58 Cool Hacks - LXF Wiki. From LXF Wiki (Originally written for Linux Format issue 58, October 2004) Increase your guru points and apply these cunning hacks to boost performance, secure your system and increase productivity - or fun!
One of the great things about Linux is that there's usually more than one way to do something. Chances are, the way you are doing a particular task right now isn't necessarily the best way either. This collection of hacks is the result of a lot of effort: some are functional, some are fun, but they are all cool! DISCLAIMER: Obviously, anything you do to your computer is your responsibility, and while we have made every effort to test these hacks, your mileage may vary. Fix a wonky terminal Difficulty: Easy Application: bash We've all done it - accidentally used less or cat to list a file, and ended up viewing binary instead. Reset and all will be well again. Creating Mozilla keywords Difficulty: Easy Application: Firefox/Mozilla Running multiple X sessions Difficulty: Easy Application: X . The search engine for Linux rpm and Debian packages - RPM Package List apache2. Welcome - Compiz Fusion Wiki. Interactive Linux kernel map.
VnStat - network traffic monitor for Linux. TrueCrypt - Free Open-Source On-The-Fly Disk Encryption Software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux. SMSTerm. SED and Regular Expressions. PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB drives. Join Movie Clips together. If you've ever needed to join film clips (avi,wma,mpg,divx,xvid) without having to install an expensive editing program, then mencoder may just do what you want.
It's a free media encoder, part of the free media player mplayer, and best of all it makes joining film clips together a breeze. One of the great features of mencoder is that as long as the clips are encoded the same, then it can join them very quickly without having to re-encode all the files. This means you won't loose any quality with the joined copy, nor will you have to learn what complex encoder settings to use. Getting Mencoder You need to go to the mplayer site and download the latest version. If you only want to use it temporarily to join some files, then you might as well extract the files to your temp folder. Because we are just going to be joining clips together without re-encoding them, you don't need to bother downloading any codecs as you won't need them.
Joining the video clips together cd c:\temp\mplayer. Dockapps.org. Vi Lovers Home Page. "The Vi Lovers Home Page ... this makes a great starting point.
" (Learning the vi Editor, 6th Edition, O'Reilly, page 300) Contents IntroductionThe authorShould I use Vi? Vi versionsVi pages/manuals/tutorialsVi FAQsVi FTP sitesVi macrosVi...Other Introduction Vi (pronounce: "vee eye", not "six", not "vye") is an editor. Although other stories exist, the true one tells that Vi was originally written by Bill Joy in 1976. People got attached to Vi, and eventually it got included in System V. The Vi Lovers Home Page has links to the latest version of different Vi implementations.
The author (of this page) My name is Thomer M. Seder's grab bag: A resource for SED tutorials and scripts. Linux Test Tool Matrix. Linux Test Tools The purpose of this Linux Test Tools Table is to provide the open-source community with a comprehensive list of tools commonly used for testing the various components of Linux.
My hope is that the community will embrace and contribute to this list making it a valuable addition to the Linux Test Project. Please feel free to send additions, updates or suggestions to Jeff Martin. Last update:07/12/06 Cluster Code Coverage AnalysisDatabaseDebugDefect TrackingDesktop/GUI LibrariesEvent LoggingFilesystemsHarnessesI/O & StorageKernel System CallsNetworkNetwork SecurityOtherPerformanceScalabilitySchedulerSCSI HardeningSecurityStandardsStream Controlled Transmission ProtocolSystem ManagementThreadsUSBVersion ControlVMMWeb Server.