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Linux PDF Annotation Support
If you want to add comments / notes and highlight text in Linux with a native PDF viewer Okular is your huckleberry Note: I found that you have to do a File ==> Save As and resave PDF documents annotated with Okular in order to be able to view the annotations in...
How to Convert from VBox to KVM
PDF: How to Convert from VBox to KVM Found these instructions lurking in my home directory but better to be here as I will find it easier
Information on Converting ext4 to btrfs on Fedora 20
http://blog.helixoide.com/blog/2013/04/09/converting-from-ext4-to-btrfs-on-fedora/ When you run the dracut step to recreate the initramfs image you can check for the correct module using: [root@pc01 boot]# cd /boot [root@pc01 boot]# zcat initramfs-`uname -r`.img |...
Linux find all files younger than
I wanted to find some files that I downloaded in the last 5 days: Basically the below command says find all files in the current directory and below with a changed time (-ctime) of less than 5 days from now. [rupert@qad_server dtlive]$ find . -ctime -10 . ./TMP6934.02...
Alternatives to the void left by avoiding the “News”
Recently I have been reading "The 4-Hour Work Week". Until I read it, I had made a habit of reading the news: au.news.yahoo.com, maitlandmercury.com.au, news.com.au, ninemsn.com.au, abc.net.au/news and sbs.com.au. With the exception of ABC and SBS which tend to...
Techniques for Fixing Bad Habits and Reducing Information Overload
Some recent reading I have found interesting. Techniques for Fixing Bad Habits Why do we seem to find our selves repeating behaviour we have made a mental note to avoid? Habits both good and bad shape our lives. Here is how to identify and modify our...