Toggle the Ubuntu System menu icons to Visible
By default, the Ubuntu System menu icons are rendered invisible. You can toggle them on with this simple command: gconftool-2 --type Boolean --set /desktop/gnome/interface/menus_have_icons True [...]
Quickly reinstall your favourite applications in Ubuntu
So you want to wipe your hard drive clean and reinstall a fresh Ubuntu copy. Before you do that, it might be wise to make a list of currently installed packages and reinstall them in a jiffy afterwards on the new OS: sud[...]
Get rid of OpenOffice.org’s logo in Linux
If you for whatever reason dislike OpenOffice.org’s logo or want to gain an extra few seconds of speed while the application loads, you can disable OO.o’s logo by editing the /etc/openoffice/sofficerc file an[...]
Greatly improve the speed of Firefox 3
We all know Firefox is a memory hog. To speed things up greatly, do the following: 1. Open Firefox and in the address bar type about:config.2. Click on “I’ll be careful, I promise“3. Use the search bar [...]
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See who’s poking your Linux box
If you’re using SSH and you have your ports wide open to the world, your best bet would be to install fail2ban. If[...]
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Remove Update Manager’s pop-up in Jaunty
The Update manager in Jaunty tends to show up unexpectedly now and then. You close the window by reflex. But what if you[...]
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Batch resize images using the command line in Linux
If you have a ton of images that need resizing, you can do it all with the imagemagick package:cd /home/user/imagesmkdir[...]
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Find out active IPs in a Linux LAN
If you are on a LAN and wish to find out which computers in it currently have access to that certain LAN, you can use th[...]
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