It is quite a simple change but it makes an Ubuntu laptop to boot 2-3 times faster! What takes the most time during boot in Ubuntu (and many other Linux distros) are DHCP discovery and DHCP timeout that are run by networking startup scripts. This of course can be solved with tweaking the timeout or just configuring a static IP, however this solution is not all that elegant, just because "What if the system needs this particular timeout?" or "What if it is a laptop, and it's IP cannot be... Read Full Story
August 2nd, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, linux, tutorials, howto, ruby, technology, ubuntu, rails |
Ever heard about rails.vim project? "Accept no imitations: rails.vim is the one true Vim plugin for syntax highlighing, easy navigation, and script invocation for all your Ruby on Rails applications, transparently and unobtrusively" says creator Tim Pope.
The very good "rails.vim" guide can be found here or just by reading project's vimdoc here... Read Full Story
July 15th, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, linux, tutorials, howto, hardware, interesting, technology, ubuntu, linuxmce |
Frequently I need to access my LinuxMCE machine over VNC, due to different reasons (when I am not home, when my Wii Remote batteries died, etc..). Usually SSH solves most of my needs, but sometimes it is very nice to control my linuxMCE box over VNC.
Here I will show you several very easy steps on how to configure your server... Read Full Story
July 12th, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, linux, tutorials, howto, technology, xml, ubuntu |
rtGui is a web based front end for rTorrent - the Linux command line BitTorrent client. It's written in PHP and uses XML-RPC to communicate with the rTorrent client.
There are several guides on how to install rtGui on Ubuntu or just POL (Plain Old Linux), but all of them seem to be missing one or two things to make them complete.
Here I went from scratch... Read Full Story
July 10th, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, linux, tutorials, hardware, technology, ubuntu |
Who does not have a flash memory USB drive? (128Mb - 16Gb...) Everybody does, even my dog, if I had one, would have it. However, sometimes these little dongles can be tricky to use if they are not properly formatted. The usual format for the flash memory USB drive is FAT16, and it is understood by many operating systems with no problem. But in case the... Read Full Story
June 25th, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, tutorials, java, technology, xml |
Mapping Objects to XML and back is called Marshalling / Unmarshalling, and it is widely used in technology of the 21st century. It is not that easy to send your friend an Object you created in Java/Python/Ruby/.Net/C++ etc.., but it is very easy to send a text file - right?
Since XML is just a simple text file - would not it be great if we can convert an Object to XML, send... Read Full Story
June 16th, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, linux, hardware, interesting, technology |
Sometime ago ASUS rebranded some of their motherboards as "Express Gate".
What is unique about these "new wave" motherboards is that they come with SplashTop Linux installed in 512MB flash memory that is embedded on these motherboards.
What does it mean? It means that essential applications (e.g. web browser, instant message client, e-mail client, etc.) that come with... Read Full Story
Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes). It's a standalone application that can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (Windows Vista is supported). Read Full Story
June 3rd, 2008
Toly
Posted in software, linux, technology, ubuntu |
add these two in /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-core/ubuntu/ hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-core/ubuntu/ hardy main
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk
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