How many times have you been told that it’s impossible to undelete files on a ext3 filesystem? Probably …a lot. In fact, I was firmly convinced that once I deleted a file, it was effectively gone for good, no questions asked. Well, reader/listener Bruce wrote in this last week with a link to a [...]
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ProductiveLinux reader/listener Ken wrote in about a week ago with a couple really cool SSH tips.
1) Use ssh-add and ssh-agent for password-less logins. I think this is pretty sweet. Basically, if physical access to your workstation is pretty secure, this lets you logon to your remote box via ssh and only have to enter [...]
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Many people keep notes and todo items in text files these days, for a myriad of reasons. Low file size, universal portability, and easy searching are just some of the advantages to keeping your information in plain text. But contact management? I always assumed it would just get too hard to deal with many contacts [...]
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Over the weekend Ubuntu Tips & Tricks reported that Skype 2.0 is now out of beta and officially released for Linux! From the official website:
Features
Skype is packed with innovative and cool features – many are completely free – that help you keep in touch no matter where you are.
Plus, if you have friends [...]
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Tombuntu has a great article a keybinding app that works in every window manager called Xbindkeys. Even though setting custom keyboard shortcuts is usually a trivial matter in virtually every window manager/DE, what really attracts me to an app like this the ability to keep your key combos across your different GUIs.
So by using [...]
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