I love to use terminal / console, figured that it is more efficient at most of the times, even when I was listening to music. Music On Console (MOC) is one of the programs that I use.
Tag archives: linux
ASCII Quarium
Make the console a fun place while idle! This is a perl script made by RoboBunny.
Changing text encoding with Vim
A lot of subtitles in Chinese language are encoded with GB2312 or sometimes Code Page 936 (CP936, aka gbk), are generated under Windows. This brings problems in many Linux based multimedia players.
Access Control List on Linux filesystem
The Access Control List (ACL) provides an extended set of permissions on files and directories, there are 2 commands available to use: setfacl, getfacl. Consult man page for complete manual.
Small Makefile script for making daily course notes on LaTeX
I have a habit of making daily course notes using (Probably not the most suitable way for you readers). By using this Makefile script I can automatically generate date based file, and avoiding overriding the current date notes.
Installing Bumblebee on Fedora for Lenovo Y510P
Previously I wrote down the article Installing Fedora on Lenovo Y510P, today I am going to write down my steps on installing bumblebee and using intel driver by default.
A few system monitoring tools under Linux
Under Linux, you can use ldd to find out an executable’s library dependency, you can use top to find out the current processes and their relevant information. In this article, some third party software will be introduced for easier management under terminal session.
FTP Downloading under wine
FTPRush is a powerful FTP transfer tool under Windows. It can also run under wine in Linux.
Installing Fedora on Lenovo Y510p
I bought a brand new Lenovo Y510p 2 months back, and it arrived 2 days ago (what a speed!). Yesterday evening I finally got a chance to install Linux onto my baby. I have to say that wasn’t an easy job. Here are the steps that I did last night.
Using Mutt as Email client
I’ve always fascinated with my professor Jim Diamond’s email client, and how it interacts with his zsh. Start from today, I am going to change my main email client from Thunderbird to Mutt too. Here is a small piece of snippet that I put into my ~/.mutt configuration. You may follow my steps and copy …