The situation with software seen in 2002-2004 in Linux has radically changed. Now I can state that Linux software is abundant enough to consider Linux to be suitable for a desktop system. Many of the applications which are available for…
Some parts borrowed from http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/change-fedora-login-screen-to-kde-login-screen-217900/?s=24175b6f7ea704d822e9eed0d2d48f4d Needed that because somehow could not log in with gdm. Entering login and password makes X reload with no result. Ctrl+Alt+[number] switching to another console did not work either. Googling did not to help a…
One-line shortcut to dump to a compressed file: Dump with stored procedures
I had to set up a webcam, in my case a Canyon CNR-WCAM413. Set up atrpms repo (if not set up before). Use yum to set up the driver: Should work without rebooting.
Objective: svn and trac up and running on a local virtual host Purpose: local development environment on intranet Valid: Fedora 8, Fedora 9, Fedora 10 Adapted from this article. Before making the below, generate ssl certificate files (if you have…
The below will change the grub splash image at boot time. Requires Imagemagick. Do it at your own risk! Prepare your picture in any format. sudo cp /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz ./splash.xpm.gz.bak convert -resize 640×480 -colors 14 YOUR_PICTURE.jpg splash.xpm gzip splash.xpm sudo cp…