Alien is a nice little linux utility that converts .rpm software packages to .deb packages so that you can install software packaged for Red Hat on Debian and Ubuntu, etc. Clever. But for those of us on the lpia architecture (like the dell mini 9) we require those .deb files that Alien spits out to [...]
One of the most powerful/dangerous commands in linux is the “rm” command. It removes the file from the filesystem and whilst with some media formats it is possible to recover an rm’d file in ext3 it is almost impossible to get that file back (without a hexdumper and lots of time on your hands to [...]
These new fangled netbooks that run ubuntu such as the Dell Mini 9 are great. One problem, as mentioned in an earlier post on this blog (see Related Posts) is that when you download an application like skype or adobe flash player that isn’t in the repositories you get a .deb file for linux [...]
The new atom chip has an lpia (low-power intel architecture), sounds great except in ubuntu/debian you get an architecture mismatch if you try and install anything compiled for x86. Take Skype for instance - go to the skype site, download the ubuntu version and the debian package installer just complains that you have the wrong [...]
Often when at the linux terminal I need a long command that I recently tapped out so naturally I use the up/down arrow keys to look through my recently typed in commands. But if I’m searching for a command I used days ago then I’ll be pressing the up/down arrow keys a lot just to [...]
