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My first linux contribution is a disaster

January 24, 2010

My first attempt to contribute to Linux turns out to be a disaster, with the problem already having been addressed. But why does the source code in Trunk not reflect any changes? I have much to learn about Linux packages and source organisation.

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Default open action for Ubuntu

October 9, 2009

Something happened on my Ubuntu install sometime which meant that double clicking on an HTML file resulted in the file being opened by gedit. Not really what I wanted. I started looking through the GNOME system menu (Preferences and Administration) to find how to change the default action - but that turned out to be [...]

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cp with force overwrite

April 13, 2009

I was recently trying to copy a directory over an existing one and kept getting prompted - asking if I wanted to overwrite existing files - even though I was using the force option:
cp -Rf dir1 dir2
I found the answer here - it was caused by an alias forcing the interactive mode.
Quick solution is to [...]

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Hey! Where’d my swap go?

March 21, 2009

I’ve just noticed that I’ve got no swap space! (Dell 1525 running Ubuntu 8.10).
I first installed my laptop with Ubuntu 8.04, and later upgraded to 8.10. After the upgrade I noticed that hibernate no longer worked, and I think (from memory) I found an error message saying something about not enough swap space. I briefly [...]

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Set default browser in Ubuntu

March 17, 2009

To set the default browser, use update-alternatives as shown below:
paul@dell1525:~$ sudo update-alternatives –config x-www-browser
There are 2 alternatives which provide `x-www-browser’.
Selection Alternative
———————————————–
1 /usr/bin/firefox-3.0
*+ 2 /usr/bin/seamonkey
Press enter to keep [...]

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Podcatching solution

March 17, 2009

I’m getting closer to a podcatching solution with gpodder. Gpodder is a simple and easy to use podcatcher - and importantly, it can be invoked from the command line in a non-interactive mode. This is important because of my internet plan - I get twice as much download quota on off-peak times as I do [...]

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Rhythmbox

April 19, 2008

I’ve just been playing with RhythmBox for the first time, and am very pleasantly surprised. This application so far takes care of my music and podcast requirements, and also supports the iTunes links you see on so many sites.
You can either copy the iTunes link and add it manually, or in FireFox, clicking on the [...]

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