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How to delete multiple files from an svn repository with one line

With this post I hope to start a new habit on this blog. Every time I find a cool and useful one-liner or a nice script or if I write one myself and feel it’s good enough for sharing, I want to make a quick blog post about it. So here’s the first one. If [ READ MORE ]

How to configure HTC Desire HD for Android development on Gnu/Linux

[UPDATE 26-1-2011] I had to setup my Android phone to be used for development on another machine today, but although I followed the exact same steps that I describe in the post below (which have worked in the past),this time I was still getting List of devices attached ???????????    insufficient permissions when running ‘adb [ READ MORE ]

How to handle Android orientations in your Android app

I’ve just found an interesting article from the Android Developer’s Blog about how to properly handle orientation changes in an Android applications. Locking your app in one orientation is not enough to avoid potential problems as some new devices on the market now have a default landscape screen (e.g. Dell Streak) and even more devices [ 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 ]

How To install BackTrack3

  • June 13th, 2009
  • Posted in HowTos

I decided to install BackTrack on my hard disk instead of running it from the Live CD and since it didn’t end up being a straight-forward procedure I am writing this post to document how I did it. I have to give credit to this guy whose own documentation I actually followed and helped me [ READ MORE ]

How To install BackTrack3

  • June 13th, 2009
  • Posted in HowTos

I decided to install BackTrack on my hard disk instead of running it from the Live CD and since it didn’t end up being a straight-forward procedure I am writing this post to document how I did it. I have to give credit to this guy whose own documentation I actually followed and helped me [ READ MORE ]

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