit
- 05 - Firefox and Chrom cache on ramdrive
- 04 - Install terminator with built-in quake mode
- 03 - Ubuntu Make logitech G15 special keys work
- 01 - Ubuntu Install handbrake from ppa
- 01 - Debian backup and restore package selections
June
- 26 - Webcam indicator for ubuntu
- 24 - Ubuntu natty not displaying PDF thumbnails on nfs drives
- 23 - Disable BIOS Beep
- 17 - Privacy Tunnel DNS Lookups through socks proxy when browsing
- 04 - Configure apache2 to use comodo essential ssl certificate
May
- 27 - Use fetchmail to retrieve mail from exchange 2010 server
- 22 - Monitor Linux network interface traffic using nagios
- 11 - epstopdf bounding box problem
- 02 - Convert img to iso image file under linux
April
March
- 20 - Opening a file manager from the term
- 16 - Automatically lock windows PC, even if screensaver is disabled by administrator
- 16 - Enable screensaver using registry files
- 10 - Set rights of files in public_html
- 08 - Zebra striping in Libreoffice/Openoffice
February
- 21 - Very best VIM tips
- 16 - How to trap interrupts in the bash shell
- 14 - Recenty notify app for ubuntu
January
- 25 - Fix Incorrect Clock Settings in Windows When Dual-Booting with OS X or Linux
- 24 - Record streaming videos from the web
- 12 - Replace Oracle Openoffice with Libreoffice (Linux)
- 07 - Display windows version on the desktop
- 04 - vim replace in multiple files
2010
December
- 30 - Change windows desktop background for day and night (Ubuntu, GNU/Linux)
- 25 - Perfectly Rip Audio CDs to FLAC (works under windows and ubuntu/wine)
- 23 - Change windows desktop background for day and night, using batchfile
- 19 - Maxima snippets
- 11 - mencoder stream copy for lossless avi to mpg conversion
- 04 - Fix Gnome desktop icons disappeared, no right click
November
October
- 29 - Bios password backdoors
- 24 - Maxmind geoip on debian lenny
- 22 - OpenSSH VPN setup
- 21 - Install puddletag on linux, mp3tag replacement
- 20 - Reset zarafa outlook users
- 02 - Embedding subtitles in videos
September
- 19 - Writing custom man pages
- 17 - Command line tipps
- 10 - Configure backuppc with a non-root account
- 07 - OpenVPN Setup (debian)
August
- 29 - Elegant solution for remotely accessible vnc desktops
- 15 - Running bastille on debian lenny
- 14 - Upgrade debian etch to lenny
- 10 - Optimize Ubuntu Lucid NFS client
- 08 - Thinkpad 301 Ericson wan card disappears
July
- 20 - Transfer typo3 site to a new url
- 15 - Resize ext2/3 volume with LVM
- 14 - Windows installation guide with must-have programs
- 11 - wbt-201 gps under linux
- 08 - Display shortcuts in mozilla firefox html display
- 08 - Renew license key of bitdefender for linux command line version
- 07 - Backup and restore complete TYPO3 installation
- 06 - Thunderbird tags with dovecot imap
June
- 29 - Configure awstats on debian webserver
- 28 - Vmware guest clock running too fast
- 25 - Create clean html image gallery from linux with 'jigl'
- 23 - Display nagios status on the desktop using conky
- 23 - Securely wipe free space using built-in cypher command
- 22 - Word 2003 page numbering
- 16 - Use RSS feeds with conky
- 15 - Blank screen with maple 12 on Ubuntu lucid if running compiz
- 08 - Bash resources
- 08 - Install bitdefender on linux
May
- 26 - Create encrypted tar backups and store them on the amazon S3 cloud
- 03 - Ubuntu 10.04 change menu button alignments
- 01 - Evernote for blackberry in switzerland
April
March
February
- 15 - Convert avi to flv
- 08 - namebench dns benchmark
- 06 - Using RDP+rdesktop to run remote windows apps on linux desktop
January
2009
December
- 13 - Rip DVDs into multi language multi subtitle video file
- 10 - vim show linenumbers
- 09 - vmware tools update after Ubuntu kernel update
- 02 - vim-latexsuite on ubuntu 9.10
November
- 10 - Boxplots using excel
- 04 - Configure Conky
- 03 - Configure autologon in windows xp
- 02 - bash use ALT-. to copy last argument
- 02 - Linux speed up Speed up ext3
October
- 12 - Copy a filesystem from one computer to another using tar and netcat
- 10 - How to fix font rendering of Firefox 3.5 under Ubuntu 9.04
September
August
- 26 - How to keep your PC running fast
- 13 - Lightning fast command line use in Linux
- 11 - Search Google.com from the Linux command line
- 07 - Synchronize blackberry with outlook connecting to a zarafa server
- 03 - Capturing analog video with DV cam and windv
July
- 29 - Common SED taks
- 29 - Tasks that are best done on the command line
- 28 - Apache2 SSL with CAcert
- 28 - Install CACert certificate for postfix smtp/tls
- 26 - Install firefox 3.5 on ubuntu using ubuntuzilla
- 19 - Flexible vacation responder using procmail
- 19 - Adding syntax custom extensions to vim
- 13 - Counting the number of files with a given extension
- 02 - Send email on root login
June
- 24 - debian package backup
- 19 - Enable shell escape in Miktex running from WinEdt
- 19 - Remove Ubuntu Jaunty update manager popup
- 19 - Export Maple figure to eps file
- 17 - Reducing the size of word document with built-in pictures
- 15 - Thunderbird - Temporarily Switch Composing Between Plain Text/HTML
- 14 - Excel tipps
- 14 - 11 Very useful Excel keyboard shortcuts you may not know
- 14 - Excel mouse tricks
- 12 - Useful website netalyzr analyses your network
- 03 - Metacity compositing effects in Ubuntu
- 02 - Shut Down Your Windows PC Remotely From Linux
May
- 27 - Simple backup procedure for windows (c't bff)
- 24 - Convert and crop Humax iCord HD Files
- 23 - Nikto web server security assessment
- 22 - AltGr key does not work in windows guest on linux host
- 22 - Latex under windows
- 21 - Latex unter Windows (deutsch)
- 21 - Crontab quick reference
- 20 - Windows XP Fehlermeldung beim Serverzugriff
- 20 - split-tar creates tar files of limited size
- 20 - Restore windows MBR
- 20 - Debian setup on hexonet virtual servers
- 20 - Cool tool cutter
- 20 - Install NUT on ipcop
- 20 - Setting up proxy autoconfiguration
- 20 - Firefox speedup
- 20 - Disable windows keys
- 20 - Recommended site network problem solver
- 20 - Install fonts on linux
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