How to run programs without root password (*dangerous*)
I’m using Unetbootin all the time to write ISOs to my USB Pen drive, and having to enter root password all the time irritates me…
How to find certain files and delete them with a single command
Yesterday, while my Dropbox was updating, it created hundreds of “conflicted files” scatterred around many directories, so I turned to the command line to search them and delete them all at once find . -type f -name “*confli*” -exec rm … Continued
PepperMint OS 4 review
Today I bring you Peppermint OS 4! This is a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS based OS with LXDE desktop environement. It runs on only 120Mbs of RAM and it’s lightning fast!
Graphical Wireless Scanner
LinSSID by wseverin is a very usefull graphical wireless scanner. Among other things it’s very usefull to see if there’s any wireless networks channels interfering with ours.
S.M.A.R.T. reader
Continuing my HDD saga, I’ve found a very useful program to read S.M.A.R.T. values. It’s GSmartControl by Alexander Shaduri.
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