August, 2009

Browser / General / Hacks — No Comments
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Aug 09

How to delete about:config entries in Firefox ?

Sometimes you mistype preference name or simply wants to delete any value in about:config. There is no option to delete when you right click inside about:config entries. So to delete an entry, right-click it and select Reset. Then, restart Firefox. If the value you chose was originally part of the browser, it will go back to its default value. If the value was added by you, it will be deleted next time you start Firefox.

Another method is to look for prefs.js file in firefox profile directory. Before you edit that file, exit the firefox. Then open the file with text editor. Search for the entry you want to delete. When you find it, delete the line. Save the changes made to file, exit the text editor. Now you can start the firefox, and check the about:config entries.

General / Hacks / System / Windows — No Comments
30
Aug 09

How to Clear Pagefile On Shutdown ?

In Windows XP, there is option in the registry that let’s you clear the pagefile at shutdown. Follow the steps shown below to clear page file on shutdown:

1. Go to Run > type “Regedit” (without quotes)

2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

3. Select ClearPageFileAtShutdown entry.

4. Right click on it and select Modify.

5. Change the value to 1 to enable.

6. Reboot your computer.

After this modification of registry value, windows will take some time before shutting down your computer.

General / Linux / System — No Comments
29
Aug 09

How to install new theme in Kubuntu ?

You can download KDE themes from here.

Click Kmenu – Run command – type: kcontrol – Appearance & Themes – Theme Manager – Install New Theme button.

If it’s a colour scheme, you can import it using..

Appearance > Colors > Import Scheme.

General / Linux / Software — No Comments
28
Aug 09

How to install new icon theme in ubuntu ?

I assume you’ve downloaded theme from gnome-look or other site. If not, you’ve to download new theme from gnome-look site.

To install a new icon theme,download the Icon theme tarball. Enter the following command in terminal.

cp tarball.tar.gz /home/username/.icons
cd /home/username/.icons
tar xfz tarball.tar.gz

Goto Computer > Desktop Preferences > Themes to change to the new Icon theme.

If you do not have a .icons directory then you’ve to create one. Use the command shown below.

mkdir -p /home/username/.icons

General / Linux / Software / System / Windows — No Comments
27
Aug 09

How to access Linux partitions from windows?

If you dual boot windows with Linux then chances are there that you want to share data between two OS’s. In such case it is hard to access Linux data from windows as windows explorer don’t let you view Linux filesystem. You can use the software mentioned below to access the Linux partitions.

Ext2 Installable File System For Windows

This software gives you access to the Linux file system as it installs kernel mode driver ext2fs.sys. This extends windows capability to access ext2fs file system. With this you’ve access to ext2 and ext3 file systems. It is available as free software.

Diskinternals Linux reader

Linux reader looks and behave like windows explorer and let’s you access Linux file system. It can access ext2, ext3 file systems.

rfsd: ReiserDriver

Reiserdriver is file system driver which installs into windows. And it gives access to Linux file system and it appears that those partitions as additional to windows.

Explore2fs

It looks more like GUI of windows explorer. It runs with almost every version of windows and can read ext2 and ext3 file systems.

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