GNU/Linux

a small tribute to the sysv-rc-conf

Posted by on 2012/01/21 at 5:46 pm

my favorite tool for changing Debian’s rc levels! check it out: http://sysv-rc-conf.sourceforge.net/ aptitude install sysv-rc-conf

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Convert text file from ISO-8859-7 to UTF-8

Posted by on 2011/03/15 at 4:30 pm

As a linux user, I often receive documents in ISO-8859-7 from Windows users. There is a great unix tool to convert the encodings and it’s called iconv. Here how to use it: iconv –from-code=ISO-8859-7 –to-code=UTF-8 original.txt > converted.txt

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root bash autocomplete

Posted by on 2011/02/10 at 11:49 am

This is the way to enable autocomplete in root’s bash: sudo cp ~/.bash_aliases /root/.bash_aliases sudo vim /root/.bashrc Search following lines and uncomment them all: (remove the #’s) Code: #if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then # . ~/.bash_aliases #fi

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Samba public folder without password

Posted by on 2011/01/11 at 2:06 pm

write this to your smb.conf [public] comment = public public = yes writeable = yes create mode = 777 path = /path/to/public directory mode = 777 browsable = yes guest ok = yes make sure to chmod 777 the directory and have the following option on: [global] security = share We use it as a [...]

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Debian clock

Posted by on 2010/12/24 at 6:14 pm

This ikea clock costs 2 euros. Now it costs much much more decorating my office =)

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