LinuxEd Stuff

How to: mount Logical Volume Drive as External Device to Linux File System

aby — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:42:29 +0000

First of all, we have to check if this hard disk is recognized by the system: root@localhost ~]# fdisk -l Let’s say your drive is assigned /dev/sdc. Then we scan for logical volumes so you’ll see something like this: Disk /dev/sdc: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 [...]

How to: show hidden all files including hidden ones in Linux command line

aby — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 02:29:12 +0000

I did this in openSUSE. It’s as simple as: root@localhost ~]# ls -a better yet, use alias if you want to include attributes: root@localhost ~]# ll far better with attributes: root@localhost ~]# l How cool is that? I didn’t create an alias for it. I accidentally hit hard return after pressing ‘l’. Nice huh.

Why does my Thunderbird receives winmail.dat instead of the actual attachments?

aby — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:05:22 +0000

The answer is, it’s not Thunderbird’s fault but rather it’s Outlook who generated winmail.dat. Winmail.dat contains formatting information that only Outlook can decipher. And if the sender uses this mail client then his recipient is using something else, there’s a chance that winmail.dat will be the only attachment that the recipient will see. Fear not! For Thunderbird, there [...]

How to: to system update on openSUSE via console

aby — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:42:17 +0000

I’m beginning to study OpenSuse openSUSE and I would like to commit myself on learning more about it. Once in a while I’ll insert ‘How-to’ in this blog. With this, let me begin with yast2. To do system update using command line, type in: yast2 –update

Dia, a program to draw structured diagrams

aby — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:16:08 +0000

I needed a quick network diagram for a report and since I prefer FOSS for simple solutions, I used Dia. Dia, as mentioned above, is a program to draw structured diagrams. It is gtk+ based and is inspired by MS Visio. Diagrams like flowcharts, network and UML are included in its pre-defined menu thus making it suitable [...]

Linux Journal: September 2009 Issue

aby — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:10:46 +0000

Articles about Openfire and Lazarus are good to read. The latter is an IDE for rapid cross-platform development. And there’s a 2.5-page of Q&A about Google Chrome.

Software Freedom Day 2009

aby — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:49:29 +0000

From Bluepoint foundation: Bluepoint Linux Users Elite (BLUE) in cooperation with the Commission on Information & Communications Technology-National Computer Center (CICT-NCC), University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), Ateneo de Manila University Department of Information Systems and Computer Science (DISCS), and Bluepoint Foundation will celebrate Software Freedom Day with the rest of the world on September [...]

Can’t run basic commands in console

aby — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:11:55 +0000

For the first time, an incident of being unable to execute ‘ls’ happened. The issue was, he can run it via /usr/bin/ls but not just ls. The solution is, check environment variables: echo $PATH if the absolute path of executable files is not shown, add it by: PATH=”directory:$PATH” e.g PATH=”/usr/sbin:$PATH” or export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

Repair Vista MBR with EasyBCD

aby — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:25:39 +0000

On my old notebook, yeah Misato, I had to remove the Linux partition just to make room for more files. Anyway, removing Linux then pretend everything’s fine is really stupid cause it will not work. hehe.. So, I downloaded a Vista Recovery Disk to repair its Master Boot Record (MBR). But before I could write its iso [...]

PC World: August 2009 Issue

aby — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:33:09 +0000

Well the article about experiencing Windows 7 without actually upgrading is relatively cool enough. And picking the perfect laptop didn’t actually helped me (like I ever tried asking the same questions). I just found myself somewhere in between. hehe.