Ubuntu-AutoCAD Alternative: BRL-CAD AutoCAD is one of the most expensive applications, but also indispensable for many types of jobs. Being so expensive, it’s a good reason to look for free alternatives. QCad is one of the alternatives but sometimes it’s just not enough. BRL-CAD is a free, open-source alternative to AutoCAD, developed by the U.S. […]
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How to remove a deb package manually Some times when you install a new deb package, the system will be broken. We may have to remove the package. For this , you can try the following. ( Assuming pidgin is the broken package) # apt-get remove pidgin #dpkg -P pidgin #dpkg -force-all -r pidgin These […]
Google Chrome Extensions Directory A Google Chrome extensions directory has been created, similar to the one for Firefox addons (addons.mozilla.org): http://www.chromeextensions.org/ Each extension has a description and download link and that’s about it. The idea is good, but people probably expect Google to take this into it’s own hands and make it’s own extensions directory. […]
MultiGet is an easy-to-use GUI download manager for ubuntu .It is Look and work like famous windows download manager flashget. It supports resuming downloads, It supports HTTP/FTP protocols . It supports multi-task with multi-thread on multi-server. You can reconfigure the thread number without stopping the current task. MultiGet runs natively on Linux, and it supports […]
FavBackup is a simple solution for you to backup and restore web browser settings and other data on Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000 systems. No installation required Supported Browsers Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 7 Internet Explorer 6 Firefox 3.6 Firefox 3.5 Firefox 3 Firefox 2 Opera 10 Opera 9 Safari 4 Safari 3 Google Chrome 4 Google […]
Here is a collection of many scripts installable from a deb package. Some are very useful, others less but they might come in handy sometime. The scripts included here are: * Auto Thumbnail * Browse as root * Convert image to GIF * Convert image to JPG * Convert image to PNG * Copy to […]
I was facing a problem to login the ESX through winSCP client then i found the solution .. Go to the service console on the physical server & login vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config Change the line that says PermitRootLogin from “no” to “yes” do service sshd restart And my problem was solved… I don’t have any problems […]
The first step in achieving clutter free desktop area is “Hiding icons on desktop”. Gnome provides a way to do that. First open up gconf-editor (Gnome Configuration Editor) by executing following command. gconf-editor Now navigate to /apps/nautilus/preferences and uncheck the tick mark on the option show desktop. As soon as you uncheck the option show […]
To extract a tar.bz2 file, use the command : tar -jxvf filename.tar.bz2 To extract a tar.gz file, the the command : tar -zxvf filename.tar.gz