Category Archives: Linux

Easy file sharing with Python SimpleHTTPServer

February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment

An easy way to share files from your computer is to use Python SimpleHTTPServer. You don’t need to know Python programming to use the SimpleHTTPServer, the only requirement is to have Python installed on the machine where the files that needs to be shared are located.Continue reading →

Understanding file permissions and ownership on Linux

January 22, 2012 | 1 Comment

The files on a Linux system can have reading permissions, writing permissions, executing (running) permissions or no permissions for the user that owns that files, groups of users or the rest – users who does not own that files and they are not members of any group.Continue reading →

Take screenshot from command line

June 10, 2011 | No comments

Take a screenshot of your desktop using the SCROT utility. Basic usage is to call the scrot command in a console, but this would take an instant screenshot of the desktop in the current directory. Thus it would be better used along with the “-d” (delay) option in order to have a time buffer to place the desired objects on the desktop.Continue reading →

Fix NetBeans big fonts on Ubuntu

May 28, 2011 | 5 Comments

There is a rather annoying issue related with NetBeans displaying large fonts on Ubuntu for menus and panels. There are some suggestions on Ubuntu forums related with java fonts settings, but there are a couple of better solutions which may improve the way NetBeans looks on Ubuntu when it comes to font size.Continue reading →

Play music from command line

May 21, 2011 | 2 Comments

Although there are a lot of GUI media players out there, it is also possible to listen to your favorite music from the command line. The mpg123 tool allows you to play a song, a playlist or even a stream and has all major features of a GUI media player: control keys, equalizer, replay gain, gapless playback. Continue reading →