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How to change the name of the application menu items in XFCE

Posted on November 11, 2011 by unni

The application menu names in XFCE is provided by the package “Garcon” ( http://wiki.xfce.org/dev/garcon ). You can directly edit the file installed by that package to change the name of the menu. In my arch linux system the files are … Continue reading →

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Puppet in CentOS

Posted on November 9, 2011 by unni

Puppet is a powerful configuration management and automation tool. Using the client server architecture of puppet, one can manage hundreds or even thousands of servers. Puppet saves lot of time for the system administrator. In this article I am going … Continue reading →

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IMDB movie fetcher version 4

Posted on June 6, 2011 by unni

Update : Released 4.1 with cast/director/rating code update. I am happy to announce the version 4 of IMDB movie fetcher. This release contains two new features and many bug fixes. This release adds colored output and “similar title” suggestions. Installation … Continue reading →

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Configuration file to input values in bash script

Posted on June 1, 2011 by unni

Most of the time bash script need user input values to generate the data that is presented to user. There are many ways to accept user data in bash like reading data interactively, getting from parameters etc. But there are … Continue reading →

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Graphics in console

Posted on May 29, 2011 by unni

Linux uses framebuffer to show graphics in console. It is possible to see pictures or even video in console using framebuffer. In ubuntu the packages such as fbi, fbcat, mplayer etc can be used to see pictures, take screen shot … Continue reading →

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