My Technical Notes

How do I disable desktop icons for “Computer,” “Home,” and “Trash?”

If you do not want your desktop cluttered with the default icons for “Computer,” “Home,” and “Trash,” you can disable any or all of them. To do this, launch Applications > System Tools > Configuration Editor (gconf-editor from the command line), and go to the [...]

How do I upgrade from gnome2-lite to the full GNOME 2.28 desktop?

The Lite edition does not include all of the components of the standard GNOME 2.28 desktop. If you wish to install the full desktop, first remove the gnome2-lite package, then install the gnome2 port or package. For example:

root@kartook# pkg_delete gnome2-lite

Then one of the following:

root@kartook# [...]

How do I remove www from all my urls so that search engine can only rank domain.com/ urls under Linux Apache web server?

Add following code to your .htaccess or httpd.conf (directory directive) file:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.yourdomain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

If you added directives to httpd.conf, restart Apache:

# service httpd restart

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Practical Extraction and Report Language or Perl can be installed using FreeBSD ports or binary package system. Perl is a language optimized for scanning arbitrary text files, extracting information from those text files, and printing reports based on that information. It’s also a good language for many [...]

The splash screen is shown when you boot up ubuntu. You can stop showing it and display lot of details about your boot process as below.
Run gedit in sudo  mode and edit the file /etc/default/grub
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Locate the line that shows the following

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”
Remove quiet and splash

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=””
Then save and close out of your editor

Run the [...]

How to display My Computer icon in Desktop (Linux, Ubuntu)

1. Press Alt+F2
2. Run gconf-editor.
3. Go to Applications -> Nautilus -> Desktop and then check the box computer_icon_visible.

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