Scheduling a command on boot it’s easy and it can be done with different ways. One, with cronjobs and second, with the rc.local file (/etc/rc.local). Third, by putting your own script in /etc/init.d/. Fow now I’ll take the easy way to do it, the one with the rc.local. Requirements: sSMTP Mutt email client Implementation Open […]
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Send email from Linux Terminal – How to install and use mutt terminal email client
Mutt is a sophisticated email client for linux terminal. It supports MIME, GPG, PGP and threading. In this tutorial I wont expand to report full use of the software because the whole point is to show you how to setup a basic but promising email notification system for your servers, so you can customize it […]
VLSub plugin for VLC media player – how to install and use – ubuntu 11.10 (unity)
VLSub is a VLC media player extension for search and download subtitles for your movies from opensubtitles.com. Automatically. The search is based on Video hash and IMDB ID of the movie. Supports 49 languages! Tested with Ubuntu 11.10 and vlc 2.0.0 and found Stable. Vlc 1.1.xx is also compatible and stable as far as i […]
How to install PDO sqlite3 on Ubuntu
SQlite is a serverless Relational Database Management System. In plain words, it’s an SQL database without the need of running an SQL server. From my experience it’s not included in LAMP stack, so you have to install it by yourself. 1. Install php5-sqlite via apt …
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$ sudo apt-get install php5-sqlite |
If SQLite is installed but the PHP driver is […]
How to install OpenShot Blender and Inkscape
OpenShot Video Editor is a free, open-source video editor for Linux licensed under the GPL version 3.0. OpenShot can take your videos, photos, and music files and help you create the film you have always dreamed of. Easily add sub-titles, transitions, and effects, and then export your film to DVD, YouTube, Vimeo, Xbox 360, and […]
Ripping with dvdrip in cluster mode. Ubuntu 11.10
Ripping with dvdrip in cluster mode. This is implemented with ubuntu 11.10 but it can be done with other distros too. You need two or more computers requiring at least one to have installed GUI. Install the packages of the master node (The master node MUST have GUI installed!).
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$ sudo apt-get install dvdrip nfs-kernel-server libdvdread4 dvdbackup $ sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh |
We don’t require from the […]
How to Restart ALSA
Restarting ALSA is extremely simple. Follow these steps: Open a terminal. (Ctrl+T) Enter your password at the prompt.
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sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils start |