Videos in Chrome
To watch videos directly from Google Chromium, just install the gecko-mediaplayer plugin: sudo pacman -S gecko-mediaplayer
Shell Script - block comment
In Shell script, we can comment line by line using #. It works similarly to // in C++ and identically to # in Python: # Commented line 1 # Commented line 2 Code # Half commented …
Sync iPhone and Google
I used to sync my iPhone through iTunes, but that’s not good. First, because I don’t like iTunes, second, because it doesn’t run natively here; wine and VMs are just workarounds.
Email Change
I decided to change my email accounts from Gmail and Hotmail to a simpler Gmail account with addresses on my own domain (<juliobs.com>). Importing all contacts is a simple task, …
Printing: CUPS
CUPS is an open-source printing system maintained by Apple and is probably the simplest for Unix-like systems. With CUPS, adding and sharing printers over the network becomes a …
Recover Grub
I installed Windows 7 on my old laptop, which already had Ubuntu installed. As expected, I lost the boot manager (Grub2). Boot from an Ubuntu live CD. In a previous post I …
Ubuntu Live USB
I bought a Vantec NexStar CX case to use a 2.5" HDD as an external drive. Since the HDD has plenty of space and I always need a Linux Live CD to fix something, I decided to install …
Microsoft Keyboard
Keyboard I bought a wireless keyboard Microsoft 6000 v3.0, which has several multimedia keys and follows the British standard layout. Getting used to the UK layout is not a big …
