Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Debian Lenny on the Samsung NC10

Motivation I like Debian for its stability and predictability. And I like Ubuntu Netbook Remix for its suitability for small screen devices like the NC10. Running Ubuntu is in some sense like gambling – you never know if the next update will be a winner or a loser. So I decided to take the best […]
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Flip – Convert text file line endings between Unix and DOS formats

This program converts line endings of text files between MS-DOS and **IX formats. It detects binary files in a nearly foolproof way and leaves them alone unless you override this. It will also leave files alone that are already in the right format and preserves file timestamps. User interrupts are handled gracefully and no garbage […]
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Howto Create your own aliases in Debian

Aliases are shortcuts for certain commands. For example, if your current directory is /usr/bin and you want to navigate quickly to /var/cache/apt/archives you can do a “cd /var/cache/apt/archives”, but this is quite long and you probably want to save time. So this is where aliases come in help. You can do only a “archive” or […]
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