2008-07-24

Using Adobe Flash and other 32-bit applications on 64-bit Linux

Lazy Linux: 10 essential tricks for admins

Featuring:

  • Unmounting the unresponsive DVD drive (fuser);
  • Getting your screen back when it's hosed (reset);
  • Collaboration with screen;
  • Getting back the root password (booting up in single-user mode);
  • SSH back door;
  • Remote VNC session through an SSH tunnel;
  • Checking your bandwidth (iperf);
  • Command-line scripting and utilities (for loops, pipes);
  • Spying on the console (cat /dev/vcsX);
  • Random system information collection;


(From Linux.com)

2008-07-16

Improve system performance by moving your log files to RAM

aria2

"If you’re a frequent downloader and comfortable on the command line, then you need to try out aria2. aria2 is a cross platform download utility, similar to graphical download managers except that it uses less system resources."

2008-07-09

Five Free & Phenomenal Vista Utilities


  • Launchy: a simple and easy to use start-up/launching application;
  • TweakVI Basic: an automated window resizer;
  • Sizer: allows you to tweak settings both available and hidden throughout Windows Vista's GUI;
  • Vispa: similar to Sizer, but with much more options and versatility;
  • AllSnap: an applet that provides a big convenience in how your desktop windows sit next to each other and the edges of the screen.

Flower Travellin' Band

Flower Travellin' Band are an influential Japanese psychedelic rock/ heavy metal outfit that was first active in the late 1960s and early 1970s...

Eric Clapton backing tracks

Sometimes you need to go from top level http://jammer.net.ru/mpjam_blues.html

(from Slowhand Blues Guitar forum)

2008-07-08

2008-07-07

SwingBuilder

Java SwingBuilder is an implementation of a Java Builder geared towards building UI interfaces using Java Swing.


Plugins for using it in EasyEclipse:


(from DZone.com)