Tech notes

May 20, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Installation and configuration of disc-cover on Suse 9.0

libcdaudio libcdaudio-devel (for cdaudio.h) perl-audio-cd module disc-cover configuration: create all the configuration files, otherwise segmentation fault add servers to .cdserverrc (http://www.freedb.org/modules.php?name=Sections&sop=viewarticle&artid=9)

May 20, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

File Associations in KDE

I have many files in strange formats that can be opened by applications that are not installed by default on any Linux distribution.

May 20, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Couldn’t find MIME type application/octet-stream (Konquerer/Kdesktop)

This is copied from http://users.pandora.be/Ice9/Linux stuff/Linux_tips.html.

May 20, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

BSPlayer and corrupted DivX files

I have a couple of scratched CDs with DivX video files.

May 19, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

The PATH in Suse Linux 9 (/etc/profile.local)

Several software installations modify the PATH environment variable.

May 19, 2007 • 2 min read • Technology

kaptain on Suse Linux 9

I am currently trying out several graphical front ends for the molecular software package EMBOSS and I have read good reviews of kaptain.

May 19, 2007 • 1 min read • Technology

Installation of Duplicate File Finder

I was making order among my 50000+ files in my home directory and realized that I had multiple copies of the same file in different directories.

May 19, 2007 • 3 min read • Technology

Desktop Integration of the Staden Package in KDE on Suse Linux 9

I have installed the Staden package on my laptop.
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