The downside to eReaders is generally the small screen. You open up a PDF file and the fonts are smaller than you’d wish them to be. You can always zoom, but why not prepare your file from the beginning? If you have a CHM file and you want to convert it to a PDF to… Read More »
Say you just bought an Amazon Kindle or a Barnes and Noble Nook. You want to convert your eBook collection to .EPUB or .MOBI format. For this, install Calibre. The application not only provides you with a graphical way to manage your eBook collection, but also comes with a set of useful command-line tools. One… Read More »
Most DivX/XviD movies you download from Torrent sites are packed in multiple RAR archives. It takes some time for each to extract. If you don;t want to wait, you can use VLC and unrar to play the file within instantly. You won’t be able to rewind and move fast forward within the file, but you’ll… Read More »
In Debian-based distributions (and here I’m also talking about the widely-spread Ubuntu), there is no rc.local file preinstalled. The good thing is that you can make one easily so you can have a place to put commands to be started up automatically at boot. Here’s what you have to do: sudo nano /etc/init.d/local.autostart You can… Read More »