Instaling new Ubuntu

When you install a new version of Ubuntu there is a cool way to keep track of your installed applications :)

dpkg --get-selections > apps.txt

This will list your installed applications. Then on a new and fresh instalation, do

$ dpkg --get-selections < apps.txt
$ dselect update
$ apt-get dselect-upgrade show

And there you go! :)

How to make your /home in a different partition than the OS

It says it all :)

http://embraceubuntu.com/2006/01/29/move-home-to-its-own-partition/

Comparing stuff

To compare files I used to be very blunt and use

diff $file1 $file2

but then my front-desk mate said "Add | vimdiff - ". He has shared some ideas on how to compare stuff with another colleague of ours.

In the meantime, my boss introduced me to tkdiff and I absolutely loved it.
As a good open source software ;) works on Linux, Mac and M$ Window$ :)

So enjoy!

Changing your Console Prompt

I've been looking for a while on a good post on how to change it, and finally, a good reference came up.

*This* site is a good guide! Really... ;)

Personalized Icons in Gnome-Do

I really like Gnome-Do, but a thing that bugged me was the inability to create an button with a personalized icon.

However, a ... erm... simple/clever/idiot/what-the-hell workaround to do it is:

1. Remove the item from your dock if its already on there
2. Add your costumized icon to the Menus (right click on Applications Menu, Edit Menus)
   
3. Drag the launcher into the desktop
4. Restart gnome-do
5. Ops, the icon is not set properly! Remove it from docky
6. Drag the icon from the Applications Menu to docky
7. Restart gnome-do
8. Celebrate your brand new personalized icon! :)
   

I followed him but had to improve a bit ;)

Enjoy :

ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 and FPS Games

I have to use my personal laptop with Vista for a while... It happens... and one thing that never worked properly was the graphic card, an ATI’s Mobility Radeon™ X1700 .

To get it working properly with my FPS games (Enemy Territory and Quake Wars), I had to follow this tutorial.

New Punkbuster

After like 100years without updates, last month Punkbuster released an update.

To sort it out with Ubuntu, just do:

cd [et-install-directory]/pb
wget http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/et/pbsec.htm
wget http://www.evenbalance.com/downloads/et/pbsecsv.htm
chmod u+x pbweb.x86
./pbweb.x86
cp pbweb.x86 ~/.etwolf/pb/
cd ~/.etwolf/pb/
./pbweb.x86