https://brb.epr.ch/blog/ 2026-04-06T08:53:54+00:00 https://brb.epr.ch/blog/ https://brb.epr.ch/blog/_media/wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2014-04-24T07:02:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_post_install_tasks?rev=1398322958&do=diff Ubuntu post install tasks * If you run a proxy (apt-cacher-ng in my case), add the proxy directory in /etc/apt/apt.conf: Acquire::http::Proxy "http://aptcacher:3142"; * Add repositories for sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/">http://archive.canonical.com/</a> $(lsb_release -sc) partner" text/html 2011-12-19T12:31:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_windows_codecs_and_support_for_encrypted_dvds_in_ubuntu?rev=1324297908&do=diff Install Windows codecs and support for encrypted dvds in ubuntu Install Mplayer in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) You have to make sure you have enabled universe,multiverse repositories Now you need to run the following command to update the source list sudo apt-get update text/html 2009-09-09T07:38:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:unix_command_line_cheat?rev=1252481904&do=diff Unix command line cheat sheet File Commands ls - directory listing ls -a - directory listing with hidden files ls -al - formatted directory listing with hidden files cd dir - change directory to dir cd - change to home cd - - change back to previous directory pwd - show current directory mkdir dir - create a directory dir rm file - delete file rmdir dir - delete empty directory dir rm -r dir - recursively delete directory dir (use with caution) rm -f file - force remove file; no error output i… text/html 2011-03-11T06:57:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:set_rights_of_files_in_public_html?rev=1299826668&do=diff Set rights of files in public_html Set rights of user /home/*/public_html directors in a secure and useful way * all files/directories get chown user:www-data, so users own them and the webserver has group access * group www-data is added g+r for files (webserver can read all files) g+rsx for directories (webserver can read and change into all directories) text/html 2011-10-01T15:45:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:remote_debian_updates_using_apt-dater?rev=1317483910&do=diff Remote debian updates using apt-dater Apt-dater is a relatively new utility that allows easy package management of multiple Debian servers from a central control server. I wrote up the necessary steps below, as the existing instructions (<http://www.ibh.de/apt-dater/>) are slightly unclear on a couple of things. text/html 2017-10-21T12:36:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_on_usb_stick?rev=1508589418&do=diff Linux on USB Stick Carrying your private OS with you on an encrypted USB stick is very useful. Here are my personal notes how I did this. I have written them carefully, however I assume no responsibility for them. What you need: * Computer with Ethernet connection text/html 2010-07-14T16:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:must_have_windows_software?rev=1279123833&do=diff Must have windows software * Total Commander. I can’t imagine working on a computer without Total Commander. Absolutely must-have software. Total Commander is what separates boys from men. Total Commander is probably the #1 reason why I don’t use other operating system on my desktop. Tabs, a great text/html 2012-01-26T09:56:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_11.04_fingerprint?rev=1327571782&do=diff Ubuntu 11.04 fingerprint Fingerprint Reader There are apparently two ways to activate the Fingerprint Reader with 1) ThinkFinger (<https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ThinkFinger> from Synaptic) and 2) Fprint from here <https://launchpad.net/~fingerprint/+archive/fprint> (fprint is also in Synaptic but something is missing). Long story short (kinda): Quick installation guide text/html 2012-07-11T04:57:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:send_sms_from_the_command_line_using_skype_and_unix:linux?rev=1341982629&do=diff Send sms from the command line using skype and unix/linux Install the Skype4Py module sudo apt-get install python-pip sudo pip install Skype4Py #!/usr/bin/python # Send sms via Skype # v1.0 B.Brunner # Install skype for python: # > sudo apt-get install skype # > sudo apt-get install python-pip # > sudo pip install Skype4Py import Skype4Py import sys if (len(sys.argv)>2): s = Skype4Py.Skype(Transport='x11') if not s.Client.IsRunning: s.Client.Start() s.Attach() … text/html 2012-04-17T09:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_adapt_keyboard?rev=1334653816&do=diff Linux adapt keyboard Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I attempted starting a blog. It didn't last, but one of the things I posted was about this very subject. When I deleted the blog, I kept the articles. So here's that one. I apologise for the length. text/html 2011-07-08T05:57:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_flash_player_in_linux_64bit?rev=1310104673&do=diff Install flash player in linux 64bit The flashplayer installed by flash-plugininstaller in Ubuntu 11.04 is buggy. To install a new version: Uninstall existing flash player: sudo aptitude purge flashplugin-installer sudo aptitude purge flashplugin-nonfree text/html 2011-07-04T19:13:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_terminator_with_built-in_quake_mode?rev=1309806839&do=diff Install terminator with built-in quake mode Install Terminator with built-in “Quake mode” from BZR To make it easier to install the latest Terminator from BZR, I've uploaded it to the WebUpd8 Unstable PPA (since this is not a stable version) so you can install it using the commands below (available for Ubuntu 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04): text/html 2009-07-26T14:15:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_firefox_3.5_on_ubuntu_using_ubuntuzilla?rev=1248617759&do=diff Install firefox 3.5 on ubuntu using ubuntuzilla Ubuntuzilla can integrate the new version of Firefox into your system as well as undo its changes if you want to go back. All your extensions, bookmarks, plugins, and settings should transfer over to the new version. The only thing that didn’t transfer was my open tabs from my previous session. text/html 2010-10-24T08:29:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_awstats_on_debian_webserver?rev=1287908953&do=diff Configure awstats on debian webserver AWStats on Debian Install AWStats aptitude update aptitude awstats Configure the apache2 for awstats Copy configuration file for apache2. cp /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/awstats text/html 2009-06-24T14:13:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:debian_package_backup?rev=1245852836&do=diff debian package backup You might prefer to have a clean system on reinstall but sometimes it is nice to reinstall applications from a previous machine/setup. Keeping a backup list of packages will make this a snap. Just give your package manager a list of all the packages you want it to install and let it rip. text/html 2014-04-24T07:39:10+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:set_up_private_firefox_sync_server?rev=1398325150&do=diff Set up private firefox sync server Firefox sync is very handy, if you use firefox on several computers. Since all data is encrypted before it is sent to the server, I could life with my bookmarks stored on a cloud server. However, it wanted the added security of using my own server. Here's how to install one: text/html 2009-06-14T07:52:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_fonts_on_linux?rev=1244965947&do=diff Install fonts on linux If you have binary encoded Type1 fonts (a .pfb and a .pfm file) here is how to create the afm files for then: Right clicking the .pfb file in KDE let's you install the font, but it doesn't show up in OpenOffice's font selector. KWord on the other hand let's you use it. text/html 2017-12-05T07:59:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_latest_firefox_in_debian_using_apt_pinning?rev=1512460748&do=diff Install latest firefox in Debian, using apt pinning Add repository to sources.list: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main # Pinning setup for firefox: # ========================== # 1. Review the files in /etc/apt/preferences.d: # Pin-Priority should be: unstable<testing<stable<Debian Security # 2. Review and copy this file to /etc/apt/preferences.d # 3. Update system, no new packages should be installed!!! # # apt update # … text/html 2009-05-20T14:25:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_nut_on_ipcop?rev=1242829515&do=diff Install NUT on ipcop Network ups tools is an open source ups management software, with clean design an flexible configuration. Here is a method to integrate it as a slave into ipcop: * I used a debian 3.0 sarge machine to build the package. 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You will want to install the Net::SSLeay Perl module if you want to test SSL. text/html 2009-07-29T16:12:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:tasks_that_are_best_done_on_the_command_line?rev=1248883960&do=diff Tasks that are best done on the command line Here are a few tasks that you might want to consider using the command line for. Resizing images Unless you are doing some sort of cropping there is no reason to load up Photoshop or the Gimp. A simple command will usually suffice for almost all your image resizing needs. text/html 2018-10-11T14:40:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:set_up_davmail_gateway?rev=1539268847&do=diff How To Setup a DavMail Exchange Gateway on a Debian 7 VPS Introduction DavMail provides a solution for translating Microsoft Exchange to open protocols like POP, IMAP, SMTP, Caldav, Carddav, and LDAP. Installation Davmail requires some extra dependencies to work properly. Install them with apt: text/html 2011-08-23T07:01:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:run_dd_with_progress_information?rev=1314082909&do=diff text/html 2010-09-17T06:47:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:command_line_tipps?rev=1284706042&do=diff Command line tipps Resizing images Unless you are doing some sort of cropping there is no reason to load up Photoshop or the Gimp. A simple command will usually suffice for almost all your image resizing needs. convert -resize 300 image.jpg image-small.jpg text/html 2017-10-27T18:25:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:backuppc_script_archive_all_hosts?rev=1509128736&do=diff Backuppc: script archive all hosts BackupPC is a very powerful utility for central backup of servers and workstations. Since all backupc will reside on the backup servers disk, it's important to create archives and store them offline and at a remote site. text/html 2010-02-08T18:03:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:namebench_dns_benchmark?rev=1265652231&do=diff namebench dns benchmark NameBench is available for Windows and Mac systems, but most importantly it is Linux compatible. Prepare your system Install following package sudo apt-get install python-tk Now you need to download .tgz file from <http://namebench.googlecode.com/files/namebench-1.1.tgz> Now extract the file using the following command text/html 2011-08-06T09:45:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:reinstall_grub_after_installing_windows_xp_or_windows_7?rev=1312623920&do=diff Reinstall grub after installing windows xp or windows 7 Start an ubuntu live system Locate your linux partition fdisk -l Lets assume that your linux installation is in /dev/sda1 and that you want to install grub into the master boot sector of /dev/sda text/html 2022-11-29T07:24:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:infiniality_installation_on_linux?rev=1669706668&do=diff Infiniality installation on linux OUTDATED; no longer needed * Clone the git repo git clone https://github.com/chenxiaolong/Debian-Packages.git cd Debian-Packages/ * Install the build dependencies. Run the following command and install the packages it lists using apt-get/synaptic/etc. text/html 2012-09-22T16:13:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:access_encrypted_lvm_disk_from_live_cd?rev=1348330435&do=diff Access encrypted lvm disk from live cd Installing ubunto on an encrypted lvm partition is easy using the ubuntu alternate cd. However, accessing your data in case of emergency using a life cd needs some additional steps * Boot from live cd sudo modprobe dm-crypt # Inserts a module we need sudo cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda2 cheer # Unlocks the partition sda2 and names it cheer Enter LUKS passphrase: key slot 0 unlocked. sudo apt-get install lvm2 # installs the tools… text/html 2011-07-03T05:44:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_conky?rev=1309671868&do=diff Configure Conky Installing the Mail and Weather Forecast package for Conky We need to install additional package in order for Conky to display new mail and weather forecast on your desktop. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:conky-companions/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install conkyforecast conkyemail text/html 2010-05-26T08:31:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:create_encrypted_tar_files?rev=1274862685&do=diff Create encrypted tar backups and store them on the amazon S3 cloud  Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage at low prices, which makes it an ideal solution for storing backups. But to make use of it, you need a piece of software that can actually interact with Amazon S3: create buckets, list the contents of a bucket, upload and download files, etc. And aws, a simple command-line utility written in Perl, is the perfect tool for the job. text/html 2009-12-02T07:57:40+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:vim-latexsuite_on_ubuntu_9.10?rev=1259740660&do=diff vim-latexsuite on ubuntu 9.10 Here is how to get vim-latexsuite working on ubuntu * DON'T download the latex-suite file from <http://vim-latex.sourceforge.net/> and unzip into ~/.vim/. It just simply doesn't work because vim-addons cannot find it, even if ~/.vim/ is in the runtimepath of vim. I don't know why. text/html 2011-07-01T14:00:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:backup_and_restore_package_selections?rev=1309528859&do=diff Debian backup and restore package selections It's a good idea to safe a list of all installed packages for a reinstall Safe a list of all selected packages sudo dpkg --get-selections > packages.txt To restore all the applications from your list, you must follow a three step process very carefully. text/html 2010-10-20T07:34:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:vmware_tools_update_afer_ubuntu_kernel_update?rev=1287560088&do=diff vmware tools update after Ubuntu kernel update If the vmware module compile complains about missing linux headers for your kernel version: sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) If needed install the necessary built tools with sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` text/html 2012-02-13T17:37:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:installing_sage_on_ubuntu_11.10?rev=1329154621&do=diff Installing sage on ubuntu Sage is a very powerful computer algebra system. Especially nice is the LaTeX integration using sagetex. Here's how to set this up: Compile yourself Install prerequisite libraries sudo apt-get install build-essential m4 readline-common libreadline-dev texlive xpdf evince tk8.5-dev gfortran text/html 2011-08-21T05:43:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_install_handbrake_from_ppa?rev=1313905413&do=diff Ubuntu Install handbrake from ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk Preferences: ~/.config/ghb ubuntu ubuntupostinstall ~~LINKBACK~~ text/html 2011-05-22T15:22:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:monitor_linux_network_interface_traffic_using_nagios?rev=1306077744&do=diff text/html 2011-08-31T12:36:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:convert_nero_nrg_to_iso_file?rev=1314794177&do=diff Convert nero nrg to iso file In case you need to convert Nero image file .nrg into regular ISO9660 .iso utility nrg2iso might be helpful then. It’s included into apt repositories of Debian and Ubuntu, so to install it execute: sudo apt-get install nrg2iso text/html 2014-04-24T08:38:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:converting_videos_for_embedding_in_powerpoint?rev=1398328687&do=diff Converting videos for embedding in Powerpoint Powerpoint is very finicky when it comes to videos, and has a really restricted support for videos. While I encode most of my videos in mkv containers, using the H.264 Video codec and multiple tracks (AAC and AC3 audio), these files will not play withing powerpoint. It's best to avoid embedding videos in powerpoint presentations if you can, because the files will get huge, and you never know if the presentation that you tested at home will work on t… text/html 2014-07-21T15:57:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:cool_tool_cutter?rev=1405958273&do=diff Cool tool cutter Came across a cool tool today for Linux firewall admins: cutter. Heard of it? It allows you to “cut” internet connections on a firewall. Something like: # cutter 192.168.2.55 3400 That kills all network connections from 192.268.2.55 using port 3400. A simple tool, but something I could use several times a week. text/html 2009-05-22T06:31:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:latex_under_windows?rev=1242973895&do=diff Latex under windows This text aims to give people interested in getting started with latex a starting point and recommendations for programs and extensions. Programs for windows * miktex: very good latex implementation. It is recommended to use the 'basic installation', which loads necessary packages from the internet. text/html 2010-08-25T06:58:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:upgrade_debian_etch_to_lenny?rev=1282719527&do=diff Upgrade debian etch to lenny 1. Edit sources.list sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list and change all words etch to lenny, or stable to testing (vim: :s/etch/lenny/g) 2. Update and upgrade sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install apt dpkg aptitude sudo aptitude full-upgrade text/html 2011-02-14T14:56:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:recenty_notify_app_for_ubuntu?rev=1297695378&do=diff Recenty notify app for ubuntu Install the Recent Notifications applet in Ubuntu Recent Notifications applet comes with a PPA for Ubuntu Karmic, Lucid and Maverick. Add the PPA and install Recent Notifications using the following commands: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jconti/recent-notifications sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install recent-notifications text/html 2014-04-29T05:46:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:installing_sage_on_debian_or_ubuntu?rev=1398750390&do=diff Installing Sage on Debian or Ubuntu Sage is a very powerful computer algebra system. Especially nice is the LaTeX integration using sagetex. Here's how to set this up: Compile yourself Install prerequisite libraries sudo apt-get install build-essential m4 readline-common libreadline-dev texlive xpdf evince tk8.5-dev gfortran text/html 2011-01-12T11:59:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:replace_oracle_openoffice_with_libreoffice_linux?rev=1294833568&do=diff Replace Oracle Openoffice with Libreoffice (Linux) Libreoffice is now available and installed easily for Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 by adding the libreoffice ppa. The following steps allow the addition of the ppa and the installation of LibreOffice: Optionally OpenOffice can be removed with the command text/html 2010-07-12T11:53:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:restore_windows_mbr?rev=1278935598&do=diff Restore windows MBR Removing a linux installation and reinstalling windows often leads to problems, because the mbr (Master Boot Record) is not restored. Here are two methods to fix this: * Use Windows Install CD, start Emergency recovery console text/html 2021-01-02T06:21:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ttg_t-beam_with_meshtastic?rev=1609568461&do=diff TTGO T-Beam with Meshtastic cd lora/meshtastic/ install python-pip pip install --upgrade esptool esptool chip_id ./device-install.sh -f firmware-tbeam-EU865-1.0.0.bin ttgo meshtastic text/html 2009-11-10T07:07:21+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:boxplots_using_excel?rev=1257836841&do=diff Boxplots using excel Statistical boxplots can be made by hand, by calculating median, max, min, etc. and formatting a diagram with it. This is _tedious_ but possible. I found this solution (see Source), which works very nicely. It consists of two simple components: text/html 2009-07-29T16:18:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:common_sed_taks?rev=1248884298&do=diff Common SED taks The bread and butter of sed is its search-and-replace functionality. Let’s start with that and then throw in some other fun commands. Tutorial As with the previous posts, if you are on Windows you’ll want to install Cygwin or one of the various other tools suggested in the previous comments. sed also uses regular expressions so you’ll want to keep your regex reference handy. text/html 2010-06-08T05:45:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_bitdefender_on_linux?rev=1275975903&do=diff Install bitdefender on linux 1. Add the BitDefender repository key to the list of apt trusted keys: wget http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/bd.key.asc sudo apt-key add bd.key.asc 2. Add the following line to the /etc/apt/sources.list file: deb http://download.bitdefender.com/repos/deb/ bitdefender non-free text/html 2022-06-29T08:02:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:release_space_from_fail2ban_sqlite3?rev=1656489734&do=diff Release space from fail2ban sqlite3 Reduce fail2ban.sqlite3 file You might face an increase of the file /var/lib/fail2ban/fail2ban.sqlite3 Here few commands that allows you to dig within the db, and clean up some rows, reducing its size. Open the db: text/html 2009-08-26T05:41:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:how_to_keep_your_pc_running_fast?rev=1251265312&do=diff How to keep your PC running fast Tips: * Dedicate a partition or separate harddrive (D: is used in the following, but it can be any drive of course) with directories for * data (move your Documents and Settings folder there!) * portable (portable software) text/html 2011-07-26T10:22:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:using_exiftool_to_add_meta_information_to_jpeg_images?rev=1311675767&do=diff Using exiftool to add meta information to jpeg images Install exiftool (apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl Having traveled to Verona, Italy i wanted to add metainformation tags to all images from that location. > cd /path-to-images > exiftool -Country=Italy -City=Verona -Location="Verona, Italy"* text/html 2010-09-10T07:10:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_backuppc_with_a_non-root_account?rev=1284102600&do=diff Configure backuppc with a non-root account backuppc is an excellent automated backup tool. One flaw it has is that the default configuration requires an enabled ssh root login. This is easy to fix. Think of a backuppc username for all your client systems. In the following, i will use CLIENTUSER and CLIENT On the client systems text/html 2009-06-14T07:10:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:excel_tipps?rev=1244963418&do=diff Excel tipps Customizations that really save time. Change the order in which you edit cells We all know that when you hit enter on a cell excel usually takes you to the next cell in that column for editing. But what if you need to go to next cell in that row? Of course you can use tab. But you can also customize the cell edit order when you are typing out that large list of entries so that you need not change your habits for the software. Just go to Menu > Tools > Options > Edit tab and set th… text/html 2009-12-13T09:07:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:rip_dvds_into_multi_language_multi_subtitle_video_file?rev=1260695265&do=diff Rip DVDs into multi language multi subtitle video file Converting DVDs into the best quality files currently possible: MKV as the container, x264 codec for the video, dual audio, and with subtitles. This is short Howto so that I won’t forget how :-) text/html 2014-04-24T07:41:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:synergy_protocol_version_woes?rev=1398325283&do=diff synergy protocol version woes Synergy is a great tool which lets you share a mouse and keyboard simply by moving the mouse pointer to the 'other' machine. After updating my laptop to Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13.04), synergy no longer worked. I got the error message text/html 2010-08-20T14:33:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:running_bastille_on_debian_lenny?rev=1282314834&do=diff Running bastille on debian lenny After an upgrade from etch to lenny, the bastille firewall will not run any more: * Starting up will give you an error message about a missing /sbin/bastille-ipchains file * Reconfiguring (which would create that file) fails because DB5.0 is not supported text/html 2021-07-13T14:57:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:sane_slow_scan_for_scanners?rev=1626188240&do=diff Sane slow scan for scanners Sane on linux can be very slow when starting up xsane, scanimage -L etc. The reason is that all scanners in /etc/sane/dll.conf are checked. To speed things up cd /etc/sane cp dll.conf dll.conf.save vim dll.conf Remove all lines except for the scanner(s) which you are currently using. text/html 2010-04-14T09:33:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:seamless_rdp_remove_decoration_fix?rev=1271237602&do=diff Seamless rdp remove decoration fix When using rdesktop with seamless RDP, every window on the remote machine should have its own local window with decorations hidden (hence 'seamless' :) ) Using rdesktop 1.5 on Hardy with seamless RDP, all the remote windows have their xserver decorations hidden correctly, and xprop shows that they have _MOTIF_WM_HINTS set for this purpose. text/html 2011-08-26T12:28:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:thunderbird_dictionary_problem?rev=1314361738&do=diff Thunderbird dictionary problem High thunderbird versions have problem using certain dictionaries. In my case the german dictionary would install but later be disabled in thunderbird 6 (Windows). I have solved this by opening the install.rdf file with a text editor and patched the maximum version to 8.0 to have peace for some time. text/html 2010-06-15T13:28:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:blank_screen_with_maple_12_on_ubuntu_if_running_compiz?rev=1276608529&do=diff Blank screen with maple 12 on Ubuntu lucid if running compiz Maple 12 will display a blank screen if compiz (Desktop effects) are active. This is because the default java install (openjdk) causes trouble with the combination compiz+maple. Quick fix: Disable compiz Real fix, without losing compiz: text/html 2012-01-26T09:42:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:thinkpad_middle_mouse_scrolling?rev=1327570920&do=diff Thinkpad middle mouse scrolling One of the best features of my laptop [Thinkpad t61] is these laptops have trackpoints which helps you to handle the keyboard and mouse without getting your hands of the keyboard, so that you handle your jobs faster. With ubuntu the trackpoints’ scrolling property does not work out of the box, but if you follow the steps under this post, you can have fully working trackpoint functionality. text/html 2009-06-14T06:49:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:simple_backup_procedure_for_windows_c_t_bff?rev=1244962183&do=diff Simple backup procedure for windows (c't bff) Backing up your files should be fast and easy, so that you make a backup every day (or at least weekly if you are lazy and your work is not so important :-\). 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A good starting point for easily finding and installing great applications is <http://ninite.com/> Tools * Archiving: Winrar (7ZIP) * Remote control: RealVNC (TightVNC) text/html 2009-05-21T08:48:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:crontab_howto?rev=1242895733&do=diff Crontab quick reference cron is a unix utility that allows tasks to be automatically run in the background at regular intervals by the cron daemon often termed as cron jobs. Crontab (CRON TABle) is a file which contains the schedule of cron entries to be run and at specified times. text/html 2011-10-17T08:25:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:download_rtmp_files_to_mp3_forma?rev=1318839925&do=diff Download rtmp streams to mp3 files Install rtmpdump, allows you to dump RTMP streams onto your hard drive. sudo apt-get install rtmpdump Start the program several times using “--resume” option, if there are any errors rtmpdump -r "rtmp://host.com/dir/file.flv" -o filename.flv --resume text/html 2011-03-18T12:20:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:perfectly_rip_audio_cds_to_flac?rev=1300450834&do=diff Perfectly Rip Audio CDs to FLAC (works under windows and ubuntu/wine) What we want: * Perfect quality: EAC is hands-down the best audio ripper, flac is lossless. * Correct tags: get them from freedb and correct errors / inconsistencies by hand (!) text/html 2010-02-06T04:04:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:using_rdesktop_to_run_windows_apps_on_linux_desktop?rev=1265429055&do=diff Using RDP+rdesktop to run remote windows apps on linux desktop Note: in the following machine-name is the network name of your windows box (either real or virtual). * Get rdesktop 1.5.0 or later from <http://www.rdesktop.org/>. I used 1.6 which is in the Ubuntu Karmic repository, so i just did text/html 2012-01-16T10:30:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:find_ubuntu:debian_package_containing_a_given_file?rev=1326709841&do=diff Find ubuntu/debian package Simple way to look up what package contains a given file? apt-file search filename or apt-file search /path/to/file To install apt-file, use: apt-get install apt-file you will need to update its database before you can use it: text/html 2010-09-19T04:54:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:writing_custom_man_pages?rev=1284872077&do=diff Writing custom man pages Manuals Marc Vertes (mvertes@free.fr) has written an excellent GNU AWK script called txt2man, which can run on almost any UN*X-like system, and can convert a flat ASCII text file to the correct man page format. txt2man (currently version 1.5.5-1) is distributed by the Fedora Project and is available from the EPEL Repository. The authors home page is text/html 2009-06-14T06:57:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:excel_double-click_tricks?rev=1244962647&do=diff Excel mouse tricks Very useful tipps for using double-click in excel. Adjust column widths by selecting multiple columns and double clicking on the separators This is my favorite. You can use the same trick to adjust row heights too. Double-click in the corner, just above scroll-bar to include a split text/html 2010-10-24T10:39:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:maxmind_geoip_on_debian_lenny?rev=1287916788&do=diff Maxmind geoip on debian lenny Mapping ips to a country is often interesing. To enable this in Debian lenny: aptitude install geoip-bin To update the ip database daily, create a small script and make a symlink to it in /etc/cron.daily #!/bin/sh wget -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz -O - |gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.new && mv /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.… text/html 2011-08-30T06:54:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_print_screen_tool_with_upload_shutter?rev=1314687247&do=diff Linux print screen tool with upload shutter apt-get install shutter Ref: <http://helpdeskgeek.com/linux-tips/taking-screenshots-in-linux-with-shutter/> linux printscreen ubuntupostinstall ~~LINKBACK~~ text/html 2011-08-11T09:53:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:quick_image_upload_to_imageshack_in_ubuntu?rev=1313056408&do=diff Quick image upload to imageshack in ubuntu PyShare My preferred way is to use PyShare. PyShare is a Nautilus script that is accessed via the right-click menu. Simply click on an image and choose 'send to Imageshack' from a menu. Easy! Once an image has uploaded, PyShare provides links with code wrapped-around for forums or text/html 2011-06-26T18:50:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:webcam_indicator_for_ubuntu?rev=1309114251&do=diff Webcam indicator for ubuntu sudo add-apt-repository ppa:phobosk/phobosk-ppa sudo apt-get update sudo aapt-get install cameramonitor Using Camera monitor * Launch cameramonitor on command line: cameramonitor * Or from GNOME menu: Applications -> Sound and video text/html 2014-04-24T08:55:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:declouding_my_data?rev=1398329741&do=diff Declouding my data Since google has ... google-readered me and a lot of other users of their web based rss reader service, by just cancelling the service, i'm moving all my data away from cloud based services to my own server. Add to this the fact that most US-based internet services obviously are forced to disclose more or less all customer data to the NSA, it's time to get to work and get back control of our personal data. Of course, this means more work since we can no longer outsource our d… text/html 2011-08-24T06:03:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:things_to_set_in_ubuntu_after_installing?rev=1314165807&do=diff Things to set in ubuntu after installing Here are various tweaks i like to do on my ubuntu installations: * Turn off auto update popup, leaving the update notification icon intact: open gconf-editor, browse down to Apps -> Update Notifier, and uncheck the auto_launch option text/html 2011-01-04T14:53:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:vim_replace_in_multiple_files?rev=1294152835&do=diff vim replace in multiple files vim *.cpp Start Vim, defining the argument list to contain all the C++ files. You are now in the first file. qq Start recording into the q register :%s/\<GetResp\>/GetAnswer/ge Do the replacements in the first file. :wnext Write this file and move to the next one. q Stop recording. @q Execute the q register. This will replay the substitution and ":wnext". You can verify that this doesn't produce an error message. 999@q Exe… text/html 2010-08-08T15:36:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:thinkpad_301_ericson_wan_card_disappears?rev=1281281775&do=diff Thinkpad 301 Ericson wan card disappears If you had your ericson wan card working, but it suddenly disappears: * Check your wireless devices (FN-F5), WWAN device is gone but the other devices (802.11 and bluetooth) are there This was fixed after: text/html 2009-09-13T10:03:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:typo3_gsanalytics_install_and_setup?rev=1252836186&do=diff Typo3 gsanalytics install and setup No real step-by-step documentation available, bad documentation. * Login to backend * Ext.Manager - Google * m1_google_analytics To be completed FIXME ~~LINKBACK~~ text/html 2016-07-12T13:53:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:visio_2007_installer_starts_every_time?rev=1468331588&do=diff Visio 2007 installer starts every time Uninstalled KB2767916 update and the problem is now [SOLVED]. The Windows Configuration Installer no longer tries to run and VISIO opens lightning quick, no matter if executing a .vsd .vst or the VISIO.EXE, including the desktop shortcut. see the article below for a detailed description of this update. DO NOT INSTALL. text/html 2014-05-21T05:15:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_cacert_certificate_for_postfix_smtp:tls?rev=1400649342&do=diff Install CACert certificate for postfix smtp/tls CAcert.org (<https://www.cacert.org/>) is a free cerfificate authority, if you join and verify that you have control over a domain (eg by recieving an email to hostmaster@...) then you can generate a certificate request. * login to cacert, go to domains and add the FQDN of the server you will adding the certificates for. text/html 2010-06-23T06:35:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:use_rss_feeds_with_conky?rev=1277274937&do=diff Use RSS feeds with conky A simple shell script and the ascii2uni tool is all it takes to add RSS feeds to conky. 1. Add this line to your .conkyrc, adapting the path of the script and the <http://.>.. for your rss feed. ${execi 300 /home/brb/bin/conky-rss.sh http://www.nzz.ch/feeds/recent/ 4 2 | ascii2uni -a D} text/html 2015-09-10T08:49:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:windows_7_postinstall?rev=1441874999&do=diff Windows 7 Postinstall * mit ninite.com: Chrome, Firefox, xnview, Paint.net, Libreoffice, Keepass2, Skype, Java, Dropbox, Owncloud, * Laufwerke mit Server verbinden * Serverdrucker installieren * Outlook heute: * Navigationsbereich auf Outlook Heute Schaltflächensymbol text/html 2012-09-02T09:53:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_24h_time_display_when_using_en_locale?rev=1346579586&do=diff text/html 2011-07-03T05:35:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_10.04_change_menu_button_alignments?rev=1309671324&do=diff Ubuntu 10.04 change menu button alignments To move the menu buttons to the right side. Open gconf-editor * apps * Metacity * general“ -> button_layout = “menu:minimize,maximize,close” Move Ubuntu desktop window control buttons to the right: text/html 2011-03-11T06:58:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:very_best_vim_tips?rev=1299826723&do=diff Very best VIM tips For some very very good tips on vim see this page, highly recommended for all vim-ers. <http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Best_Vim_Tips> ~~LINKBACK~~ text/html 2014-04-24T06:47:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:moving_form_dokuwiki_blog_to_wordpress_and_coming_back?rev=1398322062&do=diff Moving form Dokuwiki blog to Wordpress, and coming back I had moved my blog to wordpress, but was never really that happy with it because it was slow and simply felt too fat. Today, I applied the last wordpress update which left my blog dead in the water with an internal server error. Instead of hunting down the reason for the text/html 2024-09-02T16:56:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:speed_up_linux_mint?rev=1725296211&do=diff Speed up Cinnamon, Linux Mint UI I had video lags in Youtube and VLC when using Linux Mint 21.2 and generally was not happy with the responsiveness of the UI on my laptop. The following settings recommended by BrenTech much improved my overall experience, and especially Videos are now playing without lags. This also works very well with Debian+Cinnamon text/html 2012-01-19T06:16:05+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:firefox_and_chrom_cache_on_ramdrive?rev=1326953765&do=diff Firefox and Chrom cache on ramdrive Add to fstab: tmpfs /tmp tmpfs mode=0777 0 0 Firefox: browser.cache.disk.parent_directory=/tmp/ram Chromium: just change launcher to /opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --disk-cache-dir="/tmp/ram/" text/html 2022-12-20T13:09:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:apache_htaccess_for_ip_or_auth_based_access?rev=1671541742&do=diff Apache htaccess for ip or auth based access Create a password file with a hard to guess name like ~/.htpass87s9adf with usernames and passwords using the commands htpasswd -B USERNAME PASSWORD PASSWORDFILE chmod o+r PASSWORDFILE Create a file .htaccess text/html 2014-04-24T07:45:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:bash_string_functions?rev=1398325514&do=diff bash snippets String function len() in bash $ var='Hello, World!' $ echo "${#var}" 13 left() in bash $ var='Hello, World!' #${string:position:length} $ echo "${var:0:5}" Hello right() in bash $ var='Hello, World!' #${string:position:length} $ echo "${var:7:${#var}}" World! #or a litte more dynamic.. (the 6 most right chars) echo "${var:$((${#var}-6)):${#var}}" World! text/html 2014-04-24T07:11:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_dns_settings_in_etc_network_interfaces?rev=1398323509&do=diff Configure dns settings in /etc/network/interfaces In newer Ubuntu versions, resolv.conf can not be edited, since the network manager will automatically chnage the file. If you want to configure your dns settings by hand, you have to add them directly into the interfaces file. 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I use them often, because of their good price, performance and ease of use. Also, they support (among others) debian on their virtual servers. * /etc/apt/sources.lst replace testing by edge text/html 2009-05-20T06:36:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:disable_windows_keys?rev=1242801391&do=diff Disable windows keys Many people don't like some of all of the windows special keys. Especially the left windows key, which is besides the ALT key, can be annoying. Here is how to turn these off: The following files are .reg files. They modify the Windows registry directly. You should download them to your PC and then double-click them to add them to your registry. After saying YES to the message box, text/html 2010-06-23T06:34:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:display_nagios_status_on_the_desktop_using_conky?rev=1277274897&do=diff Display nagios status on the desktop using conky Conky is a lightweight system monitor which displays arbitrary information on the linux desktop. I wanted to display the nagios status not only in the firefox browser (using the “nagios checker” extension), but also from the desktop. I found a shell script which was written for xfce and adapted it to output conky compatible output. text/html 2023-09-15T06:26:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:dokuwiki_with_authldap_and_authplain_in_parallel?rev=1694759194&do=diff Dokuwiki with authldap and authplain in parallel install authchained plugin, put below lines in /dokuwiki/conf/local.php $conf['useacl'] = 1; $conf['authtype'] = 'authchained'; $conf['plugin']['authchained']['authtypes'] = 'authad:authplain'; dokuwiki ldap Ref: text/html 2012-07-11T04:46:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:elegant_solution_for_remotely_accessible_vnc_desktops?rev=1341981978&do=diff Elegant solution for remotely accessible vnc desktops I wanted to give windows users in my network quick access to a linux graphical desktop. I chose the vnc protocol, because there are many good and open source implementations (notably tightvnc which comes in a portable version). text/html 2011-08-30T16:50:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:enable_sdd_trim_in_ubuntu?rev=1314723043&do=diff Enable SDD trim in ubuntu To enable automatic trimming of SDD disks add discard to the mount options in the fstab, e.g.: UUID=ed586ab8-08c5-4bae-b118-d191b716b4a4 / ext4 discard,errors=remount-ro 0 1 Ref: <http://askubuntu.com/questions/18903/how-to-enable-trim/19480#19480> linux ubuntupostinstall ~~LINKBACK~~ text/html 2010-12-04T06:07:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:fix_gnome_desktop_icons_disappeared_no_right_click?rev=1291442855&do=diff Fix Gnome desktop icons disappeared, no right click Re: Desktop Problems (no right-click menu) What is happening is that your configuration basically told nautilus not to draw the desktop. When Nautilus is set to do so, it draws the icons and takes care of right clicks. That last bit is damn stupid, but anyway text/html 2009-06-14T06:49:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:shutdown_windows_from_a_linux_box?rev=1244962160&do=diff Shut Down Your Windows PC Remotely From Linux By The How-To Geek If you've ever wanted to remotely reboot a Windows box from your Linux machine, the Command-Line Fu web site has you covered with the quick and easy command to use. In order to actually use this command, you'll need to make sure that you have the samba-common package installed for Ubuntu, or the corresponding package for your Linux distribution. The simple text/html 2010-03-03T08:44:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_sane_support_for_epson_gt-2500_in_ubuntu_linux?rev=1267605868&do=diff Install SANE support for Epson GT-2500 in Ubuntu Linux After much searching around i finally found this: <http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Epson_Scanner> Following the instructions, including installing iscan (which is a nice scanner application btw) got my GT-2500 working, including ADF duplex support. text/html 2011-10-16T09:31:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:keep_versioning_info_of_etc_edits_using_etckeeper?rev=1318757476&do=diff Keep versioning info of etc edits using etckeeper <https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/serverguide/C/etckeeper.html> ubuntupostinstall ~~LINKBACK~~ text/html 2009-08-13T19:51:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:lightning_fast_command_line_use_in_linux?rev=1250193072&do=diff Lightning fast command line use in Linux You can use keyboard shortcuts and other command line tricks to make entering commands easier and faster. You might already know about the ‘tab’ key which completes partial commands and even file and directory names. text/html 2015-09-10T06:44:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_desktop_font_color?rev=1441867473&do=diff Cinnamon (nemo) desktop font color To change the desktop font color suited to your background: * Create a file named gtk.css in your ~/.config/gtk-3.0 directory. * Put the following text in that gtk.css file: .nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item { color: #FFFFFF; text-shadow: 1px 1px @desktop_item_text_shadow; } text/html 2016-07-30T08:37:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_prevent_teamviewer_daemon_from_starting_up?rev=1469867837&do=diff Linux prevent teamviewer daemon from starting up If you install teamviewer on linux, the teamviewerd is installed for startup, which is taking up resources and presents a potential security risk. To prevent teamviewerd from starting up, open a terminal and issue: text/html 2009-06-21T07:55:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:metacity_compositing_effects_in_ubuntu?rev=1245570958&do=diff Metacity compositing effects in Ubuntu Don’t have a graphics card capable of running desktop effects with Compiz on Ubuntu? By enabling compositing in GNOME’s default Metacity window manager, you get some eye candy and can run applications that require or benefit from a compositing window manager. Metacity uses your CPU instead of a graphics card, so it’ll work on anything - even a virtual machine. text/html 2019-10-02T07:18:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:all_that_google_knows_about_you?rev=1570000715&do=diff All google, apple etc. knows about you Google: * Google Analytics: <http://www.google.com/settings/ads/> * Google Analytics Opt out: <http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout> * Location History: <https://maps.google.com/locationhistory> * Device Usage: <https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard> * Apps accessing your data: <https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions> * Youtube Search history: <https://www.youtube.com/feed/history/search_history> text/html 2011-03-20T10:20:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:opening_a_file_manager_from_the_term?rev=1300616457&do=diff Opening a file manager from the term How to open a file manager of the current directory in the terminal Solution 1 The following works in all desktop environments by using the default file manager: xdg-open . Solution 2 You can also open files from the terminal as if you had double clicked them in the file manager: xdg-open file text/html 2011-01-24T12:46:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:record_streaming_videos_from_the_web?rev=1295873176&do=diff Record streaming videos from the web A good solution for capturing any kind of stream video, especially flash, is Replay Media Catcher: * Download from <http://www.applian.com/>, Install * Enable capture * Play the video * Video is stored in your personal folder. text/html 2009-08-11T06:09:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:search_google.com_from_the_linux_command_line?rev=1249970989&do=diff Search Google.com from the Linux command line You can search Google.com from the Linux command line without using a CLI web browser like lynx or Elinks. All you need is the curl and html2text packages installed. Then you issue the following command: text/html 2010-06-23T06:08:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:securely_wipe_free_space_using_built-in_cypher_command?rev=1277273280&do=diff Securely wipe free space using built-in cypher command There's plenty of utilities to help you securely delete files so nobody can recover them, but did you know there's a built-in command-line utility that can do just that? Here's how to do it. As long as you're using the NTFS filesystem on a recent version of Windows, you should be able to use the cipher.exe utility from the command line to securely overwrite files—all you need to do is specify the /W switch and the file or folder you want t… text/html 2014-04-24T07:14:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:setup_zoneminder_on_ubuntu_12.04_virtual_server?rev=1398323679&do=diff * vanilla server install (32bit) * adding dlink cameras with no problems * Setting the resolution to 640×480 got me errors. zmwatch[2429].ERR [Shared data size conflict in shared_data for monitor Monitor-1, expected 328, got 316] Patching /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm at line 130: text/html 2011-07-22T07:54:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_disable_password_request_after_suspend:hibernate?rev=1311321295&do=diff Ubuntu disable password request after suspend/hibernate This solved the issue of password request after suspend: 1. System->Preferences->Screen Saver * uncheck: “lock screen when screen saver is activated” 2. Type gconf-editor in a terminal.