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. […]
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 […]
Dhcp client configuration to change the default DNS servers to Open DNS The DNS servers of my ISP is always behaving erratically. The DNS look up times are abysmally large and some times I get an address not found error while browsing. On ubuntu/debian systems the DNS servers are specified in /etc/resolv.conf. I tried to […]
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. […]
Setting up DNS When it comes to DNS setup Debian doesn’t differ from other distributions. You can add hostname and IP addresses to the file /etc/hosts for static lokups. To cause your machine to consult with a particular server for name lookups you simply add their addresses to /etc/resolv.conf. For example a machine which should […]
How to recover gnome-panel i Was new to ubuntu .i was did something the tool bar was gone . i was search and search finally found on bing gave me the answe Reseting Gnome Settings If your gnome-panel corrupt , Application Menu, Places Menu and System Menu and some other menu items will disappear. How […]
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 […]
How to Share Files quickly in Ubuntu Some time we need to share files to other systems in our computer center quickly with out any tools in hand. If you have a python installation in your system, file sharing is very simple by implementing a little http server, using a single line command. Suppose If […]
If you are a Network Administrator some time you need to assign more than ONE ip address (second ipaddress) to your network card of Ubuntu machine. For this you need to edit the /etc/network/interfaces file by adding the following lines . See the example below and make change according to your ip address settings #vi […]