Ubuntu: Mouse Buttons
Thursday, July 29th, 2010 Posted in Computer, Linux | No Comments »Here is a nice tutorial how to bind mouse buttons to keys. I used this on my V220 Logitech mouse. It works seamlessly. http://gaarai.com/2009/02/13/navigate-in-ubuntu-nautilus-using-the-mouse/ For more information about mappings look for the "-text" section in the "man xvkbd" manual pages.
Cloning OS with Case Study: Windows NT/XP/7
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Computer, Linux, OS, Windows | No Comments »So the general headline is cloning, so basically backing up you system. Some commercial software that was mentioned when I researched was: Acronis True Image Ghost There are a lot more, see for example here: http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_alternatives.htm But as I am a fan of open ...
Grub2 without Linux
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 Posted in Computer, Linux, Windows | No Comments »I wanted to create a system where I can plug in operating systems as I like. Meaning switching from a Win/Linux dual boot to Win/Win etc. I thought Grub or Grub2 would be a good way to do so. It ...
UIMA: Notes
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 Posted in Linux, Uncategorized | No Comments »Single-/Multiple-Views: When using Descriptors which work on multiple views. Make sure to choose one (JCas cas = casIn.getView("yourView")) to work on. Otherwise you will miss AnnotatorIndexes and all, because UIMA doesn't choose a default view . Rather it creates a ...
Automount devices in Ubuntu
Thursday, August 7th, 2008 Posted in Linux | No Comments »Here are some links to look through: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MountingWindowsPartitions https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab
Open terminal … using context menu in Ubuntu
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Linux | No Comments »sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal nautilus -q Afterwards your desktop will be empty. But that should be gone when you restarted I hope.
AverMedia E506 and Ubuntu 8.04
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Linux | 2 Comments »As linux noobs, it took its time yet: We finally got it working, after studying a whole lot of different tutorials and threads like: for general things: http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/180332/ how to get the firmware: http://mapopa.blogspot.com/2008/07/firmware-for-xc2028-tuner-in-case-you.html and how to get the *.pl: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5289047 So this is what you do: 1. Delete ...
Check linux kernel version
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Linux | No Comments »I am a linux noob, so here I go: Sometimes you want to know the particulars about the kernel of your linux. This can be done using uname command. To check kernel version: uname -v To check kernel release: uname -r To check kernel ...
Install java on ubuntu / switch verisons
Thursday, June 19th, 2008 Posted in Linux | No Comments »I am a linux noob. So what? Here is what I found searching the net how to switch java versions on Ubuntu: It is so easy to install Java on Ubuntu now. On Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), follow these steps: 1) Make sure ...