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Disable Caps Lock I've just hit caps lock accidentally. This key is so useless; I never ever wanted to hit it. So I deactivated it: $ setxkbmap -option caps:none To run this every time at startup, I've added it to /etc/rc.local. However, it did not work. I guess it is executed … Read More »

Install and configure computer When I reinstall my computer, I usually do these following steps: Copy all data to an external HDD Save configuration: Write down all WLAN configurations (eventually with screenshots; NOT ONLY PASSWORDS!) .ssh and GPG keys Filezilla configurations Write down all programs that I use. Export configuration of those programs. Wait … Read More »

Review des Acer Travelmate 5744Z Vor ein paar Tagen ist mein Acer Travelmate 5744Z, das ich bei Amazon für 305,95 Euro bekommen habe, angekommen. Ich habe es mit „Linux“ als System gekauft. Wie sich herausstellte, ist MeeGo release 1.0 mit dem Kernel 2.6.37, installiert. Das System startet zwar in sensationellen 29 … Read More »

Balanzan Theme I don't understand why all desktop environment seem to lack a good theme chooser/editor and good themes. I have one favorite theme - called "Balanzan Theme" which should be available in every distribution. The Balanzan Theme is part of the bisigi-project. According to the package, it is licensed under GPL … Read More »

Adding a ppa in Ubuntu PPAs (Personal Package Archive) provide additional resources. They are small repositories you can add to get some special content. You can add them with Bash: sudo add-apt-repository ppa: Lets make an example: If you want to install Clipgrab, you add the repository first: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:clipgrab Then you … Read More »

Getting Hardware Information in Ubuntu I'm using Ubuntu now for many years, but I always have to look the commands for retrieving hardware information up. Now I will not Google any longer but search in my own little cheat sheet. I guess most commands will work in every Linux distribution, but I tried it only … Read More »

Converting Files with Linux The following tips work under a Linux terminal and were tested with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. I guess they will also work with other systems, as the programs are available for them. If you know some further file conversions, please let me know. I am also very interested in Web … Read More »