apt-get install gnome-panel gnome-desktop-item-edit /root/Desktop/ –create-new Thats for root, for other users ~/Desktop can be put instead of /root/Desktop apt-get install gnome-panel gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ –create-new

GOOD LINK: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html Just so your not confused right off the bat, the better one is gddrescue (which has the command name: ddrescue and package name: gddrescue), and the older not as good one isddrescue (whichRead More…

This article is all  about getting a progress bar, or progress output (usually dd is silent). DD PROGRESS OUTPUT ################## To get dd progress, launch dd and then get its pid ddRead More…

RULE OF THUMB FOR AWK: awk runs once per line (unless BEGIN or END script in which it runs once in start or end of script, or if you use /grep-search-expression/ thenRead More…

AKA: clone partition tables When to use: Sometimes a drive might lose its partition tables for unknown reasons. Sometimes you need to setup a partition table to be identical to a driveRead More…

#################### TAR PV NC fileserver ####################   Pre Requisites: At File Server Router: Portforwards port 50002 from router to 50002 on File Server At both locations: apt-get install netcat tar pv  Read More…

Surprising to me this isnt a program yet… Anyhow the credit goes all to: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9293?page=0,1 – Simon Sweetwater is the author of this script – good job if your reading this 🙂 #!/bin/ksh bytestohr()Read More…

MAKING BTRFS SHARE ON DEBIAN BOX WITH USER PERMISSIONS NOTE THE WINDOWS BOX IS JOINED TO THE DOMAIN BUT NOT THE LINUX BOX, THIS MAKES NO DIFFERENCE BESIDES THAT I CANT LOGRead More…