The Ultimate Guide to Getting Support on Linux-use empathy to login to IRC….

The Ultimate Guide to Getting Support on Linux
Installing Linux has become effortless to the extent that anyone with a little knowledge of computers can get a Linux machine up and running instantly. However, many of them throw in the towel when faced with even the slightest of glitches. The main reason for this is the belief that Linux doesn’t offer any kind of support.

Other problem users face is that the regular technician who repairs their computer refuses even to touch a machine that’s running Linux. So, if you are one of those users disgruntled after encountering a multitude of problems with a fresh Linux install — don’t panic and read on to know some ways in which you could get support for your Linux installation.

vim autocomplete – automagically without tab.

Lets first do the setup in one line. Get my vim script downloader.

Use the script to add the script with script ID : :1879 (vim-autocomplpop) to your list of plugins for vim and you  are done.

If you are using snipmate, then make sure that you read the description of the plugin to add the required lines to the vimrc file to get the full functionality. You would love to type henceforth in your favourite editor. We will talk about more on Intellisense in few days time.. Chao till then.

Introducing /run – what is this directory doing in my root directory?

http://lwn.net/Articles/436012/

There is a suggestion to add /run directory that will be mounted as tmpfs. This directory will be mounted early in the boot process and can be used in various scenario’s. I hope this will improve few things in the linux world.

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Easy ssh configuration with .ssh/config file

If you ssh to many hosts then you are aware of the pain that it takes to ssh with different username and hostname. There is an alias that you can creat with native ssh though. Here I will show you the same with an example.

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      cat <<EOF >>~/.ssh/config<br /> Host <alias><br /> Username <user name><br /> Port <port number><br /> Hostname <hostname>
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You can optionally omit the parameters that you do not require explicitly. For example, if your port number is default then you can simply ignore the parameter.

Mohali Maahol!!!! KRICKET Diplomacy comes of AGE!!!!

Enjoy reading this 🙂

Mohali Maahol+ACEAIQAhACE KRICKET Diplomacy comes of AGE+ACEAIQAhACE Eleven flannelled fools chasing a red ball, with eleven thousand fools cheering them.

Bernard Shaw

This Englishman would have turned aback in his grave+ACEAIQAh By George+ACEAIQAhACE Had he glimpsed the current fervour and crescendo the game has attained. The World Cup which began in an almost staid and lacklustre manner (the Opening Ceremony was quite a damp squib, my thoughts) +IBM slowly but surely reached a state of frenzy with each win for India.

Slackware Linux 13.37 RC 3.1415926535897932384626433832

Slackware released the next version a few days back and guess the complete name : Slackware Linux 13.37 RC 3.1415926535897932384626433832. You must be crazy to tell the complete version to anyone.

Development Release: Slackware Linux 13.37 RC 3.1415926535897932384626433832 More fun with Slackware’s version numbers as Patrick Volkerding announces the latest release candidate for the upcoming Slackware Linux 13.37: +ACI-There have been quite a few changes so we will have one more release candidate: Slackware 13.37 RC 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716. Very close now+ACE But we’ll likely hold out for….

sakura – Reaaly good terminal with very few dependencies.

I was searching for something in the Fedora repos and found a really good terminal, sakura. Its very much like Gnome-terminal. I did not find much difference other than using less memory.

To install:

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and the details of the package:

Name        : sakura

Arch : i686

Version     : 2.3.8

Release     : 1.fc14

Size        : 137 k

Repo        : installed

From repo   : fedora

Summary     : Terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE

URL : http://pleyades.net/david/sakura.php

License     : GPLv2

Description : Sakura is a terminal emulator based on GTK and VTE. It’s a terminal emulator

with few dependencies, so you don’t need a full GNOME desktop installed to

have a decent terminal emulator.

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