Google Wave

I think I will enjoy this a lot :)

How to tell if a cat is plotting to kill you

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 :