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February 2, 2015 By wildeng

Merging pdf files into a single one Merging pdf files has never been so simple using Ghostscript from command line in both Linux and OsX. Just open a console and type: gs -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=<yourfile.pdf> <your_list_of_pdfs> This command will merge pdf files your_list_of_pdfs into a single file called yourfile.pdf. So easy, […]

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Linux Tip of the Day

November 13, 2014 By wildeng

Hi all, I’d like to share this with all of you. Because of my job I had the necessity to know which port where used on a remote server that hadn’t nmap installed on it, so what I did was: sudo lsof -nP -i | grep LISTEN Here is the explanation: lsof – list of […]

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Introductory Linux Course on edX

March 26, 2014 By wildeng

The Linux Foundation announced that it will offer its 60 hours introductory course ( normally charged US$2500) for free on edX platform. The course should start on the 3rd Quarter of 2014, as stated in its page on edX website and it will be available for anyone having an internet connection. More explanations here on […]

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Damaged package tip

November 16, 2013 By wildeng

Hello folks, Just a small Ubuntu tip for all of you. If for some reason while you installing some update, something goes wrong and you get an error due rto damaged packages, opne the terminal and try this: sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt-get update This removes the sources list and updates it. Now you should […]

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Ubuntu 12.04 connects to local network but not to the Internet Part 2

January 7, 2013 By wildeng

Hello, In my previous post I gave a solution to DNS problem. What happened is that after some other upgrading I found that Network Manager was not populating resolv.conf anymore and that problem arose again. To solve this, I used this command and answered yes to all the questions: sudo dpkg-reconfigure resolvconf Now everything is […]

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Ubuntu 12.04 connects to local network but not to the Internet

December 29, 2012 By wildeng

Last week I upgraded my distro from 11.10 to 12.04 without any problem. After the first update I went to work and I couldn’t reach any website, the only thing I could do was connecting to my office LAN. What happened is that Ubuntu team changed the way of DNS resolving; practically before 12.04 you […]

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Linux tip of the day

July 1, 2012 By wildeng

So folks just a small tip; do you know how to write ~ in Ubuntu terminal? Press F6 and you’ve done! Enjoy!

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Raspberry Pi – Britain’s smallest PC – Specs & Costs (Wired UK)

February 29, 2012 By wildeng

This is the real low cost pc… you can do almost anything with this and well…. read on! Measuring just 85mm by 54mm and costing $25 (£16), the Raspberry Pi packs a punch. “It can do anything a PC can,” says engineer Eben Upton, one of six Cambridge-based creators. At its heart is a […]

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Some useful Linux commands

January 15, 2012 By wildeng

Howdy! What I’d like to share with you today, are some useful tips I’ve learned while exploring my Linux OS. First you have to know that, using a ‘nix’ system will lead you to use the terminal sooner or later, to install something or just use it because you want to be a smart ‘nix’ user!!! […]

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Remove MySql from Ubuntu Startup

November 27, 2011 By wildeng

As a developer, sometimes I need to run some CMS on my laptop, so I installed what is, in my opinion, the best combination to run a website Apache and MySql, but why do I need Mysql on startup? It’s unnecessary, so let’s remove from our machine startup: First of all, open the mysql configuration […]