Articles from February 2009



BASH: Check the size of your files

Posted by jf on February 24, 2009

This web article will give you two methods to obtain the size of files on your Linux system, using only the command line. Using the stat command, you will get the information quickly.  The command: stat -c %s myfile.gz will tell you the file size in bytes. But you can also get a huge amount [...]

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Get colors from other websites

Posted by jf on February 24, 2009

You like this color pattern from another web site, and want to add it to yours, as a theme or otherwise ? Good. But how ? There is a service on the net that will actually give you the color codes used by another website. It will provide you with sample color circles you can [...]

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HOWTO: Disable the Synaptic touchpad

Posted by jf on February 18, 2009

This quick article solves a problem that I have with my Synaptic TouchPad, just under the keyboard. It will often take me where I don’t want to go and since I type by looking at the keyboard, I sometime don’t realize where I’m typing. To temporarily disable the touchpad, enter: sudo rmmod psmouse To re-enable [...]

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“Linux 101 Hacks” Available as Free Download

Posted by jf on February 18, 2009

There is a free eBook now available about Linux. It targets more advanced Linux users, or those who are more used to the Command Line Interface (CLI). No mouse is required for using this book. Nonetheless, this looks like a great book, and you can’t beat the price: $ free. There is a nice article [...]

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A new toy for geeks

Posted by jf on February 13, 2009

The Rubik’s cube, which was famous in the 80′s and that I loved when it came out, is now getting high-tech. Techno Source is expanding its series of Rubik’s Cubes with the Rubik’s TouchCube. There is a full article on BusinessWire. Although it’s a bit expensive, no geek should be without one of those. You [...]

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Short URLs, please !

Posted by jf on February 13, 2009

There is an excellent article about services that will give short URL’s for very long ones that would otherwise be painful to copy, rewrite, or otherwise send. The article lists a dozen of such sites.  And I am sure there are other ones. I’m wondering how long it takes to do this……………..:-)

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