Category Archives: Tutorials

Tutorials related to GNU/Linux softwares

Fix dark video in Skype for Linux

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

I was very much disappointed when i installed Skype in Fedora, three causes which are as follows in the order. First, Skype for Linux is very old version (2.2 beta) than the Windows Skype, second, the video was too dark … Continue reading →

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Simple script to restart services automatically when stopped in Fedora/Redhat

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

When occasionally the services like Apache or MySQL or other rc.d script crashes and stops working, then instead of restarting them manually, it may be more desirable to restart them automatically. A friend of mine asked about such an issue … Continue reading →

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Running Skype for Fedora x86 in Fedora x86_64

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

After I installed Fedora 16 x86_64, i needed to install manually Skype for linux, which is available from This link, as it is not in Fedora repositories. After clicking the Skype icon from the kickstart menu, the Skype icon kept … Continue reading →

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Installing the applications from older version in a new fresh installation of fedora

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

I was using Fedora 15 32 bit for a long time but i felt the need to install a 64 bit edition for some memory limitations in the system. Therefore I downloaded the Fedora 16 x86_64 iso file from https://fedoraproject.org/ … Continue reading →

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Configure Samsung ML-1666 in Fedora

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

I recently had a problem with my Samsung ML-1666 Monochrome laser printer: I could not configure it in Fedora. Simply downloading the driver from Samsung website and installing seemed easy, but actually did nothing. Googling for hours did not solve … Continue reading →

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WordPress.com Stats API

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

WordPress.com has a very nice stat plugin showing the overall post views data and also post by post, but it would be always great if there was more. A lot of people talk about introducing Google Analytics. A lot of … Continue reading →

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Rockbox in iPod Video 5G

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

For a long time i am using the Rockbox OS in my Apple iPod Nano 1G as the primary OS, which also has iPodlinux and ofcourse the Apple OS installed. You can find the step-by-step guide how i made this … Continue reading →

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See what is behind the shortened URLs

Posted on October 4, 2010 by

A firefox plugin LongURL Mobile Expander, and the webservice LongURL to see what is behind the shortened URLs. Continue reading →

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WordPress.com IRC Channel

Posted on June 5, 2010 by

Support is one of the best features in wordpress.com . The official documentation, the email support and the mainly volunteer driven forums make a very strong and fast support system. Except these three there is another support system in wordpress.com … Continue reading →

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Re-Enable WordPress.com random blog surfing

Posted on May 26, 2010 by

Wordpress.com blogs you have Tag and subscribed Blog surfing features with which you can surf your subscribed blogs, and get the update information from the blogs. You can also have the list of Blog of The Day in here http://botd.wordpress.com/ … Continue reading →

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