Open – View .chm in Linux

Install chm viewer Use apt-get or yum command to install chm viewer: # yum install gnochm (for gnome) Or # yum install kchmviewer (for kde) Or # yum install xchm (for xfce)

DD – clone disk

The most old fashion way to ghost-clone disks 🙂 DD user : cat /proc/partitions     to check your partitions Remount (Write permission) if ur using usb device or cd rom mount -n -o remount,rw /live/image Save the image to /live/Imges/file.img Create image dd if=/dev/sda of=/mnt/sdb1/backup.img  create To extract the image : dd if=/mnt/sdb1/backup.img of=/dev/sda

GRML2USB – grml to usb

GRML2USB Download this sh file. Login as root: su – edit /etc/fstab for  your USB device ( edit /etc/fstab ex. /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external1 vfat user,noauto,exec 0 0) execute this command:# mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/external execute this command :# sh grml2usb (path to the iso file) (path to the mount point</mnt/external>) Error with syslinux ? : just do […]

Unsupported format when I try to burn an audio cd in K3b

This not a big deal. just install : Fedora Distros: sudo yum install id3lib sudo yum install k3b-mp3 or Ubuntu sudo apt-get install id3lib sudo apt-get install k3b-mp3 enjoy!

Format in Linux

Fedora : sudo yum install gparted Ubuntu/Kubuntu : sudo apt-get install gparted Also add ntfsprogs to be able to format NTFS partitions in Linux by Fedora : sudo yum install ntfsprogs Ubuntu/kubuntu : sudo apt-get install ntfsprogs

Burn an iso file on Linux

Three easy steps to to burn iso files on Ubuntu/Fedora Linux. 1. Download the file. 2.Right click on the file and click on Write to Disc… 3.In Write To Disc screen you choose your CD Burner and Write speed and when you are done just click on Write That’s it!

Add proxy in YUM and APT-GET

Login as root nano /etc/yum.conf Add the proxy add the bottom of the text like: proxy = http://proxy.domain.com:port —————————————————————- nano /etc/apt/apt.conf Acquire::http::Proxy “http://MYDOMAINMYNAME:MYPASS@MY.PROXY.COM:MYPORT”

Skype in Fedora

Install the Skype repository.  In the terminal, type: gedit /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo Copy and paste the following lines to the file [skype] name=Skype Repository baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586/ enabled=1 gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc gpgcheck=0 In the terminal, type: yum install skype

Local file conflict between packages

Local file conflict between packages with yum: Open terminal or konsole and login as root. yum install yum-utils yum clean all yum updates Thanks!

Add sudo user in Fedora 9

Open a Terminal or konsole: login as root (type) : su Enter Your Password : ******* and Type : nano /etc/sudoers scroll down and you gona see this below: ## Allow root to run any commands anywhere root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL govath ALL=(ALL)    ALL Lets say you want to add user named GOVATH Then press ctrl+X […]