Archive for the ‘ gnu/linux ’ Category

GPL works ;-)

[taken from my G1 somewhere in the vicinity of Manchester,[ READ MORE ]

How to solve “network unreachable” problem when installing the Android SDK on Gnu/Linux

When I was trying to get the Available Packages from the Android SDK and AVD Manager, I kept on getting an error saying "Failed to fetch URL http://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/repository.xml, reason: Network is unreachable" Apparently others had the same problem as I had when trying to get the Android SDK to work on my Gnu/Linux box and [ READ MORE ]

Get gnu/linux hardware information

I just found this cool tool called dmidecode which “decodes your computer’s DMI (some say  SMBIOS) table contents in a human readble form” and basically spits out detailed information of your system hardware. For example to see what type of RAM memory you have on your motherboard just type as root dmidecode –type=17. Similarly if [ READ MORE ]

Change system-wide default browser on Debian

Type the following command as root: update-alternatives –config x-www-browser This will present a list of installed browser from which you can select the one you prefer. [credits[ READ MORE ]

Disable ipv6 on Debian

A few days ago I got my girlfriend’s old PC and set a Debian unstable on it. After installation Iceweasel was taking too long to do the DNS lookup of websites that I was typing into it, something I have never encountered before. After searching over the net, most people seemed to suggest that Debian [ READ MORE ]

Greek subs in Kaffeine

Credits for this post go to http://zeps-corner.blogspot.com/2008/11/kaffeine-greek-subtitles.html Download arial fonts, Extract arialBySapioiCorp.tar.gz to /usr/share/xine/libxine1/fonts/ Settings –> xine Engine Parameters –> subtitles Beginer Options: normal 0 iso-8859-7 Expert Options: arial[ READ MORE ]

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