Wammu is mobile phone manager running on Linux, Windows and possibly other platforms, where Gammu and wxPython works. To install it on Ubuntu issue the following command: sudo apt-get install wammu Here is a screenshot: To make your Nokia 6230 connect to Ubuntu using a bluetooth device, edit your ~/.gammurc file to contain: [gammu] port [...]
Archive for November 2007
gt5 – a diff-capable ‘du-browser’
gt5 is a console command which provides an easy to understand interface to show a detailed disk usage list. Due to its console nature, i recommend using this tool for remote computers too. Install it on Ubuntu using the following command: sudo apt-get install gt5
Asus Eee PC
They say ‘Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play.’ I say ‘All You Need is an Eee Pc and a Dream!’ PcNews si ASUS Romania pun la bataie 3 Eee PC pentru cei ce publica cele mai interesante sloganuri pentru Eee PC. Detalii despre concurs aici. Detalii tehnice despre Eee PC aici si [...]
gPhone User Interface Walkthrough
In the following video, Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz give us a short demonstration of Google’s new open source platform for mobile devices, Android.
Vista Incapable Stickers (Designed for)
Nice! http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=2037035841&size=o
iftop: display bandwidth usage on an interface
iftop does for network usage what top does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. More info here.
Very nice pictures!
http://picasaweb.google.com/rbmgogu
Install Firefox Add-ons for all Users
It is possible to install Firefox add-ons for all users that use a computer instead of installing them for every user separately. This is helpful if you are the computer guy in the family for instance and want everyone to have a basic set of extensions enabled that add functionality and security to the accounts. [...]
Install Nodoka (Fedora theme) on Ubuntu
1. Install build-essential and libgtk2.0-dev packages: sudo apt-get install build-essential libgtk2.0-dev 2. Download Nodoka GTK+ engine 0.6 from here. 3. Extract tarball package: tar zxvf gtk-nodoka-engine-0.6.90.2.tar.gz 4. Now go to gtk-nodoka-engine-0.6 directory: cd gtk-nodoka-engine-0.6.90.2 5. Configure: ./configure –prefix=/usr –enable-animation 6. Make: make 7. Install: sudo make install Install theme 1. Get Nodoka theme 0.3.2 from [...]
Qps Visual Process Manager
Qps is a visual process manager, an X11 version of “top” or “ps” that displays processes in a window and lets you sort and manipulate them. Install it on Ubuntu using the following command: sudo apt-get install qps Screenshot:
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