Category Archives: Software

Everything related to the non-physical digital world.

wua.la

wua.la is a Dropbox-like online (aka. cloud) storage. Promotion Codes Code Add. Storage Valid for PCWELT06 3 GiB 1 year ? CONNECT-WITH-SUPPORT 1 GiB 1 year PC-MAGAZIN 2 GiB 1 year ? SKYFISH-IS-COOL 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-DOMINIK 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-CAROLA 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-FABIUS 1 GiB 3 months I-KNOW-LUZIUS 1 GiB… Read More »

Galileo OpenBooks

Calibre settings Enter the following two expressions under Search & Replace in the conversion settings: This will cut out the left (contents) and right (ads) sides as well as the comment form. You will get a plain nice eBook.

Find PPA for specific package

If you want to find out from which PPA a specific package was installed or what other PPAs hold it, you can use the following command: (found at superuser.com) Here you can see that the package mpg is in the PPA gmpc-trunk/mpd-trunk and also in the natty/universe repository. The installed version is that from the… Read More »

No DV capture possible on Windows 7 64bit

On a Windows 7 64bit, I was not able to capture any DV video from a video camera connected via Firewire IEEE1394. I was able to control the camera from the capture program (tried NeroVision and magix Video Deluxe) but only got a black screen and no audio. After a little search, I found this… Read More »

Samba not showing Symlinks

After an upgrade to Ubuntu Lucid Lynx, all Samba shares were missing symlinks, esp. symlinks to directories outside the share. To enable these again, add the following lines into the [global] section of your /etc/samba/smb.conf: Then restart smbd and you should see the symlinks again.

Android Secret Menus

There are various secret menus hidden in the Android OS. Here are some of them (thanks to askvg.com): Code Description *#*#checkin#*#* Forces the system to check for updated apps or a pending system update (found that one here first) *#*#info#*#* Shows various informations about GSM network, CDMA, WLAN, battery, etc.; also allows you to change… Read More »

Aptoide Repositories

Aptoide is like a package manager for Android. It retrieves lists of programs from different repositories and lets you install, update or uninstall these programs. Here are some repositories to use (mostly from forum.xda-developers.com): You might try to download this file aptoide.myapp from your Android phone (with Aptoide installed!) which should auto-add all repositories: