How to install .bin File in Linux

This type of files you can install the by using CHMOD command to convert it to executable: chmod +x file.bin And then  run the file  normally: ./file.bin Type each command in the terminal or Konsole.

Disable Shift+BackSpace from XGL

This was very annoying. You can always press this by mistake and useful info maybe lost so enter in a konsole or gnome-terminal the code below:  xmodmap -e “keycode 22 = BackSpace BackSpace Terminate_Server” if you have an error by pressing this command just change the ” ” with your keyboard!

Couldn’t run kstartupconfig

The basic problem of this error is that KDE can’t load kstartupconfig because of some configurations in Gnome effected the KDE .You can fix this error by open konsole or gnome-terminal and write chown username.username -R /home/username/ this changes the file owner and group and operate on files and directories recursively which allows you to […]

How to play mp3, mpeg, avi, DVD on Ubuntu

I think i find it very simple because Ubuntu is clearly Open Source. Gnome >System > Administration >Synaptic Package Manager> install all the xine xmms and all the plugins KDE >Start>Add/Remove>install all the xine xmms and all the plugins And run any application like xmms, xine, kaffeine, gxine, vlc media player, Movie Player and more […]

ATI radeon mobility X1600 drivers for Linux :)

When you enter in a konsole the command ‘glxinfo’ check if ‘direct rending : yes ‘ if not continue with the following code: sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf  or sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add these lines at the end of the file: Section “Extensions” Option  “Composite” “Disable” EndSection Section “ServerFlags” Option  “AIGLX” “off” EndSection then continue with […]

How to extract .deb or .rpm in Linux

The best and the easier way to extract .deb files to Linux is to download the alien binary package and convert the .deb file to rpm and make your life easier. download tar -zxvf alien_8.66.tar.gz su root perl MakeIfile.pl make make install alien -r file.deb (extract the .deb file to rpm file) rpm -i file.rpm […]

Using UML in linux :)

Umbrello UML Modeller Umbrello UML Modeller is a Unified Modelling Language diagram programme for KDE. UML allows you to create diagrams of software and other systems in a standard format. Is a standard program with almost all linux OS by default. Umbrello is part of KDE which means it comes with all GNU/Linux distributions. Open […]

Best Program to write CD’s/DVD’s in Linux

K3b is a comfortable CD/DVD writing suite for Linux/KDE. yum install k3b.i386 (recommended) or download Using K3B GUI: Make Audio CD Data DVD Data CD Copy CD/DVD Image file Frendly GUI, very easy to use and work with.

ISO image to CD/DVD

[root@localhost govath]# cdrecord dev=help Now write to disk: [root@localhost govath]# cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=0,1,0 test.iso In this example: -v is verbose -eject ejects the disk when finished -speed specifies write speed (8) -dev is the device number (0,1,0) obtained from cdrecord -scanbus Last is the name of the image being burned (test.iso) Other way: […]

Fedora 7

Fedora 7 Test 3 has been released featuring both GNOME and KDE based live CDs, a prime spin which combines desktop, workstation and server functionality. The merge of Fedora Core and Fedora Extras repositories and infrastructure is in progress. The major components included in this release are GNOME 2.18, KDE 3.5.6 and a 2.6.21rc5 based […]