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I’ve shifted!
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WordPress
I’ve shifted!This time, not just physically but on the web as well.First, physically(literally, and I’m using too many rhyming words). As a trainee in 3i-Infotech I’ve shifted from coastal town of Mangalore to the metro, Chennai, which is again a coastal city, just on the the eastern side of India.
On the web, I’ve shifted from WordPress hosted blog to my very own domain(yippee!!!) hosted on ExperTrio (thanks, Preshit!). And for the moment, my Linux experimentations have ceased due to lack of a PC/laptop with me.
Making Dolphin the Default File Manager
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Dolphin
Dolphin’s fast loading times and clean interface made me consider to have a second look at Dolphin. So here’s a way to make Dolphin the default file manager.
If you haven’t installed Dolphin yet, install it via apt-get or Adept. More info about that in my previous post.
Then, Click on K Menu -> Run Command and type ‘kcontrol’ (without the quotes, of course).
Then Click on KDE Components -> File Associations.
Formatting USB pen drive in Linux using Terminal
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Tips & How-To's
Commands
Filesystem
Linux
Insert your USB pen drive. Let it get detected and mounted. Open Terminal. Type The Following commands
dmesg |tail -> here the ‘|’ key is the pipe, ie, the key before the backspace key(the upper one, so press shift) You’ll get something like
sathya@shaman:~$ dmesg |tail
[ 9921.681164] sda: Write Protect is off
[ 9921.681174] sda: Mode Sense: 23 00 00 00
[ 9921.681178] sda: assuming drive cache: write through
5 Commands Every Linux Newbie Must Know
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Tips & How-To's
Commands
Tips
Tutorials
Although Linux had progressed far from being a command-line only OS to a full fledged totally GUI based one, sometimes, the command line is the best way to get something done. Here are 5 of the must-know commands. These commands can b quite useful and handy.
1: mount: Used for mounting Windows/Other partitions, just in case it isn’t automatically mounted.
Usage:
mount here refers to the special device where your partitions are.
3i-Infotech, Here I come
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Well, I’d been to Bangalore to collect my offer letter for a job as Trainee Software Engineer at 3i-Infotech yesterday. Most of the people who had cleared the GD, seemed to have cleared the Personal Interview as well, atleast most of the people who were in my group. The joining formalities was headed by a HR person named, Anupama, and boy was she grouchy! Is she always so? Whatever it maybe, I’m glad she wasn’t the one taking my interview.