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Tag Archives: linux
Creating Users on a Linux System
It’s been a while since I’ve had to do any basic sysadmin stuff on a Linux box… seeing as I had to google the answers to this I thought I’d better write them down! useradd syntax useradd [options] {username} Useful … Continue reading
Add Git and SVN Branch to Bash Prompt
EDIT: (12-Mar-2010) slight update to the svn prompt code to give a better / more useful output… I’ve seen things like this posted on the net before but never really had a chance to play with the idea. But as … Continue reading
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iPlayer Downloader Now on Mac and Linux
This is good news! The BBC has created a version of the iPlayer that works with both Mac and Linux computers. The two systems, which have been able to stream BBC programmes via the iPlayer for a year, will now … Continue reading
Linux Now an Equal Flash Player
Finally… “As recently as 2007, Linux users waited six months for Flash 9 to arrive. Now, with Microsoft pushing its Silverlight alternative, Adobe is touting the universality of its Flash format, which has penetrated ‘98 percent of Internet-enabled desktops,’ it … Continue reading
QGtkStyle Now Part of Qt
Looks like KDE apps just got a whole lot more appealing to Gnome users. I like a lot of KDE apps (Kate being a particularly cool editor when I’m on the Linux box), but I just never used to use … Continue reading
VMWare Fusion 2 Beta 2
It’s got friggin’ Unity for Linux!!! This looks good… The VMWare team has just released the second beta for VMWare Fusion 2.0, the company’s popular virtualization program for the Mac. The new beta adds a TON of new features, as … Continue reading
Install PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 8.04
Following up from my old guide to installing PostgreSQL (for Ubuntu 7.10), I thought i’d better do an update for the latest releases… This quick walk-through are my notes for installing the PostgreSQL database server and the PgAdmin administration application … Continue reading
Installing R/BioConductor on Ubuntu 8.04
The new version of Ubuntu is out, (as if you haven’t heard that by now), so that means a fresh install to play about with and working just the way I want! One of the tools that I currently need … Continue reading
Installing VMware Tools on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy)
If you’re a VMware user and want to play around with the latest version of Ubuntu in a VM (like me), you’ll need to get the vmware-tools installed. Unfortunately, things are not quite as straight forward as the previous release … Continue reading
Unix Toolbox
Found this via a post on Digg. A very useful read if you want to get some more advanced things done in Unix. This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful for IT work or … Continue reading