Connecting to a server across the internet is much more secure using SSH. There is a way that you can mount a folder on a remove server using the SSHFS service (based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol). Open terminal and follow these steps: 1. Install sshfs sudo apt-get install sshfs 2. Add yourself to […]

There is a bug in the Compiz package in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx (in Maverick Meerkat too) that doesn't allow you to fully change the mouse cursor theme. You only get the new cursor theme in some windows. But you can still change the mouse cursor theme in Ubuntu, even if you have Compiz enabled. […]

If You mount samba shares using cifs method like I, You probably have met with delays at shutdown or restart. [18.312000] CIFS VFS: Server not responding [18.312000] No response for cmd 5 mid 8 To avoid this delay it is necessary to umount all samba shares before rebooting or shutdown your computer. There are many […]

If for some reason does not work bash completion in terminal (using the TAB key), look inside the file bash.bashrc. Open terminal and type: sudo gedit /etc/bash.bashrc At the line 31 you can find this entry. # enable bash completion in interactive shells #if [ -f /etc/bash_completion ] && ! shopt -oq posix; then # […]

PulseAudio has still problems with some applications and it always adds a little latency and that's the reason, why so many people still prefer ALSA. This howto shows you, how to remove PulseAudio, add alsa-mixer applet to the panel and associate hotkeys for volume change. 1. Remove PulseAudio This will uninstall PulseAudio, delete the configuration […]

1. To install Alsa sound (alsa-base, alsa-utils, alsa-tools and libasound2) enter this command: sudo apt-get install alsa alsa-tools 2. Add yourself to the group audio: sudo adduser yourusername audio 3. Reboot to take effect sudo init 6 4. Alsamixer is sometimes muted by default, so you might need to unmute it. Run alsamixer: alsamixer Use […]

FFmpeg is a versatile tool to encode and convert a multitude of video and audio formats. x264 encodes high-quality video superior to other popular encoders. Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) ships with a version of ffmpeg without libfaac and x264 support because of licensing issues. This means you will need to compile ffmpeg yourself. This guide […]

youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.x (x being at least 4), and it's not platform specific. It should work in your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. Install & using 1. install youtube-dl sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install […]

Easiest way to convert over 100 image formats to PDF is using ImageMagick. To install type in terminal: sudo apt-get install imagemagick Convert image to pdf: convert source.png target.pdf Merge all images in folder to one PDF file: convert *.jpg target.pdf For more info enter convert -man

If you want to convert .nrg file to .iso file you can use nrg2iso tool to create this. nrg2iso is a program that extracts ISO9660 data from Nero “.nrg” CD-ROM image files. Install nrg2iso in Ubuntu sudo apt-get install nrg2iso