Advanced File Permissions in Nautilus

May 30th, 2008   Filed Under General, X11  

You can find this setting in gconf-editor under /apps/nautilus/preferences with the name show_advanced_permissions.

Enable the Advanced File Permissions Dialog in Nautilus | Tombuntu

Wordpress Debian

May 20th, 2008   Filed Under Ubuntu, Wordpress  

bash /usr/share/doc/wordpress/examples/setup-mysql -n wp_mortiablog blog.mortia.org.uk

Andy » Adding a new WordPress blog to a Debian install

Gksu Root Theme

May 14th, 2008   Filed Under General, Ubuntu  

1. Open nautilus as root

gksudo nautilus

Navigate to /home/username/.themes and copy all of them to /usr/share/themes

(.themes is a hidden folder, press “ctrl+h” to view them)

2. Change the gdm behaviour

In a terminal copy/paste this

sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf

Look for [gui] and make sure these lines look like this:

GtkTheme=all
GtkThemesToAllow=all

If there is a # before them, delete it.

Now synaptic and other root applications should use the gtk theme you are using on your desktop.

Make synaptic package manager use gtk theme « Linux Owns

Award bios usb stick boot

May 13th, 2008   Filed Under General  

USB “Boot Menu” Phoenix Award BIOS | USB Pen Drive Linux

VIM – Comment blocks of code

May 13th, 2008   Filed Under General, Scripts, Vim  

Mark the area which is to be commented using the *blockwise* visual mode (CTRL-V, in Windows this is CTRL-Q).

Press I (capital i) and write the text you want to prepend to each line of the selected block, e.g. %.

Then press ESC and the text will be inserted to the left of each line of the selected block.

VIM – Comment blocks of code « Not So Frequently Asked Questions

Recover a MySQL Table with Zmanda Recovery Manager

May 13th, 2008   Filed Under General, Mysql  

Recover a MySQL Table with Zmanda Recovery Manager | Linux Journal

Cron Header

May 12th, 2008   Filed Under General, Scripts  

#+————————————- min (0-59)
# +—————————— hour (1-24)
# | +———————- day of month (1-31)
# | | +————– month (1-12)
# | | | +—— day of week (0-6, sun=0)
# | | | |
# * * * * <command>

inspired from here

Upgrade Gutsy server to Hardy

May 12th, 2008   Filed Under Ubuntu  

How To Upgrade An Ubuntu 7.10 Server (“The Perfect Setup” + ISPConfig) To Ubuntu 8.04 LTS | HowtoForge – Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Kernel config

May 8th, 2008   Filed Under General, Kernel  

gentoo config (old)

cool conky

May 6th, 2008   Filed Under Cool Apps, X11  

conky/ConkyStart – DotFiles – Trac