Dropbox is a great application which syncs data across different computers and devices. This makes Dropbox ideal for syncing important, & often sensitive, information across devices. Saving sensitive information on cloud makes me feel uncomfortable and cranky. This is log of softwares/apps required for encrypting data. Explicit goals are:
Data should never be saved to disk unencrypted.
Encrypted data should be readable,...
xpdf & X resource
Aug 7, 2011
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Tested on: Ubuntu 11.04
xpdf man page is not very detailed in terms of possible values for X resource file. Following are the places where xpdf settings can be specified:
Ubuntu X resource file: ~/.Xresources The exact files being read can be found by looking into /etc/gdm/Xsession. My settings in ~/.Xresources
# xpdf settings
xpdf.geometry: 1280x1024
xpdf.initialZoom:...
TeamViewer: Unattended auto-start in Ubuntu
Aug 4, 2011
Tested on: Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
This is log of the steps to setup TeamViewer on Ubuntu on my laptop, so that I can access my laptop from any other computer, without any user interaction on my laptop's end. More importantly, TeamViewer should be started on each reboot automatically & should not interfere with user normal task(s).
Precisely its an effort to mimic TeamViewer on windows, where it can be used to remotely...
Quotes
Jul 19, 2011
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Quotes I liked. Source: Internet & people in and around planet earth.
If you expect the world to be fair with you because you are fair with them, it is like expecting a lion not to eat you because you don't eat lion. - Internet
PhD: Permanent head Damage - Anonymous graduate student
If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think he/she is a fool. Rather realise...
CVS cheatsheet
Jul 15, 2011
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Tested on: CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
There are many other CVS cheatsheets & books on the web. This is my version, which is intended to grow with time but will be less verbose (might not be good for beginners).
Update current working directory with prune & build directories
cvs update -P -d
Difference between current version & latest repository version:
cvs...
Infrequent Linux commands
Jul 15, 2011
Tested with mainly Ubuntu-based distributions. List of Linux commands which are useful but not frequently used. See online or local man pages for details.
System Information
uname -a # Details of kernel, processor, machine, OS
cat /proc/version # Detailed kernel version. More details about /proc.
cat /etc/*-release # See details of distribution
lsb_release -a ...
Font & old emacs
Jul 11, 2011
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Tested on: CentOS release 5.6 (Final)
The newer version of emacs (23.x) has a nice option in menu to change the default font. But the older emacs (21.4.1) does not have these options. The older (& stable) versions of emacs are generally shipped with centos. Here are steps for changing the default fonts in emacs 21.4.1
Option 1 (for current sessions only)
Open emacs.
Left-click...
AUCTeX on windows
May 13, 2011
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It’s a little tricky to get AUCTeX working on windows, specially the preview feature working. Following steps helped me.
Install MikTeX.
Install Ghostscript & GSview.
Install Emacs & AUCTeX from here.
Add to system PATH the location of gsview32c.exe. (Required for LaTeX-preview). Restart the system (Did not work without restart for me)
Add following lines...
Gcal with time in Rainmeter
Jan 18, 2011
I have been using Rainmeter for some time & have started liking it. But the default Google Calendar reader do not show any information about starting time and ending time of the events. So I modified the default .ini file according to my needs. The difference can be seen in attached pictures. Notice the time in 3rd row from last....
Matlab Font(s) - Windows
Jan 14, 2011
I do not find Matlab default font to be soothing to eyes, specially the fonts in figure windows. See more about fonts here. So, here are the instructions to change the fonts in matlab. Make sure that you have installed the font of your choice.
For editor, main window, GUINavigate to File->Preference. Select "Fonts" in the left panel. Then follow the instructions over there. You can also check the 'Custom' tab for advanced...
Programmer's fonts comparison
Jan 1, 2011
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In my opinion every programmer should be very selective about fonts, as bad fonts can not only decrease efficiency but also bless you with eye problems and headaches. Here is my own comparison of fonts. You can also find other font comparisons on many websites or just google 'programmer...
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