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How to change the name of the application menu items in XFCE

unni — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 10:19:59 +0000

The application menu names in XFCE is provided by the package “Garcon” ( http://wiki.xfce.org/dev/garcon ). You can directly edit the file installed by that package to change the name of the menu. In my arch linux system the files are … Continue reading →

Puppet in CentOS

unni — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:11:27 +0000

Puppet is a powerful configuration management and automation tool. Using the client server architecture of puppet, one can manage hundreds or even thousands of servers. Puppet saves lot of time for the system administrator. In this article I am going … Continue reading →

IMDB movie fetcher version 4

unni — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:32:19 +0000

Update : Released 4.1 with cast/director/rating code update. I am happy to announce the version 4 of IMDB movie fetcher. This release contains two new features and many bug fixes. This release adds colored output and “similar title” suggestions. Installation … Continue reading →

Configuration file to input values in bash script

unni — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:45:39 +0000

Most of the time bash script need user input values to generate the data that is presented to user. There are many ways to accept user data in bash like reading data interactively, getting from parameters etc. But there are … Continue reading →

Graphics in console

unni — Sun, 29 May 2011 06:43:20 +0000

Linux uses framebuffer to show graphics in console. It is possible to see pictures or even video in console using framebuffer. In ubuntu the packages such as fbi, fbcat, mplayer etc can be used to see pictures, take screen shot … Continue reading →

New host, New look

unni — Sat, 28 May 2011 04:55:42 +0000

If you are seeing this post then the DNS cache of your ISP is already updated and you are started to accessing mutexes from my new host. I was hosting this site in one of my friends server. He is … Continue reading →

IMDB movie fetcher

unni — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 14:30:58 +0000

I didn’t write any post for long time because I was busy with many other work. I am using most of my free time for reading, writing scripts and sleeping nowadays . I have released the 3rd version of the … Continue reading →

High Availability::How To Best Manage and Provide

unni — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:57:33 +0000

“High Availability” is the term coined with uptime. This is a method designed to increase the availability of services to the client, and thus provides more reliable servers/services for critical applications. There are many enterprise grade open-source free applications available … Continue reading →

Fedora 14 will use upstart instead of systemd

unni — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:28:20 +0000

Fedora engineering steering committee decided to use upstart instead of systemd after the prolonged IRC discussion on systemd test day. The main developer of systemd, Lennart Poettering, didn’t contribute to the discussion and wasn’t too pleased about the decision. Systemd … Continue reading →

How to configure TechCom-SSD-TV-675 tv tuner card in Arch linux

unni — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:48:30 +0000

About TechCom SSD-TV-675 INTERNAL TV TUNER The TechCom SSD-TV-675 INTERNAL TV TUNER is a cheap tuner card available in India. It uses the PHILIPS 7130 chipset and QSD-MT-S73 RF tuner. The full specification of this card is available at http://www.techcomindia.com/ … Continue reading →