Monthly Archives: June 2010
How to disable login sound in Ubuntu
Many times I have felt the sound clip played while login to Ubuntu desktop is unwarranted. I am not interested in this login sound, which makes my kids to come to me and start doing all possible things to prevent … Continue reading
WordPress: Assigning Category to Pages using custom field and listing pages in a category
WordPress 3.0 has been launched. To celebrate this I was making some improvement in my web site. Before this release, some times back I had a specific requirement. My requirement was classifying the pages in to categories similar to posts; i.e., … Continue reading
Application: Desktop recorder software for Ubuntu and uploading to YouTube
Desktop recorder software is highly useful in teaching, tutorial and knowledge sharing side. That too in Open Source communities, the video tutorials are famous through YouTube. You can also make your own desktop recorded video tutorial using gtk-recordMyDesktop software in … Continue reading
How to safely remove ubuntu in dual boot installation
It is not uncommon to see dual boot installation featuring Ubuntu and Windows. I have seen many of my friends try to install Ubuntu in a partition keeping the Windows installation not disturbed. Now a days I suggest them to … Continue reading
Solving “google: error: no such option: –album” error by googlecl
Google has introduced googlecl, the command line tools to access important Google services. The major one missed out is GMail. Let’s see more on next post. This post is to clear an error due to mistake in googlecl home page. … Continue reading
How to get rid of “Enter password to unlock your login keyring” prompt in Ubuntu
Ubuntu uses Centralized password management tool called Seahorse. This tool is a front end GUI to GNOME’s keyring management system. In simple this tool stores all passwords with a master password which is normally same as login password. This tool … Continue reading
How to run DOS games on Ubuntu
Many of us would have not forgotten the good old days of DOS. We use to play a lot while learning BASIC and Foxpro kind of stuff. Here is a way to play those DOS games in Ubuntu also. You … Continue reading
YouTube introduces Cloud Video Editor
YouTube has introduced Online Video Editor. Google announced this today. Though already a few video editors I have seen online, this one is damn simple to use and integrated with YouTube. But downside is, it is not just a standalone … Continue reading
How to change background color to transparent in GIMP
This is a small How-To on changing the background color of a image to transparent using open source GIMP Image editing application. The idea is to add alpha channel, select by color and cut it. Let me put it in … Continue reading
Google Chrome Wallpaper?
I have created a Google Chrome Wallpaper using GIMP. Click the below thumbnail to view it. It is just my attempt to bring Google Chrome mood in my wallpaper. All appreciation and contempt are welcome 
Download the wallpaper (1680×1051 … Continue reading
How to solve “This webpage has a redirect loop” error in Google Chrome
Today I faced a problem with Google Chrome (5.0.375.70). When I try to login Gmail, I got the error of This webpage has a redirect loop error instead of GMail Login or Inbox. It also suggested to clear the Clearing … Continue reading
English to Spanish dictionary in Ubuntu (and also English to Hindi)
Ubuntu is having powerful applications in the default installation. Dictionary is one such. You can find Dictionary application in Ubuntu main menu -> Applications -> Office -> Dictionary. This application needs internet connection since it fetches data from dict.org server. … Continue reading
Calculating time taken by your program to run in linux
This is a simple tips for some one who does not have UNIX background. It is easy to calculate time taken by a command, script or application to finish running in shell. The command is called time. It displays the … Continue reading
How to find Ubuntu Version number
Ubuntu release cycle is once in 6 months and Long Term Support (LTS) release is once in 2 years. Ubuntu follows version number in the format of YY.MM (i.e.: Year.Month). Here are two ways to find the your Ubuntu installation’s … Continue reading
How to recover files from lost+found after fsck in linux (How I did it in Ubuntu)
Yesterday, My Ubuntu 10.04 was not able to boot, displaying “Continue to wait; Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery” due to file system error in / and /home partitions. I went ahead with Recovery boot option … Continue reading
