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Box.net via WebDAV on Fedora 16

posted on February 1, 2012 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

I was lucky enough to get a free 50GB box.net account. 50GB is alot!. However, the catch, individual files can’t exceed 100mb each. lol I mainly use my box.net to hold eBooks for later access on my Laptop and Android devices. There is no free client for Linux so I use WebDAV instead. It’s slower [...]

How to get Hard Disk Details on Linux

posted on November 17, 2011 in HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

Here’s a quick way to find out more about your hard disk. You can get the serial number, part number, firmware level, size and much more. Just see the sample below. hdparm -I [device] hdparm -I /dev/sda [danesh@pandora Movies]$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: WDC WD2500JS-75NCB3 Serial Number: [...]

Google Chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15

posted on May 30, 2011 in fedora, HowTo with 2 Comments

Many have been complaining of their chrome extensions crashing in Fedora 15. In my case it was LastPass and Xmarks. The issue is caused by SELinux and the quick fix is to disable SELinux. Here’s how you get it done; 1. Fire up a terminal 2. cd to /etc/selinux/ 3. vi the “config” file. 4. Change “SELINUX=enforcing” [...]

RPM Fusion for Fedora 15

posted on May 26, 2011 in fedora, HowTo with 0 Comments

RPM Fusion for Fedora 15 is not published yet but thanks to Rajaseelan you can now get it. Read the HowTo

How to reset your Gnome desktop

posted on December 19, 2010 in HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

So you messed up the Gnome desktop and don’t know how to restore it back to it’s default settings. Here’s how with no risks. 1. Log out and then hit “Ctrl + ALT + F1″ to opening up a terminal. 2. Delete the following directories. .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity Or run the this command. [...]

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