Open the terminal window from accessories sudo apt-get install alien Use the following command to install your rpm file sudo alien -i name_of_rpm_file.rpm You can also convert rpm file to deb filesudo alien -k name_of_rpm_file.rpm for install deb file usesudo dpkg -i name_of_created_deb_file.deb ...
20 August, 2009
18 August, 2009
Sending sms from google
You can now send SMS text messages to anyone in your Gmail address book right from the Gmail website. Go to your Gmail Labs settings and enable the “Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat” feature. The facility is currently available only for US phone numbers.You can send (and receive) text messages via the embedded chat in Gmail website but not from the standalone Google Talk client. Yahoo! Mail, Windows Live Messenger and AOL AIM service have had the SMS messaging feature for quite some time now....
TOP 10 DOS COMMANDS
Below is a listing of the top 10 MS-DOS commands most commonly used and that you will most likely use during a normal DOS session. 1. cd 2. dir 3. copy 4. del 5. edit 6. move 7. ren (rename) 8. deltree 9. cls 10. for...
An A-Z Index of the Windows XP command line
ADDUSERS Add or list users to/from a CSV file ARP Address Resolution Protocol~ ASSOC Change file extension associations ASSOCIAT One step file association AT Schedule a command to run at a later time ATTRIB Change file attributesb BOOTCFG Edit Windows boot settings BROWSTAT Get domain, browser and PDC infoc CACLS Change file permissions~ CALL Call one batch program from another~ CD Change Directory - move to a specific Folder CHANGE Change Terminal Server Session...
How to shut down ur system at a specific time
U may be very much familiar with the option in your television such as on timer and off timer. What is the main advantage of that?If u r watching a cricket match during the night and start sleeping infront of the TVafter some time… Simply u r wasting the power… There comes the off timer to help you…If u set the off time in the timer the TV automatically shuts down when the specified time arrives. Similarly there is an option in windows to do the same purpose. you can do it easily with the “at”...
Some Nokia tricks : (java based phones only)
Here i am going to share some of the tips that had worked well for my Nokia 5200 mobile phone.I think it may be applicable to your phone also if it is a Nokia phone running on Java Operating System. Hiding a folder in your phone without any 3rd party software.. What u have to do is just rename the folder that u want to hide such that it’s name ends with .otb Example : name —> name.otbU can not perfectly hide the folder with this tweak. The folder that is...
02 June, 2009
The way to Multibooting: VMware & VirtualBox
This is all for those who try many operating systems at the same time... and those who want to test a dose of the newly released operating system...with out making any changes to ur Master Boot Record or to ur current system... VMware is having only windows versions, but virtual box is available in windows and linux.U don't need to worry about partitioning if u r not aware of it. Here u can specify any of your harddisk drives for the purpose of storage for the other operating...
Let ur system boot: fixing MBR
Usually after installation of linux probably the chain loader of the previous windows XP will be overwritten by the bootloader of the linux. That's not a problem... liinux will take care of ur windows... If the situation is just opposite... ie u are installing Windows after linux... u will get a headache, coz u can't boot to your liinux....This post is not the solution for this problem.. To boot all the Operating systems u may need to reinstall...
improve the speed & load time of firefox
These are tricks that will improve the speed & load time of firefox. And you will be able to surf faster..especially in dialup connectionsType about:config in the address bar, Then look for the followingentries, and make the corresponding changes.1.network.http.max-connections = 642.network.http.max-connections-per-server =323.network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy =164.network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server = 105.network.http.pipelining = true6.network.http.pipelining.maxrequests...
22 May, 2009
The addressable amount of RAM....
Usually RAM is not at all a headache for nowadays computers since it is cheaper and comes as a single modules with multy GBs... U dont need to buy 2 RAMs with 1GB each for a total of 2 GB... Instead u will get a 2GB in a single module with a price difference of ~ 500 /- from 1 GB...We usually hear upto 4GB commonly. But dont think that a heavy amount of RAM can boost your system performance to a supersonic speed... Understand the maximum byte addressibility of the operating...
21 May, 2009
customization for linux...themes...wallpapers....
To find what u need in linux for customizing and to enhance the appearence....log on to....http://www.gnome-look.orghttp://www.ubuntu-art.orggo with your bag...to download....it worth no paisa...
applying the security and encryption to folders from admin to user
U may be bored of trying some third party software for the purpose of providing some encryption to the folders and files. But in vista it can be simlpy done with the help of windows security system...First of all u have to create a different user account other than your administrator account... Login to your administrator account and move to the folder which u want to encrypt. Right click and select the properties tag... move onto the security tab...[fig 1] there u will see...
15 May, 2009
C++ program to scroll a line of text
c++ program to scroll a line of text......can u scroll a line of text horizontally over the screen.... like in power pointpresentations...here s how i have done it using turbo c++... if u have any new & simple idea...commenthint: actually we feel the text as scrolling due to the persistence of vision...what you have to do ispass1: move the entire text after removing the first character to one position left..pass2: move the entire text after removing the next character to one position left....pass...
Package managers in Ubuntu
To install an application in linux we have some architecture that is different from the windows. Ubuntu uses some package installer programs like Synaptic package manager for this purpose...What u have to do is just right click on the package file select 'open with' search for theSynaptic package manager or GDebi Package manager... That's all....The package manager automatically installs the package. It may show some dependancies...ie to install 'this' u must remove 'that'.......
Packages and applications for Ubuntu
U may be having a linux as well as windows in your computer... Most probably the linux inside your computer may be just only for a show... I bet, most of u be login to that account one/two times in a week.y this happens... here is one important answer and a nice solution to that....probably the linux system that will be getting to you after the installation consist of ony basic softwares...u may have many of the media files in your system cannot be played using those applications...
14 May, 2009
How To Reinstall grub in Ubuntu (upto Ubuntu 9.04)
1. Put the ubuntu installation disk in your drive and boot it with the live cd option.
2. Open gnome terminal and type the following commands...
$ sudo grub
~ find /boot/grub/stage1
then the terminal will show you the partitions with stage 1
for the time being let it be the following..
hd(0,5)
~ setup hd(0,5) or ~ install hd(0,5)
3. Exit terminal.
It's the time to restart your system and see the reloaded grub ...
Tricks for vi editor: (for linux)
vi editor is one of the file editors in linux systems. here's some tricks for exploiting it: configure line no: on the go $set number-causes the line numbers to be displayed. $set nonumber-to turn off the line numbers $set ignorecase-causes searches to be case insensitive $help- to list other such commands along with their usage and parameters.To spell check in a vi editor: To do spell check without leaving the vi session, try the following...
01 January, 2009
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