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Restoring GNU Parallel Functionality in Ubuntu GNOME 13.04 1 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
There is a handy comand line utility called GNU Parallel that allows you to run Linux commands on more than one CPU core at a time to perform parallel processing of the task at hand. Here is a form of...
A display of brand loyalty 12 Jul 2013 | 11:39 am
Since 2007, my main camera has been a Pentax K10D DSLR and it has gone on many journeys with me. In fact, more than 15,000 images have been captured with it and I have classed it as an unfailing serva...
Dealing with the Lack of Categories in the Application Overview Screen for GNOME Shell 3.8 10 Jul 2013 | 11:18 am
One thing that I like to do is peruse the installed applications on any computer system. In most cases, this is simple enough to do but there are some who appear to believe in doing away with that in ...
Command Line Processing of EXIF Image Metadata 8 Jul 2013 | 11:02 am
There is a bill making its way through the U.K. parliament at the moment that could reduce the power of copyright when it comes to images placed on the web. The current situation is that anyone who cr...
Adding Microsoft Core Fonts to Fedora 19 6 Jul 2013 | 03:08 pm
While I have a previous posting from 2009 that discusses adding Microsoft’s Core Fonts to the then current version of Fedora, it did strike me that I hadn’t laid out the series of command that were us...
A look at Windows 8.1 5 Jul 2013 | 12:23 am
Last week, Microsoft released a preview of Windows 8.1 and some hailed the return of the Start button but the reality is not as simple as that. Being a Linux user, I am left wondering if ideas have be...
Turning on autocompletion for the bash shell in terminal sessions 26 Jun 2013 | 11:25 am
At some point, I managed to lose the ability to have tab key based autocompletion on terminal sessions on my Ubuntu GNOME machine. Wanting it back had me turn to the web for an answer and I found it o...
Installing Nightingale music player on Ubuntu 13.04 26 Jun 2013 | 02:03 am
Ever since the Songbird project concentrated its efforts to support only Windows and OS X, the Firefox-based music player has been absent from a Linux user’s world. However, the project is open source...
A need to update graphics hardware 17 Jun 2013 | 02:59 am
Not being a gaming enthusiast, having to upgrade graphics cards in PC’s is not something that I do very often or even rate as a priority. However, two PC’s in my possession have had that very piece of...
Creating empty text files and changing file timestamps using Windows Command Prompt & Powershell 18 May 2013 | 01:45 am
Linux and UNIX have the touch command for changing the creation dates and times for files. However, it also will create empty text files for you as well. In fact, there are times when I feel the need ...
