Changing permissions of a file. To add executable permissions for all categories of a file, you would use chmod a+x foo. To add executable permissions for only the current user, you would use: chmod go-wx foochmod go-wx foo Or you could use chmod +x: chmod +x foochmod +x foo That is a simpler way of … Read more
This is my /etc/default/grub file, and this is how I got my GRUB 2 boot menu to display by default with Linux Mint 12. You just need to add the GRUB_HIDDEN=0 line to the menu and ensure the rest of the file looks like my example and the menu will be accessible by default without … Read more
I have managed to get my Compro DTV T-300 DVB tuner card to work on Linux Mint 12. This card has a S-Video input as well as a Composite video input and a combination analogue tuner and Digital TV tuner card. I am using the Me TV software available for Linux Mint and the software … Read more
Quoted from the website. These body scanners are an invasion of privacy and nothing more, they just want to expose people to dangerous radiation and provide an illusion of security. This video is here to demonstrate that the TSA’s insistence that the nude body scanner program is effective and necessary is nothing but a fraud, … Read more
I have had problems with the Ubuntu 12.04 desktop when I was using it where the Unity desktop would not shut down properly. The only solution I could find was to press Ctrl->Alt->F2 and type sudo init 0 at a bash prompt and the system will shut down. Hopefully this will be fixed in the … Read more
The annoying bugs that I was plagued with on my Ubuntu 12.04 installation seem to have gone now that I have installed the Linux Mint 12 x86_64 DVD. I have the Cinnamon desktop running and it is even better than the modified Gnome 3 desktop that the standard Linux Mint installation provides. The MATE desktop … Read more
The MATE desktop used with the Linux Mint 12 distribution works a million times better than when the packages are installed on the Ubuntu distribution. The fork of the Gnome 2 code is a perfect alternative to any other desktop. The Gnome Shell desktop that is the main interface of Linux Mint 12 works perfectly … Read more
I have got a Linux Mint Live DVD and I am switching to that distribution as soon as possible. I am sitting in an evacuation center right now, due to the risk of flooding, the levee banks supposedly can handle 12 meters but the river peak is said to be 10.9 meters and all I … Read more
The Windows 8 explorer file manager has the ribbon interface and is very cluttered compared to the Nautilus file manager that Unity uses. I have been using the Windows 8 Consumer Preview build 8250 and it is fairly stable, I have only had one crash and I got to see the whole new BSOD screen … Read more
The Unity desktop in Ubuntu 12.04 is annoying the heck out of me at the moment. I keep getting popups that warn of errors with the Unity desktop and the associated system tray applications. A good reason to use KDE, I seem a little inflexible in my criticism of the Unity desktop interface, but it … Read more
There is a new exoplanet that has been discovered designated GJ 1214B, this exoplanet is said to be a global ocean world with a hot steam atmosphere at 230 degrees Celsius. Considering that there are hot vents on the bottom of our oceans that are hot enough to melt lead, and there are lifeforms that … Read more
The file manager on the old Macintosh Operating System looks just like the Gnome Nautilus file manager on Linux. I was using my brother’s iMac today and I was amazed at how much a very old version of Macintosh OS looks just like Gnome. The Macintosh operating system is better than Windows, it is not … Read more