Yearly Archives: 2010

Sync Package List between 2 PCs

To export a list of all installed packages, you can use the following command: But this will loose any {A} markers for automatically installed packages and therefore produce a lot of garbage when dependencies change. To export only manually installed packages, use aptitude like this: (More aptitude filterstrings can be found on their project page.)… Read More: Sync Package List between 2 PCs »

JSON Mime-Types

For JSON data, there are different mime-types floating around the web: At ruby-forum.com there is a nice discussion which points out, why it is best to use text/x-json. The already wide-spread application/json is not really correct as application is meant for data which can only be read after being processed. But as JSON is clear-text,… Read More: JSON Mime-Types »

iPhone vs. Android

iPhone Android (esp. Nexus One) It’s from Apple. It’s NOT from Apple. (or: It’s from Google.) can change keyboard layout on the fly keyboard language related to GUI language (not independently configurable!), but different input methods (not only keyboards) downloadable/switchable on the fly ~150.000 Apps (most are gimmicks though) ~30.000 Apps and growing, some well-known… Read More: iPhone vs. Android »

Citrix ICAClient

This plugin will work with browsers which support Netscape compatible plugins, e.g. Firefox or Opera. SSL error 61 This error means your certificate chain is broken or not “trusted”. Get certificates While the Windows clients download the certificates automatically, the Linux client doesn’t. You will need access to a Windows running Firefox or talk to… Read More: Citrix ICAClient »

Merge Video Files

To merge multiple (similar) video files into one big file, there are different ways. avimerge This only works with avi files. avimerge is part of the transcode-utils package. If the sound doesn’t match from the second file on, use the -c switch. mencoder This should also work with mpg videos. Install the mencoder package.

ACPI Events

If you wish to change the behavior upon pushing e.g. the power button, you can edit the config files located in /etc/acpi/events/. To disable the power button, you would edit the file powerbtn there and change the action line to:

Compiling Kismet

You need the following libraries to successfully compile Kismet: Install from PPA You can also install the latest version using aptitude from Festor’s HackTools PPA.