Tutorial: Disabling unused daemons to speed up your boot sequence
Many Linux distros usually start a lot of daemons when booting, resulting in a long wait before you can get to work after powering on your machine. Some of those daemons are rarely used (or even not al all) by the majority of users. This tutorial describes how to disable unused or rarely used daemons in a proper way, resulting in faster boot sequences and less CPU load. read more
Success! Upgrade to Lifetype 1.2 finished
All seems to be working again, so I consider the upgrade to the new Lifetype version finished. If you stumble upon something that doesn't seem to work as it should, please leave a comment on this post.
Big upgrade coming up!
In a few moments, I'll start moving to the newest stable version of Lifetype. This will probably screw some things up, so please be patient. I hope to finish soon. I'll post a success message when everything seems to be working again.
Edit: The blog is up again and the basic things seem to be working. I lost my .htaccess files, though... Currently busy getting permissions back to their old state.
Introduction: FLAC, the Free Lossless Audio Codec
This article tells about FLAC: what is it, why use it and how to use it? read more
Solution: Resetting your screen resolution with xrandr
I recently discovered a very useful tool: xrandr. This command allows you to reset your screen resolution, which comes in very handy when some buggy app changes you screen resolution and doesn't set it back. It saves logging out and in again or even having to use Ctrl + Alt + Backspace! read more
Tutorial: The best tips & tricks for bash, explained
The bash shell is just amazing. There are so many tasks that can be simplified using its handy features. This tutorial tells about some of those features, explains what exactly they do and learns you how to use them.
Difficulty: Basic - Medium read more
Sorry for the delay!
Although I don't like it at all, I'm simply not able to spend much time on this site because the many things that need to be done for school are calling me. I'm afraid that you'll have to wait a little longer for the promised bash tutorial. Anyway, if you have a great idea for a tutorial or if you have feedback on, for example, the advertisements, please place a comment!
Get a text link on this site by donating as little as $10!
Well, this offer has now been suspended, as the trip to Africa was already made. It was good, impressive and fun. It made me realize that those slums really are there, which was quite a hard feeling, but at the same time, it was great to be able to help the local people a bit, and to support the organization (Victory4All) that is active in the slums we went to. I thank God for the experiences I had, and I hope that many more people will leave their comfort zone and reach out for people living in such circumstances. God bless those who already do.
First of all: the money will not go to me, but to a trip to Africa this summer where 21 young people (including me) will help building a school, give the poor children over there some great days and repair houses in the slums. You can find more details on this project in the full version of the post.
About the text links: if you donate as little as $10 to the project, you will get a text link to the specified website in the Text Links column on the left (read more about it in the full version of the post). Of course, you're allowed to donate more =), but you will only get a single text link. If you want two text links, donate $10 or more two times. Payment is done using Paypal. Note: I will not accept every text link. Don't even try getting a link to a site containing things like gambling or adult content. If I don't think the specified website suitable to link to, I will decline the payment.
You can also just donate, without receiving a text link. To do that, simply don't specify an URL in the description box (you may fill in a message, like "Good luck on your trip!" or something like that). read more
Work in Progress!
I am currently working on a tutorial full of useful bash tricks. However, little time and much tutorialwriting don't go together that well =). You will probably have to wait for the tutorial a few days. In the meanwhile, please comment on what tutorial you'd want me to write after that bash tutorial. I am pretty much out of tutorial subjects, and I would like to know what you would like to see on this site. Thanks in advance, and remember that you can subscribe to the RSS feed (see the bottom of the right menu bar) if you want to keep up with the new postings on this site.
Tutorial: Playing around with MPlayer
This tutorial handles about the usage of the wonderful media player MPlayer. It explains several options, lists some useful keyboard shortcuts and handles about tips and tricks that can be used to enhance your multimedia experience.
Difficulty: Basic read more
