Linux
Mount a FTP share in Ubuntu as a folder
Sunday, December 7th, 2008There are several GUI interfaces for FTP on Linux, such as gFTP and FileZilla. But what if you need to use the powerful Linux command lines on an FTP share? This article will help you mount a FTP share as a folder so you can use your regular Linux tools (grep,nano,mv,rm,ls,etc.) on a FTP share. […]
Setting up a samba share in Ubuntu 8.04 and above
Sunday, November 30th, 2008After the “Network Shares” option was removed in Ubuntu 8.04, there was no longer a unified process to manipulate samba shares. Below is a step by step guide to setting up shares in Ubuntu 8.04 and above. Open Nautilus in root: Type gksudo nautilus in the terminal or Alt-F2 (run dialog). This is due to […]
A few gFTP user interface oddities
Saturday, November 29th, 2008gFTP is a very good and lightweight FTP client on Linux. However, a few oddities of the gFTP user interface have been noticed. They are listed below. Control-A adds a gFTP bookmark instead of select all. This seems a bit weird because usually Control-A means select all. Control-Z does not undo. Again, Control-U generally means […]
Switching page orientation in OpenOffice.org
Thursday, November 6th, 2008If you need to switch the page orientation (from portarit to landscape, or vise versa), here is how to do it (OpenOffice 2.x and plus): Start by opening your document in OpenOffice. Open the “Format” menu and click “Page…“. Go to the “Page” tab and choose “Portrait” or “Landscape“. You’re done! Save the document if […]
Using apt-get in Ubuntu Linux
Sunday, September 21st, 2008If you ever need to install packages (built-in), but cannot use Synaptic, then here are some useful tips on using apt-get in Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install package – Installs package and it’s dependencies sudo apt-get remove package – Removes package, but you need to use #4 to remove unused dependencies sudo apt-get update – Updates […]
How to get the initial help on sudo to reappear in Ubuntu
Thursday, September 4th, 2008If you’ve used a new, fresh Ubuntu install, you’ll notice that the first time you open the terminal, you would get the following message before your first sudo (or su): To run a command as administrator (user “root”), use “sudo “. See “man sudo_root” for details. However, after your first sudo or su, this message […]
How to force mkdir to create a directory if there isn’t already one
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008If you’ve ever tried to make a directory if there isn’t one existing, you probably have bumped into the following error: mkdir: cannot create directory `the_directory’: File exists To fix this, use this instead to suppress error and create parent directories if needed: mkdir -p your_directory For more information, see the mkdir page at Wikipedia.
Geany – the ultimate IDE for programming
Thursday, August 28th, 2008Geany (Wikipedia article) is one of the best open source, multi-platform (supports Windows, Linux, Mac and BSD) and multi-language IDE/text editors. It also supports a selection of development commands and supports lots of languages/formats (see note 1). It also supports some unusual file formats such as Makefiles, ini files and SQL files. Installing/Upgrading Geany (Ubuntu+Debian) […]
Binaries for rarcrack 0.2
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008Update (2009-01-24): You may have been looking for the Windows binaries. Rarcrack is a lightweight and powerful tool for cracking lost or forgotten RAR passwords. However, (again), there is no already made package, so here is one premade for you. Download: .deb for Debian and Ubuntu (version 0.2, 33KB) Download: .rpm for Red Hat or […]
Aliases for common command line typos
Sunday, August 24th, 2008Update (2008-08-25): Lists complete and ready for download. Update (2008-08-24): The list may take some time to compile, so downloads may not be available until August 25. Are you tired from “bash: somethinghere: command not found” errors that happen when you type something like vf instead of cd, or cla instead of cls (alias for […]
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