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August 2009

For those who use Firefox everyday, using keyboard shortcuts for Firefox browser will increase your productivity dramatically. In this article, we’ve provided both the Graphical Cheatsheet and Keyboard Shortcut Table. If you like this cheatsheet, please share it on del.icio.us, StumbleUpon or Twitter. 1. Firefox Graphical Cheatsheet Note: Click on the image below to enlarge [...]

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Ubuntu Tips: What is a Timed Login In Ubuntu or Kubuntu ?

Question: What is a timed login in Ubuntu or Kubuntu ? How does it work? Answer: If you have created a guest account on your laptop, you may want the guest account to automatically login when you reboot the machine. But, wait. You don’t want that guest account to login automatically when you want to [...]

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Ubuntu Tips: How To Setup Dual Monitor

Question: I have purchased two monitors and connected to my desktop / laptop. How do I enable dual monitor setup in Ubuntu? Answer: You can enable the dual monitor from the Ubuntu display preferences as explained below. Click on System -> Preferences -> Display, which will display the following window. Make sure following are taken [...]

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10 Awesome Examples for Viewing Huge Log Files in Unix

Viewing huge log files for trouble shooting is a mundane routine tasks for sysadmins and programmers. In this article, let us review how to effectively view and manipulate huge log files using 10 awesome examples. Example 1: Display specific lines (based on line number) of a file using sed command View only the specific lines [...]

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Google Next-Generation Search Engine is Already Here For You

Google is opening up the web developer preview of next-generation search engine for you to play around and provide feedback to Google. From Google website: For the last several months, a large team of Googlers has been working on a secret project: a next-generation architecture for Google’s web search. It’s the first step in a [...]

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In this eBook giveaway content, you can win any one (or even all three)  PDF version of the books mentioned below. Book 1: Learning Nagios 3.0 To win Learning Nagios 3.0 book, answer the following question.  A random winner will be selected from the comment section who answered this question. Question: What is your favorite System [...]

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Did You Know The Geek Stuff is on Twitter?

My Grandma is on twitter. So, I don’t have any choice other than using twitter now. Some of you are already following us on twitter. Thanks for your support. Apart from getting the awesome thegeekstuff blog posts on twitter, following are few reasons to follow thegeekstuff on twitter. Cool Linux and Open source related Quotes [...]

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Question: How to change date and time on my Ubuntu or Kubuntu laptop ? Answer: You can change the date and time from the ‘Time and Date Settings window’ that can be launched using one of the following two methods. Method 1: Launch From System Tray Right click on the date and time that is [...]

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