Archive for October, 2008

Halloween Logos

Oct 31, 2008 Internet

Several services / sites that are 'live' the Halloween:

  • Yahoo

  • Google

  • Youtube

  • AOL

  • MSN

  • Wolpy

  • ASK

  • Twitter (code of icons: link)



Found out some more?

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Halloween Walpapers

Oct 31, 2008 Eye-Candy

Trick or treat?

Ornaments with your screen wallpapers alosa to Halloween (aka Halloween).
Link: smashingmagazine

Already now some icons also:
Link: smashingmagazine

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Gnome 2.24

Oct 28, 2008 linux

Already left in September, but only now started to use Gnome 2.24 - made by the normal updates of "my" distro: ArchLinux.

Now, the Nautilus gives details "spectacular":

  • Multi tabs;
  • Button to eject disks external (USB disk, pen, mp3 player, etc.);
  • Vista compact.

There are also more / other changes that Gnome 2.24. Take a look at Release Notes (version en).

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EasyTAG> Gtkpod> iPod

Oct 23, 2008 Tips, linux

With some Gigabytes in my music library, organization is key! It was a task that has to do from scratch, that is, in all my songs / albums before he can move to my iPod (5th Gen - 80GB).

. EasyTAG

The first step is to certify that the tags (ID3) are all in the name of the artist, album, track number and track correct. To edit these tags use the EasyTAG.

$ Sudo apt-get install EasyTAG

It is very intuitive intuitive editing a tag with this program. We can also search the same tags on CDDB. [Procedures: Select all the songs from an album "right-click" Search CDDB files]

We can also now choose the image (the shelf) and adds the (all files of the album). [Procedures: Select all the songs from an album "in the third column of the program click on the tab labeled 'picture' 'Button' more 'and choose the image' in the final check clicked on the right side of the image 'of the buttons on the top bar choose Save file (s) ']

. Gtkpod

To download the songs to iPod use the Gtkpod. I already talked about this program in the past, and he said how to configure your iPod to allow their synchronization with Linux. Read the article written by me to learn more about these procedures.

Can the gtkpod make sure the shelf is correctly 'listed', activating the window of 'album art' in the lower right corner left the program. If not suggest returning to EasyTAG and edit the tags again. If they do so in Gtkpod, none of these changes will be saved - a next time try to copy those songs to your iPod, the shelf is not configured correctly.

Saving is the end, disassemble the disk / iPod and voila: it can go for a ride / walk to the nearest park because that's not learned anything! : P

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Conky

Oct 20, 2008 how-to

Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. Conky is licensed under the GPL and runs on Linux and BSD.

Almost all of you have already seen some screenshots of desktops that contained the Conky and sure loved it. It is simple to install / configure and in the end you can have a work environment more appealing / information.

. Installation

All distributions should have the conky in its archives. Look for the package "conky" and install.

$ sudo apt-get install conky

. Configuration

The installation is not worth a thing without further configuration. They edit the file ~ /. Conkyrc. Depending on your distribution, may or may not have created a conkyrc / pre-set.

$ gedit ~/.conkyrc

Here is a sample of conkyrc mine:

background in
use_xft yes
# on_bottom yes

xftfont Zekton: size = 7
xftalpha 1

update_interval 1.0
total_run_times 0

own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated, below, sticky, skip_taskbar, skip_pager

double_buffer yes

draw_shades in
draw_outline in
draw_borders in
draw_graph_borders in

minimum_size 120 5
maximum_width 120

default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color e0ffe0

alignment top_right

gap_x 10
gap_y 50

no_buffers yes

cpu_avg_samples 2
override_utf8_locale yes
# uppercase in September to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
use_spacer in

TEXT

$ (font zekton__: size = 12) $ $ () (alignc team% (T) $ font)
alignc $ $ () ()% to time, $ (time and%% b% Y)

$ (font StyleBats: size = 12) P (font) $ $ (10) Uptime tab: $ alignr) ($) (uptime_short
$ (font StyleBats: size = $ (12) The font tab) (10) $ CPU load: $ alignr) ($ ()% cpu
$ (font weather: size = 12) z $ (font tab) (10) $ CPU temp: $ ($ alignr) (C) acpitemp
$ (font PizzaDude Bullets: size = 12)) (font $ J $ tab (10) RAM used: $ () $ alignr mem

$ (font xspiralmental: size = 12) and $ (font tab) (10) $ Disk free space
$ (font StyleBats: size = 12) (font) $ $ (10) root tab: $ alignr () ($ fs_free /) ($ (fs_free_perc /)%)
$ (font StyleBats: size = 12) (font) $ $ (10) home tab: $ alignr () ($ fs_free / home) ($ (fs_free_perc / home)%)

$ (font Super Star DJ: size = 18) and $ (font tab) (10) $ Battery $ alignr) ($) (battery_time CMB0
$ (font StyleBats: $ size = 12) (font tab) (10) $ $ battery_percent CMB0 ()% $ () battery_bar CMB0

$ (font StyleBats: size = 12)) (font 0 $ $ (10) Wired tab: $ alignr () ($ addr eth0)
$ (font StyleBats: size = 12) 3 (font) $ $ (10) Wless tab: $ alignr () ($ addr wlan0)
$ (font StyleBats: $ size = 12) (font tab) (10) $ $ $ (wireless_link_qual_perc wlan0) () wireless_link_bar wlan0
$ (font PizzaDude Bullets: size = 12) v (font) $ $ (10) Up tab: $ () upspeed wlan0 Kb / s $ alignr () ($ totalup wlan0)
$ (font PizzaDude Bullets: size = 12) ($ r) $ font (10) Dw tab: $ () downspeed wlan0 Kb / s $ alignr () ($ totaldown wlan0)

This requires some extra sources. Drops them out and moves to the *. ttf: / usr / share / fonts / myfonts (need to create the folder myfonts). In the end it is necessary to update pounds of sources:

$ sudo fc-cache -f -v  #Porventura poderá ser necessário fazer relogin para fazer efeito

. Running

To run Conky, simply launch the application conky (example: Alt + F2 and type conky). You can also add to the Conky startup: System 'Preferences' Sessions - [Add]: (Name): Conky, (Command): conky.

. Some Notes

To configure your network devices (Ethernet, wireless) pay attention if your device is eth0, eth1, wlan0, etc. (Do: $ sudo ifconfig to take the doubts)

Query the homepage of Conky and especially this page where you have all the variables you can enter your conkyrc.

. PS

Send us a comment with a screenshot of your code and Conky : P
(put your code here eg http://pastebin.com/)

Links:
'Conky: Homepage
'Conky: Screenshots
"Unbuntuforums: Screenshots / code

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