Archive for the “GNU/Linux” category
Batch resize/rotate photos in Nautilus
by Nazly on April 17, 2010
It came as quite a surprise when I figured out that Nautilus, the file manager for the GNOME desktop actually had an extension to resize/rotate photos. I don’t do much post editing after taking photos. If any editing is required, (…)
CHMOD recursively
by Nazly on September 29, 2008
Time to time I come across this problem when I have to move large portions of directories and files from one location to another. Mostly after extracting from tar archives. The directory/file permissions are often messed up depending on the (…)
My new ASUS X51R laptop and Ubuntu 8.04
by Nazly on June 21, 2008
After giving up my IBM Thinkpad laptop sometime back, I got used to working on Desktops for a while. But it didn't help me a great deal in organizing things when shifting my work from home to office and vice (…)
UNIX Cheat Sheet
by Nazly on March 25, 2008
Here is a comprehensive document that has a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which can be very useful in our day to day work. UNIX Toolbox This document is a collection of Unix/Linux/BSD commands and tasks which are useful (…)
Installing FFMPEG and FFMPEG-PHP on CentOS
by Nazly on August 30, 2007
Last few weeks couple of my colleagues were working on a website that required converting videos to FLV format which is much similar to what youtube does. Inorder to do this they were using ffmpeg which does all the video (…)
babytux digest
by Nazly on July 6, 2006
The pilot issue of the babytux digest was launched yesterday. It features some great articles by local and international FOSS community. Hats off to the team. Expecting more in the future..
Switch to Ubuntu
by Nazly on April 26, 2006
About 3 weeks back I successfully made a switch over to Linux Desktop and my pick was Ubuntu 5.10 (Breezy Badger). I would love to share few things in this step I took coz I feel it might help you (…)
Ubuntu 6.06 BETA
by Nazly on April 24, 2006
Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) BETA has been released. This Beta Release has introduced the new Desktop CD, which can be used both to try Ubuntu 'live' and to install the system. Installation can be perfomed using the new graphical installer (…)
The Magic Word – Ubuntu
by Nazly on April 16, 2006
Finally, finally I have broken the spell of 'M$ Desktop' with the magic word Ubuntu. Ubuntu with a strong motive 'Linux for Human Beings' has been quite popular for being the perfect distro for a Linux Desktop. As you all (…)
Finding missing pieces
by Nazly on April 2, 2006
I'm currently following the Unix/Linux Fundamentals, Network & Systems Administration Course at the UCSC (University of Colombo School of Computing). My Linux knowledge is like a jigzaw puzzle as I know quite a bit here and there but with a (…)
