Linux-powered – WhyNotWiki

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Page Discussion View source History Linux-powered  edit   (Category  edit) GP2X [Console gaming systems (category)] http://gp2x.co.uk/emulatorwhite.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. It can play games. It can play your Movies. It can play your music. It can view photos. It can read Ebooks. It runs on just 2 AA batteries – And it can do all this in …

GNU/Linux / Sources – WhyNotWiki

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< GNU/Linux http://www.chimeric.de/ http://ubuntu-tutorials.com http://wp.uberdose.com/ http://flipsidereality.com/blog/category/nix/ http://www.burtonini.com/blog/ http://h3g3m0n.wordpress.com/ http://tuxtoday.wordpress.com/ This blog is dedicated to free and open source software, and also freely licensed media, such as music, movies and e-books. I’m no expert, but I would like to contribute with the knowledge that I do have. – Johan. http://aplawrence.com/index.html “Information and Resources for Unix and …

GNU/Linux / Sound – WhyNotWiki

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Page Discussion View source History < GNU/Linux http://linux.dsplabs.com.au/lsof-grep-snd-how-to-free-a-linux-sound-device-p25/. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. … One may ask how to find out which program, or programs, have gained access to the audio device? That is where a little knowledge of Linux tools, and especially the lsof utility, comes in handy. Since we know where in the /dev …

GNU/Linux / Finding files – WhyNotWiki

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< GNU/Linux Finding all files that aren’t named __ Say you want a list of all files and directories that are not named .svn… You might think that the command to do this would simply be: > find . \( -type d -name .svn -prune \) But that pretty much does the exact opposite of …

GNU/Linux / File system locations – WhyNotWiki

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< GNU/Linux > whatis hier hier (7) – Description of the file system hierarchy > man hier A typical Linux system has, among others, the following directories: / This is the root directory. This is where the whole tree starts. /bin This directory contains executable programs which are needed in single user mode and to …

GNOME – WhyNotWiki

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How to change your default text editor By default (on my Ubuntu install at least) all text documents are opened with gedit. If you would like to change that, well, you can… http://tips.webdesign10.com/how-to-change-the-default-text-editor-on-ubuntu-with-nautilus. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. Just edit your ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list (create it if you don’t have one) and add the following text: [Default Applications] …

Unix / Standardization – WhyNotWiki

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Page Discussion View source History http://www.acm.org/crossroads/xrds1-3/unix-standards.html. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. Perhaps the world’s most popular operating system today is also the hardest one to define. Unix is undoubtedly one of the most widely used operating systems. Several versions of Unix compete in the commercial marketplace with products such as DOS, MS windows 3.1, Windows NT, …

Portable media player – WhyNotWiki

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Feature wish list I should be able to tell it “resume playing this podcast” and it will resume playing the next unlistened-to episode in that podcast (or use whatever different rules I’ve set up for determining the next episode to play — perhaps the most recent episode). Currently with my iPod, I have to enter …

Photography – WhyNotWiki

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Photography  edit   (Category  edit) http://gphoto.org/. Retrieved on 2007-05-11 11:18. Digital cameras have the balance of quality, features, and price that appeals to users looking for a fast and convenient way to get images into their PC. You can spend a lot more — or a lot less — for one than the $100 to $3000 (or …

Naming conventions – WhyNotWiki

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Aliases: Glossary, Glossary of terms, Which word should I use?, Naming conventions, Preferred synonyms, Shades of meaning, Preferred name, Name dilemmas, Naming dilemmas, Terminology, Directory of terms (Examples of synonym sets (or at least sets of closely-related words) where I have a hard time deciding which one is the preferred word) [Terminology (category)][Naming conventions (category)] …