Linux

Last time when I plugged in my external hard drive (via USB) I couldn't write anything on it. The external hard drive is read only (it was mounted in read only mode). So I checked my operating system, actually packages. Then I found that I need...

Sometimes I want to send large files directly from one PC to another without uploading them to any server. So I started to find a solution. I had three conditions: 1. The service should support directly sending files without uploading to any...

My Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't have classic screensaver. I noticed that developers removed it from compilation. There is only gnome-screensaver but I don't know how to configure/use it. I decided to install screensaver in Ubuntu 12.04. So first you have...

Last five or six times I installed Ubuntu I noticed that Emerald Theme Manager didn't work at all or didn't work properly. I started reading internet to find solution and I found out that the best method is compile the source code. So in order...

When I installed Ubuntu 12.04 last time I noticed that shortcut OPEN IN TERMINAL in context menu suddenly disappeared. It is very useful shortcut especially when you want to open terminal in folder which is located very deep in directory tree. So...

As you know the jpg files made by digital camera very often are large size. If you want easily to optimize jpeg files in Ubuntu terminal, you should install jpegoptim application: sudo apt-get install jpegoptim Usage this app is very simple. Copy...