Linux

Running the BitNami LAMP stack with the system MySQL

The excellent BitNami LAMP stack contains its own MySQL, which is started automatically and used by PHP.

Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Linux Geeks

Actually called "Top Ten Mac OS X Tips for Unix Geeks".

Cherry Linux keyboard and Java

Since I couldn't get the KeyMan utility that came with my Cherry keyboard to work with SuSE 10.3 I had problems getting the Cut, Copy and Paste keys to work.

Editing crontab for QNAP, and making it stick

If you have a QNAP you may want to run some scripts regularly. Editing the crontab seems to work but your changes don't survive a reboot. There is however a fairly simple solution:

Subpixel hinting in SuSE 10.3

How to enable subpixel hinting in SuSE 10.3.

 

Fixed DPI with NVIDIA driver on Linux

Question: 

How do I tell the NVIDIA driver to use a fixed DPI that does not depend on my screen size?

Answer: 

Add the following to the Device section in your xorg.conf:

Option "UseEdidDpi" "FALSE"
Option "DPI" "75 x 75"

Substitute the DPI you want for 75 above.

 

Mailing files from Konqueror

Question: 

I want to right click on one or more files in Konqueror and create a new mail with the files as attachments. Is this possible?

Answer: 

Yes, by creating a service menu entry.

In the directory .kde/share/apps/konqueror/servicemenus, relative to your home directory, create a file called sendto.desktop with the following contents:

Using KMail from Firefox

Question: 

How do I get Firefox to open mailto-links with KMail and use KMail from Tools/New Message?

Answer: 

For some reason this IMO important configuration setting hasn't made it into the Preferences dialog but it is available:

  1. Open the "about:config" page.
  2. Type "mailto" in the filter field.
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