Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Ubuntu - Mounting Windows Partitions

Here is a nice guide how to mount NTFS and FAT32 partitions under Ubuntu: http://www.psychocats.net/linux/mountwindows.php

Ubuntu 5.10 - Cleaning up the space

Here are some some ideas how to clean up the space.
1) Run the following command:
sudo apt-get clean

2) Clean up synaptic's downloaded files

3) To estimate file space usage, change directory to root and use du command:
cd / sudo du -hc --max-depth=1
Here is example of what is printed for me:
48K ./lost+found
14G ./media
36M ./etc
76M ./var
90M ./lib
2.4G ./usr
4.0M ./bin
7.7M ./boot
2.9M ./dev
732M ./home
4.0K ./mnt
507M ./proc
23M ./root
8.4M ./sbin
72K ./tmp
0 ./sys
4.0K ./srv
4.6M ./opt
4.0K ./initrd
4.0K ./debootstrap
4.0K ./_F
1.4G ./_D
4.0K ./_C
37G ./_E
2.1G ./_sky7
12K ./Xilinx
58G .
58G total

Useful FireFox Plugins

Today I came across a webpage that gives you some advices on essential extensions for FireFox browser. Here it is:
http://www.linuxpipeline.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=177104614&pgno=1

Some of the useful addons mentioned there are:

  • Disable targets for downloads
  • Tab Mix Plus
  • Search Plugin Hacks
  • History Menu
  • Adblock Plus
  • and Adblock Filterset.G Updater
  • FasterFox
Updated (Oct 22, 2007):
The other ones I use are:

Intro

Intead of keeping paper notes and updating Favorites of an internet browser, I've decided to keep an online version of the things I find out on the Internet, useful tweaks and anything relevant to computers and technology here, in one spot - not only for my personal use, but also for people who might find it useful.

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