21st September 2010
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cli
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 hav[...]
Tags: files
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17th August 2010
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Multimedia, cli
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 t[...]
Tags: convert, ebook, eink, epub, file, files, pdf
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21st August 2009
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Applications, Multimedia
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. Y[...]
Tags: files, movie, RAR, unrar, video, VLC
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31st July 2009
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System, cli
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 comman[...]
Tags: autostart, boot, bootup, file, files
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