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My list of Linux must-have programs

Well, since must-have programs' lists are so popular at the moment, I decided to post mine. Here goes:

• Firefox, Epiphany @ Internet surfing
• Thunderbird @ Email client
• Amarok @ Music player
• Totem, VLC @ Video player
• Metal Blob Solid @ Favourite game :love:
• Baobab @ Disk usage analyzer
• ParolaPass @ Password generator (I just don't like to manually generate passwords)
• GEdit @ Simple text editor
• F-Spot @ Photo management
• Gimp @ Photo editing (used rarely, but very handy when in need for a photo editor)
• Azureus @ Torrent client
• Connection Manager @ Wireless network browser/connector
• Gaim, XChat @ Chatting
• gFTP @ FTP client (sometimes annoying, but still the best I've seen)
• OpenOffice Writer @ No comments
• Zend Studio @ PHP coding
• Eclipse @ Java coding
• Anjuta @ C++ coding
• MySQL Query Browser, MySQL Administrator @ MySQL management

Well, that's it! By the way, did you know that the Windows version of XChat costs 19.99$?..

Equalizer in Linux players

Today I want to write about equalizers in Linux players (duh!).

What about them? Well, there is a LOT of (audio)players for Linux and most of them do not have an equalizer. That is quite strange, since this is a must-have feature in an audio player, don't you think? I do. I have tried a lot of players and here is a very short list:

• Rhythmbox (no eq)
• Listen (no eq)
• BMPx (no eq that is VERY strange, since BMP has one)
• Banshee (no eq)
• Muine (no eq)
• Quod Libet (no eq)
• XMMS (has an eq, but ugly and discontinued... and no library)
• BMP (eq present, but no library)
• Zinf (god, no!)
• Exaile (this was mentioned by Igor, but still no eq, I found an open ticket, saying that this feature is in the developement)

Well, I think this is quite a complete list of popular players. Did you notice that one great player is not on the list? Yeah, that's right! Amarok's not there. Why? Because it is the only player with ALL the features I need (music library, dynamic playlists, last.fm and an EQUALIZER!). I don't know about you, but I like my music playback to be juicy and rich. If I listen to power metal I want it to be POWER metal. Well, as I said, Amarok is the best (except that it ruins my GTK style and adds QT to the system, which I usually don't have, but I can live with that).

To say the truth I am disappointed in Linux audio players. I know that Rhythmbox development team is talking about implementing an eq, but I want it now.

By the way, on the second place for me is Listen player, which is quite nice and I prefer Amarok over it only because of the eq. If in the future Listen will feature an eq I will switch back to using it.

"Why Linux Viruses are fairly uncommon" from Charlie Harvey

evilmalware 0.6 (beta)Copyright 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005

E/17 |-|4><0|2z Software Foundation, Inc.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is

NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY, COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF IMPORTANT

DATA or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE (eg. sending thousands of Viagra

spams to people accross the world).

Basic Installation

==================

Before attempting to compile this virus make sure you have the correct

version of glibc installed, and that your firewall rules are set to `allow

everything'.

1. Put the attachment into the appropriate directory eg. /usr/src

2. Type `tar xvzf evilmalware.tar.gz' to extract the source files for

   this virus.

3. `cd' to the directory containing the virus's source code and type

   `./configure' to configure the virus for your system.  If you're

   using `csh' on an old version of System V, you might need to type

   `sh ./configure' instead to prevent `csh' from trying to execute

   `configure' itself.

4. Type `make' to compile the package. You may need to be logged in as

   root to do this.

5. Optionally, type `make check_payable' to run any self-tests that come

   with the virus, and send a large donation to an unnumbered Swiss bank

   account.

6. Type `make install' to install the virus and any spyware, trojans

   pornography, penis enlargement adverts and DDoS attacks that

   come with it.

7. You may now configure your preferred malware behaviour in

   /etc/evilmalware.conf .

SEE ALSO

   evilmalware(1), evilmalware.conf(5), please_delete_all_my_files(1)

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Bash 'em all to hell!

I love grep, find, locate & whereis! They're awesome! Supa-dupa-pupa-miracles! Jeez, how did I live without them before?..

[HOWTO] Non-latin shortcuts/hotkeys in linux (russian keyboard layout example)

[Update]

if you just need a fix for firefox russian shortcuts, go here: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3529/

Если вы ищете патч/аддон для Firefox, то вам сюда: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3529/ Спасибо за эту информацию max'у. Проверено - работает на отлично

[/Update]

Ok, there is this VERY annoying thing in linux - in some applications keyboard shortcuts just don't work. First of all - why? Ok, let's take russian layout for example - the shortcut for "Paste" is [ctrl]+v, right? In russian layout it is [ctrl]+м, so the application just doesn't get the command! And there is a workaround to fix it (BUT you will have to use an additional modifyer key to access shortcuts! (e.g. instead of [ctrl]+v you will need to press [ctrl]+[win]+v)).Basically, the idea of this workaround is very simple - use an additional modifyer, which will switch the keyboard layout to english while pressed, so that the shortcut will work. This is a two-step procedure.

How to setup this for russion keyboard layout:

1. (NB! There is an attached file, called "ru" - this is an updated version of the file, so feel free to download it and just replace your file) You have to edit/update the xkb file, that defines the russian layout. It is usually located in /etc/X11/xkb/symbols/ru (at least in Ubuntu). I am using Arch Linux - the location of this file is /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/ru. Open this file in your favourite text editor (you have to be superuser to edit this file, so do a sudo or just su) and find the following section:

xkb_symbols "basic" {

name[Group1]= "Russia";

key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam ] };
......
key <AB10> { [ slash, question ] };
key <LSGT> { [ slash, bar ] };

key.type[group1]="ALPHABETIC";

key <TLDE> { [ Cyrillic_io, Cyrillic_IO ] };
key <AD01> { [ Cyrillic_shorti, Cyrillic_SHORTI ] };
.......
key <AB09> { [ Cyrillic_yu, Cyrillic_YU ] };

key.type[group1]="TWO_LEVEL";

// End alphanumeric section
};

Ok, now replace the whole section (beginning with xkb_symbols "basic" and ending with };) with the following:

xkb_symbols "basic" {

name[Group1]= "Russia";

key.type[group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC";

key <AE01> { [ 1, exclam, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE02> { [ 2, quotedbl, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE03> { [ 3, numbersign, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE04> { [ 4, asterisk, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE05> { [ 5, colon, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE06> { [ 6, comma, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE07> { [ 7, period, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE08> { [ 8, semicolon, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE09> { [ 9, parenleft, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE10> { [ 0, parenright, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE11> { [ minus, underscore, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AE12> { [ equal, plus, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <BKSL> { [ backslash, bar, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB10> { [ slash, question, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <LSGT> { [ slash, bar, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };

key.type[group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC";

key <TLDE> { [ Cyrillic_io, Cyrillic_IO, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD01> { [ Cyrillic_shorti, Cyrillic_SHORTI, q, Q ] };
key <AD02> { [ Cyrillic_tse, Cyrillic_TSE, w, W ] };
key <AD03> { [ Cyrillic_u, Cyrillic_U, e, E ] };
key <AD04> { [ Cyrillic_ka, Cyrillic_KA, r, R ] };
key <AD05> { [ Cyrillic_ie, Cyrillic_IE, t, T ] };
key <AD06> { [ Cyrillic_en, Cyrillic_EN, y, Y ] };
key <AD07> { [ Cyrillic_ghe, Cyrillic_GHE, u, U ] };
key <AD08> { [ Cyrillic_sha, Cyrillic_SHA, i, I ] };
key <AD09> { [ Cyrillic_shcha, Cyrillic_SHCHA, o, O ] };
key <AD10> { [ Cyrillic_ze, Cyrillic_ZE, p, P ] };
key <AD11> { [ Cyrillic_ha, Cyrillic_HA, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AD12> { [Cyrillic_hardsign,Cyrillic_HARDSIGN, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC01> { [ Cyrillic_ef, Cyrillic_EF, a, A ] };
key <AC02> { [ Cyrillic_yeru, Cyrillic_YERU, s, S ] };
key <AC03> { [ Cyrillic_ve, Cyrillic_VE, d, D ] };
key <AC04> { [ Cyrillic_a, Cyrillic_A, f, F ] };
key <AC05> { [ Cyrillic_pe, Cyrillic_PE, g, G ] };
key <AC06> { [ Cyrillic_er, Cyrillic_ER, h, H ] };
key <AC07> { [ Cyrillic_o, Cyrillic_O, j, J ] };
key <AC08> { [ Cyrillic_el, Cyrillic_EL, k, K ] };
key <AC09> { [ Cyrillic_de, Cyrillic_DE, l, L ] };
key <AC10> { [ Cyrillic_zhe, Cyrillic_ZHE, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AC11> { [ Cyrillic_e, Cyrillic_E, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB01> { [ Cyrillic_ya, Cyrillic_YA, z, Z ] };
key <AB02> { [ Cyrillic_che, Cyrillic_CHE, x, X ] };
key <AB03> { [ Cyrillic_es, Cyrillic_ES, c, C ] };
key <AB04> { [ Cyrillic_em, Cyrillic_EM, v, V ] };
key <AB05> { [ Cyrillic_i, Cyrillic_I, b, B ] };
key <AB06> { [ Cyrillic_te, Cyrillic_TE, n, N ] };
key <AB07> { [Cyrillic_softsign,Cyrillic_SOFTSIGN, m, M ] };
key <AB08> { [ Cyrillic_be, Cyrillic_BE, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };
key <AB09> { [ Cyrillic_yu, Cyrillic_YU, NoSymbol, NoSymbol ] };

key.type[group1]="FOUR_LEVEL_ALPHABETIC";

// End alphanumeric section
};

2. Ok! One step more and we're done. Now you need to add a third-level chooser in your xkb. If you are using KDE, then go to Control Center -> Regional & Accessibility -> Keyboard Layout -> Xkb Options. Check Enable xkb options if it is not checked and the Third level choosers section in the list, check the options you want and click Apply (I chose Press any of Win-keys to choose 3rd level). That should be it. You done! To test the thing open up Firefox, switch to russian layout and press [ctrl]+[win]+c to Copy and then [ctrl]+[win]+v to Paste.

I hope that this entry will be helpful to (at least) some people with non-latin layouts.

(Right-click the link, choose to save the file and remove the extension )