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Tag Archives: Linux
Osmos: beautiful, relaxing, and cross-platform ambient game
I came across a game called Osmos by Hemisphere Games from this story posted on Slashdot. Their experience of porting the game Osmos to Linux and the sales they had witnessed thereafter was what interested me initially. They had found … Continue reading
Tune MySQL like a pro with MySQLTuner
I don’t know why I didn’t know about this before (or why I forgot about it, more likely), but I came across MySQLTuner recently and was most pleasantly surprised. It’s a Perl script that only requires your MySQL user and … Continue reading
Converting multiple images to one PDF on Linux
There are a number of ways you can go about the process of converting image files into PDFs, most simply by opening a given image and printing it. You can select “Print to file” instead of a printer device, PDF … Continue reading
Quick tips for NVIDIA and ATI graphics configuration repairs on Ubuntu
While graphics card and display configuration on Ubuntu has come a long way from the days of always having to edit xorg.conf by hand, I still run into issues now and again. I almost never have problems any more when … Continue reading
Viewing all users on a Linux system
There are a number of widely-used and stable utilities on Linux systems that allow you to view information related to users. You can see who’s logged in with who, get info on a particular user with finger, see who you … Continue reading







