6000+ truetype fonts for Linux

2010-05-13 1 min read Linux

Found a huge collection of fonts for linux. These are true type fonts and really a huge collection.

<a href="http://thelinuxbox.org/downloads/fonts/fonts.tar.gz">get here

updated: Forgot to mention that you can update the font cache without restarting the font server by executing the below command:

fc-cache -fv

Removing duplicate RPMS.

2010-05-12 1 min read Linux

Got the script mainly with google search on the <a href="http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Fedora/2006-12/msg04156.html">link.

Nice trick..

Get the list of rpms with just the names
rpm -qa –queryformat &#8217;%{name}\n&#8217; > pkglist

Get the non-uniques list.
sort -g pkglist | uniq -d > duplicates

Get the versions of the duplicate files:
for pkg in `cat duplicates`; do
rpm -q $pkg » removelist
done

Now keep the rpms that you want to delete in the removelist

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vi – the powerful Linux/Unix text editor

2010-05-12 1 min read Linux Vim Tips

We will talk about some vi stuff today:

Some fun first–>
1) <a href="http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=664">http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=664
2) help 42

Ok, coming to serious things-
References:
3) Linux cheat sheet:
<a href="http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi2.html">http://www.lagmonster.org/docs/vi2.html
4) <a href="http://www.venukb.com/2007/01/28/vivim-graphical-cheat-sheet/">http://www.venukb.com/2007/01/28/vivim-graphical-cheat-sheet/
5) <a href="http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html#commands">http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/Tutor/vi.html#commands

Commands and tips:
6) Something that is difficult to find on the net is : how to create a numbered list in vi/vim? Simple, we will use macro's
To do this:
a> type number and terminatory ex: 1)
b> start recording using qa  . This will record the macro in a.
c> yank the line with yy
d> goto next line
e> press a to increment the number
f> End the macro recording with q
g> Play the macro with numner of times to repeat the actions. Example press 11@a
7) For repeating the last command you can use
8) You can put your vim settings in ~/vimrc and this can containg things like "set nu" and any other configuration.
9) Adding date in vi : :r! date
10) There is a variant of vi known as elvis which is quite nice
11) Similarly for viewing binary file there is a variant called bvi

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Firefox 4.0 mockups for LInux/Windows and Mac

2010-05-11 1 min read Firefox
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/3.7_and_4.0_Theme_and_UI_Revamp
The link above will take you to the Mozilla wiki for the UI and theme mockups for the Firefox 4.0 release. Quite interesting but what I did not like is that the Linux mockup looks more like chrome. Not sure why mozilla would want to do that 🙂
  • Tabs-on-top: Defaut tabs to top of UI.
  • Hiding the Menu Bar: Hide the menu bar and add Page and Tools buttons.

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75% of Linux code now written by paid developers

2010-05-06 1 min read Linux

<a href="http://apcmag.com/linux-now-75-corporate.htm">75% of Linux code now written by paid developers:

Oh well, and who is gaining… 🙂

Linux Contractor Fired for Using Firefox/Linux

2010-05-03 0 min read Linux
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This is a complicated story but one that must be told. I&#8217;m not sure there is anything that can be done about it except rage at the moon…

But it needs to be told none the less.

Did I mention it gets complicated? It does, but it does so for a reason. Let&#8217;s introduce the starting lineup.

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AndreaMosiac.. The way to create a mosaic.

2010-04-30 1 min read Linux

<a href="http://www.andreaplanet.com/andreamosaic/download/" target="_blank">Download from here, AndreaMosaic. It us cinoketekt free for personal use and does just what the name says, creates mosaic. I tried this on Linux and was flawless with wine. Good show 🙂

Here&#8217;s how to use it:

Start AndreaMosaic

<img class="size-full wp-image-657" title="andreamosaic" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot-andreamosaic2.jpg" alt="andreamosaic" width="585" height="477" /><div class="zemanta-pixie">and select your base file by clicking on the &#8221;+&#8221;:<img class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/pixy.gif" alt="" />

<div class="zemanta-pixie">

<img class="size-full wp-image-658" title="andreamosaic" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/screenshot-andreamosaic.jpg" alt="Base image" width="585" height="477" />

<div class="zemanta-pixie">And now select the images that would tile to give you the base image. Click on select tiles: <div class="zemanta-pixie"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-659" title="tiles" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/tiles.jpg" alt="tiles" width="602" height="452" /> <div class="zemanta-pixie"> <div class="zemanta-pixie">To start off, click on ok and then create mosaic on the initial window and you get your first mosaic. Here&#8217;s an example: <div class="zemanta-pixie"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-660" title="mosaic" src="http://blog.amit-agarwal.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/mosaic.jpg" alt="mosaic" width="450" height="319" /> <div class="zemanta-pixie"> <div class="zemanta-pixie">There are various settings you can tweak to get different effects, so enjoy 🙂

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