Seven Post-Install Tips for Ubuntu 7.04
So, you've just installed Ubuntu 7.04, otherwise known as the "Feisty Fawn" release of everyone's favorite (for now) flavor of Linux. You booted the installation disc, looked around the test environment to discover that your hardware was working, and double-clicked the Install icon on the desktop. The Ubuntu installer helped you make room for Linux on your hard drive, and even copied over some of your documents and settings from Windows. Half an hour ago, you had only Windows on your PC, but now you have a choice at boot time, and a whole new world to explore. Congratulations! But wait--before you dive in too deeply, here are seven steps you can take right away to prevent common headaches and help yourself enjoy your new surroundings. 1. U.S. users may notice before too long that the right-hand Alt key on their keyboard doesn't work in Ubuntu. To get the right Alt key to behave like the left Alt key, select System, Preferences, Keyboard. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list 7.
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Speaking UNIX: More shell scripting techniques
Like other UNIX operating systems and Linux, the IBM AIX operating system has several powerful tools that arm systems administrators, developers, and users to tackle day-to-day tasks and to simplify their or their customers' business and life. One such tool in UNIX is the ability to write shell scripts to automate tasks, simplifying difficult or long and tedious jobs. Although some who have worked on UNIX for a couple of years have dabbled in shell scripting, they are still most likely learning the ins and outs of the operating system and haven't yet mastered scripting. This article provides tips to those wanting to learn more about shell scripting and how to begin writing more advanced scripts. It provides basic fundamentals of programming in general, including how to simplify the script, how to keep the script as flexible as possible, how to write a clean script, documenting inside the script, and debugging the script. Keep it simple Listing 1. #! This script looks awful! Listing 2. #! #!
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Gems of Python - Die in a Fire - Eric Florenzano&s Blog
I've been using Python for a few years now, and continue to love it. But the language is large enough that it seems every project that I look at uses a different subset of the language's features. The nice thing is that by reading different people's code, you can find out about some real gems in the Python programming language. Some of these tips are extremely obvious, and some are more obscure. In any case, here are what I consider to be some real gems: filter This is one of Python's built-in functions, which allows you to remove unwanted items from a list. >>> lst = [ '1' , '2' , '3' , '4' , 'asdf' , '5' ] >>> def is_int_string (i): ... try : ... int (i) ... return True ... except ValueError : ... return False ... >>> int_string_list = filter (is_int_string, lst) >>> int_string_list ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5'] But there is a really neat filter shortcut, too. >>> lst = [ 0 , 2 , '' , 'asdf' , None , [], (), 'fdsa' ] >>> filter ( None , lst) [2, 'asdf', 'fdsa'] Much better, isn't it?
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Book Excerpt: Some Productive Ubuntu Kung Fu
If you use KDE, you can easily outdo tip #1 with a simple shell script, a K menu entry, and a keyboard shortcut. Save the following script to a directory in your path as gsearch: #! if ! printf 'klipper must be running to use gsearch\n' >&2 exit 1 fi query=$(dcop —user $USER klipper klipper getClipboardContents | tr ' ' '+') kstart —window '. Then add a K menu entry for it and give it a keyboard shortcut, such as Ctrl+Shift+G. Now you can search Google for any terms you highlight/copy to the clipboard and see the results pop up in a Firefox tab.
