Here’s a small bash script that will allow you to unzip a directory full of zip files. Each file will be unzipped into a directory named for itself (e.g. the contents of foo.zip will be extracted to a directory called foo). To run the script, enter the directory where the zip files are stored and [...]
Here is an Ubuntu 6.10 Samba setup guide blatantly ripped from this blog. If you have more than one computer and a mixture of Linux and Windows, Samba is essential for sharing files and printers. Enjoy! Install samba sudo apt-get install samba smbfs Add a system user for samba System > Administration > Users and [...]
Here is a little bash script I wrote that takes your Firefox bookmarks and uploads them to your web space. Tools For this project you will be using the bash shell and various command line operations. And of course you will need Firefox! Bash is usually the default Linux shell. This will probably work with [...]
It seems that several people have had trouble creating cron jobs in Ubuntu. Here is a method I found that works for me. It requires sudo access. Tools: The only thing you’ll need is cron and a good text editor (like nano), both of which are in the default Ubuntu install. Method: Create a file [...]
Hello truth seekers! Here is my definitive guide to converting DVD audio to ogg encoded audio files in Ubuntu Linux. This method was used in Dapper and Breezy. Tools I used a combination of acidrip, ffmpeg, and oggenc to do the ripping. All are available through apt. sudo aptitude install acidrip sudo aptitude install ffmpeg [...]