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alias

alias is a built-in Linux command that defines shortcuts to longer (sets of) commands. The alias name is in fact a link to another command or command sequence. The Bash shell system wide aliases are set in /etc/bashrc, while users can define their own in ~/.bashrc. $ cat ~/.bashrc # .bashrc # Source global definitions […]

Changing themes in Firefox

Recent Firefox versions (3.6.X) have introduced a new way to install themes. Called ‘personas’, themes can be accessed, previewed and installed at www.getpersonas.com. I’ve recorded a screencast to show you how easy it is to do that. You can find more info at mozillalabs.com/personas.

This is ridiculous

/dev/sda2 99M 57M 37M 61% /boot The above is the output of df -h on my Fedora 12 system. It shows the 100MB /boot partition that I’ve manually created during the installation and I think it should suffice for most of the users. Fedora doesn’t think the same. I had my first issues with the […]

Squirrelmail test script

Those of you that are familiar with Squirrelmail know that it uses a script to perform general checking “to make sure everything works like it should” <- quote from the INSTALL readme file. While I can agree this is actually useful as it can detect errors such as wrong permissions or plugin compatibility issues, I […]