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Archive for June, 2011
LibreOffice Installation in Ubuntu
Jun 21st
LibreOffice is a free software office suite developed by The Document Foundation as a fork of OpenOffice.org. It is compatible with other major office suites, including Microsoft Office, and available on a variety of platforms like Fedora, Centos etc..
Install Unity 2D on Ubuntu Linux
Jun 21st
According to the news of GNOME, shell is not included in Ubuntu 11.04. Environmental unit will default desktop of Ubuntu 11.04. Here is quick tutorial on how to install the Ubuntu version of Unit 2D.
Install Firefox 4 Beta on Ubuntu
Jun 20th
Mozilla has announced the latest beta version of its Firefox browser, Firefox 4. To install Firefox 4 beta on the run following commands in Ubuntu, # sudo apt-add-repository: ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa # sudo apt-get update # sudo apt-get install firefox-4.0 Running the firefox 4 Beta, enter the following command in the terminal Or, you can create a…
Linux – Empty Trash from Shell Prompt
Jun 18th
After deleting a file from your computer, it goes straight into the Trash bin. If you want to get that file back then you can get it by restoring it from the Trash bin. If you want to delete it permanently, delete it from the Trash bin. You can then run the following command to…
Disable ipv6 in Ubuntu
Jun 16th
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is a network layer protocol that enables data communications over a packet switched network. Packet switching involves the sending and receiving of data in packets between two nodes in a network.
Ubuntu Linux – Flush DNS cache
Jun 15th
Sometimes you may get old web results and old webpages even after updating the web pages. That means, DNS cache holds the problem. To solve this problem, execute below command to flush DNS cache. # /etc/rc.d/init.d/nscd restart
Hardware – SMPS Power Supply Calculator
Jun 14th
A switched-mode power supply (switching-mode power supply, SMPS, or simply switcher) is an electronic power supply that incorporates a switching regulator in order to be highly efficient in the conversion of electrical power.
Open RAR File In Linux
Jun 13th
RAR stands for Roshal ARchive. It is a non-documented archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery, and file spanning. It was developed by a Russian software engineer, Eugene Roshal (the first letter of his surname contributing to the name of the archive format), and is currently licensed by win.rar GmbH.
Restart ADSL Router Using Shell Script
Jun 11th
For Internet users, who are using MTNL ADSL routers, they need to restart router after some. To do the same, we need to login to the router via telnet and have to run reboot command or have to manually unplug the power cable. To make the task simple, we can use this simple script which will reboot the router by just running the script.
ISO File Modification Using ISO Master
Jun 11th
ISO Master is an open-source, easy to use, graphical CD image editor for Linux and BSD. Basically you can use this program to extract files from an ISO, add files to an ISO, and create bootable ISOs – all in a graphical user interface. ISO Master can open ISO, NRG, and some MDF files but…