Author Archives: pauljohn

I got a good deal on a new Lenovo T61 from the Lenovo outlet store because Lenovo changed models. I was not interested in the newer laptops because they feature the ATI video cards, rather than the Nvidia. I’ve avoided … Continue reading →

In some ways amarok bothers me because it is so big and tedious. But the winamp style players like audacious are too small and featureless. Today I was reading about how to change system configuration on programs that are used … Continue reading →

Sysadmin tips from Ubuntu user groups. Derek Broughton 2008-06-20: “I run this weekly: aptitude search ‘~i !~M’ | tr -s ‘ ‘ | cut -f 2 -d ‘ ‘> /etc/apt/installed.txt (all on one line, of course) which gives me a … Continue reading →

1. install openssh server package. Use ufw to configure firewall, allow in port 22 or service ssh (same thing). Many tip sheets exits: http://linuxpoison.blogspot.com/2008/05/ufw-uncomplicated-firewall-setup-and.html (Firestarter can do same thing, but it is bigger & more complicated, serves other role as … Continue reading →

Wow. This really surprised me. The Ten New Tips for Ubuntu users: http://www.linux.com/articles/54945 9. Compiling from source Ubuntu’s package repository is huge, particularly when you factor in packages in the Universe and Multiverse repositories. However, many users find themselves needing … Continue reading →

In this thread, http://mail.google.com/mail/#label/IN.fedora/11994ec899eab000 I mentioned a lockup due to swap exhaustion and Alan Cox gave a good tip. > resources are strained. If you leave firefox unattended whil it is > hooked on to some web page that is … Continue reading →

http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/live.html texconfig help Output help information for texconfig. Of course, texconfig can only support changing a few of the many options and configuration parameters in a TEX system. The main configuration file for the base Web2C programs is named texmf.cnf. … Continue reading →

From the lyx email list On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:23 AM, William R. Buckley wrote: > Well, I just learned that the .tex file that I have been laboring over > can be imported into LyX, and it … Continue reading →

I’ve been bugged that I can’t configure firefox–it won’t let me control which applications are used to open which kinds of files. I do not want pdf files to be viewed inside the browser window. It makes me feel cramped. … Continue reading →