Convert Windows/DOS Text Files to Unix
My Clippings October 21st, 2009 by System
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by David Winterbottom (codeinthehole.com)
Five Best Software Update Tools [Hive Five]
My Clippings October 18th, 2009 by System
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Rather than wait around for your software to notify you of updates (let’s face it, a lot of applications never will), these five handy tools keep an eye on your apps, alert you when an update’s available, and streamline the updating process.
Photo by Wesley Fryer.
Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite software update tools, and now we’re back with the five most popular nominees. Read on for an overview of each, then cast your vote for the one you like best in the poll below.
Note: Clicking on the screenshots below will enlarge the screenshots to their original size.
FileHippo Update Checker (Windows, Free)
FileHippo.com is a software download site that hosts tons of both freeware and shareware, so the FileHippo Update Checker is a natural extension of their web site—only better. The lightweight application (the download is 155kb) scans your computer for installed apps in seconds, compares your installed version with the FileHippo.com database to check for new releases, then lists all detected updates in a list in your browser along with links to download your updates. FileHippo Update Checker is a free download for Windows only. (Original post)
Synaptic/APT (Linux, Free)
The Advanced Packaging Tool, a.k.a. APT, is a free tool built into most Linux distributions and many variants that handles the installation, removal, and updating of software packages. APT is a tool that went a long way toward making Linux a bit friendlier to the masses who aren't comfortable installing or compiling software packages on Linux, but it runs from the command line, so it's still not all that friendly to folks joining Linux from the Windows or Mac worlds. That's where Synaptic comes in. Synaptic is a graphical front end to APT that makes the tool wildly more user-friendly, and—yes—it handles checking for and updating software with aplomb. (Folks using Ubuntu, the most popular Linux distribution among Lifehacker readers, take note: Synaptic will be replaced by the Ubuntu Software Center—another APT-powered update tool—in April of 2010.)
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Yes, there’s a Chrome OS folder now, but don’t get your panties in a bunch yet
My Clippings October 13th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: OS Updates, Google
TechCrunch’s MG Siegler got all excited over the weekend about the appearance of a Chrome OS build folder on Google’s Chromium.org server. Yes, the snapshots are now being posted – actually, they have been since October 5th, by the look of things – but there’s nothing to get excited about just yet. Sorry, MG.
For starters, what’s in the folder is what’s in the other top level folders – a browser build for a specific OS. This isn’t Chrome OS per se, it’s the Google Chrome browser build for Google’s upcoming OS. You know, like the Mac, Windows, and Linux versions available for download from the very same server.
But let’s move on. Assuming you’re the easily excited type, the screen above shows what you get when building Chrome for Chrome OS versus Chrome on Linux. My thanks to Johnathan Frederickson, who commented on the TC post and actually played around with Google’s .deb packages.
As you can see, there’s really not much to look at apart from the clock and the little circle in the top left corner.
When clicked, the circle takes you to a sign-on page, currently only available internally to Google staffers in all probability. I’ll wager that has something to do with the single sign-on cookie we read about a while back.
Continue reading Yes, there’s a Chrome OS folder now, but don’t get your panties in a bunch yet
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Automated Backups Using dhcpd On Ubuntu
My Clippings October 13th, 2009 by System
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Automated Backups Using dhcpd On Ubuntu
This tutorial shows how to set up automated backups of Linux hosts through dhcp using Ubuntu.
Multiget is a multi-threaded download manager for any OS
My Clippings October 8th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Linux, Open Source
If there’s one thing better than a handy, free application it’s a handy, free application that runs on everyone’s computer. Looking for a cross-platform download manager? Take a look at Multiget.
Once installed, Multiget monitors your clipboard for download links — or you can start putting the app to use via its floating drop box. Find something you want to download in your favorite browser, then click and drag a link onto the box to initiate the transfer. Downloads can also be started via Multiget’s task menu.
Multiget supports multiple simultaneous threads per download, FTP and HTTP resuming (as long as the server supports it), and it works through proxies.
The developer provides binaries for Linux and Windows – as well as the source code, of course. Those of you running a Linux distro with apt-get can likely do a simple sudo apt-get install multiget. Mac and BSD users have to jump through the additional hoop of compiling from source, but Multiget will work for you, too!
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Free VMWare Player 3 can now create virtual machines
My Clippings October 6th, 2009 by System
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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Linux, Freeware, Beta
VirtualBox has always enjoyed one key advantage over VMWare: it’s free. Sure, the VMWare Player is also free — but all it can do is boot virtual machines which have been previously by another app.
Rather, that’s all it could do until now. VMWare Player version 3 has hit the release candidate stage and is available for public download, and guess what? It’s now got the ability to create virtual machines. That’s pretty amazing news for virtualization hobbyists like myself.
Apart from the added VM creation chops, Player v3 also offers OpenGL support in guest machines, ALSA support on Linux guests, ThinPrint powered printing, Windows 7 support, and multiple monitor support.
And yes, it even supports Aero Glass in Vista and WIndows 7 just like its big brother.
Another great addition is the easy install wizard, which makes setting up popular operating systems on a new guest machine ridiculously easy. That is, when it works. The wizard should create a floppy configuration file which Ubuntu reads during the install process. When I tested with the Karmic Koala beta, though, Ubuntu’s installer wouldn’t recognize the floppy image and crapped out.
A regular install, on the other hand, worked just fine and completed in roughly the same amount of time as it took under VIrtualBox — if not slightly less.
The download is free, weighs in at about 90Mb, and you’ll need to have a registered account with VMWare to get access to the downloads.
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Install Picasa 3.5 in Linux [Picasa]
Linux September 30th, 2009 by System
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Want the same kind of facial recognition, name tagging, and easy geo-location of Picasa 3.5 for Windows and Mac on your Linux desktop? There’s no official release, but you can fairly easily plug Picasa into your system.
The OMG! Ubuntu! blog tried it out first, and found that by having Picasa 3.0 installed, then installing Picasa with a standard WINE configuration (here’s how to set one up) and moving its files into Google’s own Picasa-optimized WINE folder on your system, you can basically upgrade to 3.5 with just a little more fuss than would normally be required.
Why no official upgrade? Information Week gets a statement from Google noting low installation numbers for Picasa in Linux. That said, Picasa is definitely one of the most developed photo managers available for any system, so let’s hope Google changes its tune for future releases.
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Use SUSE Studio to Build a Linux OS From Scratch [Operating Systems]
My Clippings September 30th, 2009 by System
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Think you can make a better fast-booting, Chrome-focused OS than Google? Want to craft a custom Linux system that boots from a USB stick? SUSE Studio gives you 15 GB to do exactly that, and you do it all online.
SUSE Studio is what powered the fan-made “Chrome OS” we posted yesterday, which, in that case, was a semi-stripped-down system loaded with the developers’ version of Chrome, Google webapp links, and OpenOffice. If speed and cloud computing aren’t your bag, you can create a fully functional system with Firefox, 3D graphics, and whatever apps you can find installed. Want your system to start up with an AWN dock and Launchy keystroke launcher running? Not a problem.
Even if you don't know all that much about Linux, it's pretty easy to build a system you can boot from a USB stick or live CD/DVD, run inside a virtual machine program, or actually install it—or, heck, even test it out in your web browser.
Here’s a basic walkthrough of building a system with SUSE Studio. In this case, we’re looking to build a GNOME-based system that would boot fairly quick and use Chrome for most of its functions, and use GNOME-Do as the primary application launcher.
Get an account, choose your desktop
First things first, you’ll need to grab an invitation and account from SUSE Studio. While it’s invite-only at the moment, I received my invite only 10 minutes after registering and filling out a quick survey that suggested it would boost my invite reply time. Once your invite arrives, you can sign into SUSE Studio with your Google or Yahoo account, or any OpenID provider. Not sure how to nab an OpenID? Here’s a quick video tutorial.
Once you’re signed in, head to your “Home” screen and click the “Create new appliance” link in the upper-right. SUSE Studio calls each bootable system you create an “appliance” throughout the process. You’ll be asked to choose your “base template,” which includes the GNOME and KDE desktops, a Just Enough OS (jeOS) option, and server or command-line-only choices. Most folks will want to lean toward GNOME or KDE setups, as they're the most familiar graphical environments. If you're familiar with Linux enough to know how to build a login manager and desktop from a command line system, though, go ahead and play around—you can't really hurt anything.
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Laspass Premium Shock
Uncategorized September 27th, 2009 by Shai Perednik
Below is a review I wrote on the app store when I found out lastpass decided to charge a $12 yearly fee.
I’ve been a lastpass user for over a year. I use it on all my machines plugun or not for free. I used it on my iPhone free. Then I updated the app and no more free.
This is unprofessional and not the way to go upon offering a subscription plan. Look at netnewswire that updated the free app to have adds and created a new premium add free app.
Also, there was never an email stating this change. I don’t mind paying $12 for the year for a great service but this is not the way to go upon it.
Also. The tagline “we are forbidden from offering a trial” is an insult. Such creative developers should have thought of a better wayto approch this change.
Because of this change I’ll be looking at other password managers.
– Posted from my iPhone
List Network Tools in Linux
My Clippings September 25th, 2009 by System
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$ apropos network |more
Get all the networking related commands for your distro
by David Winterbottom (codeinthehole.com)
