“bash: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied”

“bash: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied” error commonly occurs  when you have wrong options set in /etc/fstab and are trying to compile some code.

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xset

xset is an X.org command line utility. A bunch of interesting things can be done with it: Tweak the mouse sensitivity or accelleration on the fly xset m (accelleration value) Turn the system bell off temorarly xset b off Manually switch off the display / Force the display to go on standby now xset dpms [...]

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Intel WiMax 5350 and HP Pavilion laptops

There are controversial statements concerning the compatibility of Intel WiMax 5350 Pci-Express card with HP Pavilion laptops. I haven’t tested it myself yet, however if you had the chance to please drop a note! Apparently the main reason why most of the cards out there are not compatible with HP and Dell computers is due [...]

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Personalize folder icons in Windows

To personalize folder icons in windows create a file named desktop.ini in the target folder, then open it and paste these strings: [.shellclassinfo] iconfile=”file.ico” infotip=”infotip” where file.ico is the path and filename of the folder icon and infotip is a caption you could add to be seen when the mouse hovers the folder.

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Open Source CMS (Content management system) with Joomla!

Open Source CMS (Content management system) creation with Joomla! The system includes features such as page caching to improve performance, RSS feeds, printable versions of pages, news flashes, blogs, polls, website searching, and language internationalization. It is written in the PHP programming language and uses the MySQL database system to store information. Joomla! CMS plugins [...]

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Tweak GNOME gconf-editor from the command line

Here is how to tweak GNOME gconf-editor parameters from the command line Use the model (this should be all on the same line!): gconftool-2 –direct –config-source xml:readwrite:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory –type Boolean –set /apps/path/to/key True

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Get rid of your “battery may be broken” notification

Some HP Pavilion standard 6 cells batteries apparently use the same ID of 12 cells batteries. This would lead GNOME to display the following notification at every login: Battery may be broken Your battery has a very low capacity 48% which means that it may be old or broken.

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Cannot connect to DSL Provider

With the Network-Manager shipped along with Ubuntu Karmic 9.10 is impossible to connect to any DSL Provider that has been manually set. To get back this feature you have to upgrade to the latest Network-Manager provided by the maintainers PPA:

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Mozilla Lightning calendar extension for Thunderbird 3 64bit x64

Mozilla Lightning calendar extension for Thunderbird 3 64bit x64 x86_64 can be found here: http://www.secudb.de/~seuffert/mozilla

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Make yoghurt with your computer

Today I’ve run across a very weird article about making yoghurt with the heat of your computer! That sounds indeed crazy but, hey, not a bad idea after all!

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