Recursive Directories/Files Only

Have you ever wanted to easily and recursively chmod, chown, or any other command and only have the command execute only on directories or files. Well I am going to show you just how to accomplish this right now.

November 22nd, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Fedora Autologin Specified User

Here is a little trick to allow a specified user to Autologin at system boot for Fedora (Fedora 12 at the time of this writing): I do suggest that if the system has curtial data or is in a somewhat public location (Dormroom, office, house with a lot of traffic through it ….) don’t do [...]

November 20th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Fedora T-6000U DigiPro or Aiptek Tablet

Apparent DigiPro tablets are using Aiptek hardware and you can see this by running the following two commands with the tablet plugged in, (When you run the commands without the tablet plugged in you will notice you will not find Aiptek in the list unless of coarse you have other Aiptek hardware).

November 19th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Fedora RPM Fusion Repositories

For the sake of making a long story short, patent and copyright restrictions, complicates Fedora’s ability to distributing software to support proprietary formats such as DVD, MP3, Quicktime, Windows Media, aa well as other propietary formats. While Fedora has limitaions on including nonfree software by default meaning that proprietary media formats such as the ones [...]

November 18th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

ShopWiki Comparisons, Gift Ideas and More

OK, anybody who knows me knows that if I am going to buy something, be it a computer, new shoes, or simply a new shirt. I have a very difficult time buying it from the first store I see it at. I guess you could say I have a shopping complex, I could be called [...]

November 16th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

FreshBooks Online Invoicing

What is FreshBooks? FreshBooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you time and makes you look professional – Fortune 500 professional. FreshBooks is easy to use and is recommended by Webternals, LLC.

November 9th, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Fedora: Installing Skype

This howto covers setting up the skype repo and installing skype. If you are like me then you do your VoIP calling from your Fedora machine using the Skype network. Well lets get it installed.

November 2nd, 2009 by Allen Sanford 

Fedora: Canon Pixma IP1800 Printer Driver

Today I switched to Fedora (Fedora 11 as of this writing but 12 is only a couple days away so it should still work the same way) and one of the first things I needed to was to install the print drivers for my Canon Pixma IP1800 printer. I love my little Canon printer and [...]

November 1st, 2009 by Allen Sanford