9th December 2008
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Multimedia, cli
Linux users enjoy various sets of tools that allow one to record the active desktop. From GUI applications to command line scripts. A simple way is to use just vncserver:
vncserver -geometry 800×600
Open another Ter[...]
Tags: record, transcode
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6th December 2008
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Multimedia, cli
Did you know you can access all the information store in a JPG/PNG/GIF file from the command line? Install the ImageMagick package and do this:
identify -verbose image_file.jpg
The output will be something llike this:
Im[...]
Tags: images
4 Comments
4th December 2008
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Applications
If you find VMWare rather slow and would like to speed things a little bit, ad these lines to the .vmx file of your guest operating system:
sched.mem.pshare.enable = “FALSE”prefvmx.useRecommendedLockedMemSize[...]
Tags: vmware
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3rd December 2008
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System, cli
You don’t need a fancy e-mail client with calendar capabilities to get a quick reminder. This is especially useful if you’re on a SSH prompt and don’t have a post-it neatby
echo “mail -s ‘[...]
Tags: e-mail, reminder, time
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