Posting source code
Wordpress Before migrating to Octopress, I used Wordpress. Many times I needed to post snippets of source code, it’s quite simple, just type: [ sourcecode language="cpp" ]…[ …
Flash 10 64-bit and Pulseaudio
Today I opened an online radio via flash and the sound was coming out of the speakers of my notebook, when I thought that after configuring ALSA to use Pulseaudio the sound should …
Acer Keyboard
The keyboard of my Acer AS3810T-6376 is in the American standard layout. In most desktop environments, it is easy to configure the keyboard, but in Awesome you must do it manually. …
Share Internet via Ad-Hoc
On Computer 1, connected to the internet via cable: # ifconfig wlan0 down # iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-Hoc # ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.1 up # iwconfig wlan0 essid rede # iwconfig wlan0 …
Problem with alsa at boot
After updating the kernel, I noticed that during boot the following error message appeared: > Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Intel Cantiga HDMI" "HDA:10ec0869 (…)" > Hardware is …
Remote Videos
I went to watch a movie that I had downloaded on an external hard drive connected to my older notebook. Usually, I connect this hard drive directly to the TV, but this time I …
Discover and Change Resolution
Discovering the current resolution xdpyinfo | grep 'dimensions:' or xrandr | grep '*' Changing the resolution Without any configuration, my Awesome assigned bad resolutions to the …
Split FLAC+cue
Sometimes I come across CDs that have been ripped into a single FLAC file. Players like Foobar2000 list the tracks separately from the cue file. However, unfortunately, MPD does …
Install Windows 7 via USB
Even though I am a Linux user, I often need to install Windows on some computer. My university provides me access to Microsoft software through the MSDN. There I can download a …