To make the XFCE application menu pop up when you hit the Windows key add the following application via the keyboard shortcuts and press the Windows key when prompted. xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu It doesn’t work exactly the same as windows since hitting the key twice does not make the menu disappear. UPDATE : On 14.04 this appears …
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I have just needed to install a dev package on my Xubuntu system and wanted to see what and where the package would install the files to. It seems that there is an apt-file command which is not installed by default. So I installed it… apt-get install apt-file and then followed by apt-file update In …
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Some time back I had issues using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) from my linux laptop and had to hunt the web for the udev rules for my specific device. After my recent laptop reload I had to do this again so thanks to this article http://rootzwiki.com/topic/258-udev-rules-for-any-device-no-more-starting-adb-with-sudo/ found on RootzWiki all is well again. The …
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So today I landed up reinstalling my Xubuntu 12.10 system on my laptop. So that I can remember all the packages and settings I have listed them here. apt-get install gnome-terminal apt-get install build-essential apt-get install nasm apt-get install vim apt-get install nmap tcptraceroute apt-get install ncurses-term apt-get install radiotray apt-get install tasksel tasksel install …
So I do almost 99% of my development in vim and over the years have setup a basic .vimrc file which has my personal settings. So that I can remember them I have posted my .vimrc file here. The colour scheme is from http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2175. This does presuppose that you are using Linux and have the …
So last night I was playing with a side project and decided to see if I could put some markers onto a Google map based on a tcptraceroute. I am sure that there are numerous other sites that do this for you but it sounded like fun. The other criteria is that I did not …
I do a fair bit of development. This generally means working in either Ruby on Rails, PHP, Perl or classic asp. I have also started to dabble in QT recently. On the odd occasion I will also write some Assembler using NASM. What I can never remember is the installation of Ruby and Rails on …