Hardware Information Tool - Hardinfo - Linux Mint 6
NAME hardinfo - shows hardware information in a GTK+ window DESCRIPTION hardinfo parses some files in /proc and displays their information in a user- friendly window.
https://github.com/gotbletu/shownotes/blob/master/color_commands.txt
auto color the ls dir vdir grep fgrep egrep commands
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbVCzxnKJL4
Name : pacmixer
Version : 0.4-1
Description : alsamixer alike for PulseAudio.
Architecture : i686
URL : https://github.com/KenjiTakahashi/pacmixer
pacmixer is an alsamixer alike for PulseAudio.
I started this, because I've found no full-blown, terminal based mixers available for PA. All there are are either CLI or some kinds of GNOME/KDE applets. That's not what I wanted, so in the end I decided to go for it myself.
It was also a good starting point to finally learn myself some ObjC :).
Back in the old days, there were a good mixer for ALSA (alsamixer), so I thought about taking some of their ideas, mix it with mine, and see what happens.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3qk_Fn1Yeo
http://pdfshuffler.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfshuffler/files/pdfshuffler/0.3.1/
PDF-Shuffler is a small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface. It is a frontend for python-pyPdf.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLXDz-xJppo
Name : xfce4-mailwatch-plugin
Version : 1.1.0-5
URL : http://spurint.org/projects/xfce4-mailwatch-plugin/
Groups : xfce4-goodies
Description : A mailbox watch/check plugin for the Xfce4 panel
About
Mailwatch is a plugin for the Xfce 4 panel. It is intended to replace the current (4.0, 4.2) mail checker plugin in Xfce 4.4. The Mailwatch plugin is written and maintained by Brian Tarricone and Pasi Orovuo. For now, please direct all questions about the Mailwatch plugin to the Xfce Users' Mailing List. All bugs should be reported on Xfce Bugzilla, under the Xfce Panel Plugins product.
About
Mailwatch is a plugin for the Xfce 4 panel. It is intended to replace the current (4.0, 4.2) mail checker plugin in Xfce 4.4. The Mailwatch plugin is written and maintained by Brian Tarricone and Pasi Orovuo. For now, please direct all questions about the Mailwatch plugin to the Xfce Users' Mailing List. All bugs should be reported on Xfce Bugzilla, under the Xfce Panel Plugins product.
Features
IMAP and Secure IMAP support
POP3 and Secure POP3 support
Local Mbox mailbox support
Local Maildir mailbox support
Local MH-Maildir mailbox support
GMail support
Fully multithreaded design: no panel lockups
Informative new-message breakdown in tooltip
Ability to run program on new messages or button click
Informative logger to help track down mail connection problems
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZbB5vbTSY
http://omnitux.sourceforge.net
works on linux, mac ,windows, bsd, solaris
The project aims to provide various educational activities around multimedia elements (images, sounds, texts)
Types of activities
Associations,
items to place on a map or a schema,
counting activities,
puzzles,
card faces to remember,
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Features
Customization : Omnitux activities are described in XML files. Thus, you can modify or create your own activities without having to change the program. (howto customize)
Support for high resolution bitmap images (JPG, PNG) and scalable vector images (SVG).
Use of maximum available fullscreen resolution ensures good graphical rendering on any computer type, from little netbook display to high end 26" wide screen.
Multiple languages support :
German
English
French
Polish
Portuguese
Spanish
Available for Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Exclusive "Tux rewards system" : you'll win a great Tux (from CrystalXP.net) for each completed activity.
License
In a word : Omnitux is free !
Program files are released under the GNU GPL license by Olav_2.
Most multimedia elements included in the game come from various authors (eg: from Wikipedia), they are licensed under compatible free licenses.
See contributors for more information.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSI2W3eQUdg
Pinning is a process that allows you to remain on a stable release of Ubuntu (or any other debian system) while grabbing packages from a more recent version.
Commands Used:
1) Add in repos:
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Example1:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://packages.geexbox.org/ karmic main
2) Change Cache limit: 1000000 = 1MB, Use to avoid 'out of room' error
sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99cache
Example2:
APT::Cache-Limit "125000000";
3) Pinning
sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences
Example3:
Package: *
Pin: release a = maverick
Pin-Priority: 800
Package: *
Pin: release a = karmic
Pin-Priority: 600
4) Set Default Distro Version
sudo gedit /etc/apt/apt.conf
Example4:
APT::Default-Release "maverick";
5) Update
sudo apt-get update
6) Install using either apt-get or aptitude
Sample1:
sudo apt-get install package/karmic
Sample2:
sudo apt-get install package -t karmic
Source List Generator
http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/
More on Pinning
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PinningHowto
http://jaqque.sbih.org/kplug/apt-pinning.html
http://edin.no-ip.com/content/fast-and-safe-upgrade-debian-sid-stable-or-testing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPpsOAb2rGs
reenable delete key
install dconf-tools
alt+f2, run dconf-editor
org,gnome,desktop,interface
checkmark - can-change-accels
make your changes
then uncheckmark it
done
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgAkYCICUqA