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Installing Skipfish On Ubuntu GNU/Linux Lucid Lynx
Written by piju on March 23, 2010 – 10:03 pm -$sudo wget -c http://skipfish.googlecode.com/files/skipfish-1.13b.tgz
$sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libidn11-dev
$sudo make
$sudo cp dictionaries/default.wl skipfish.wl
$sudo ./skipfish -o output http://example.com
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Deluge On Ubuntu
Written by piju on September 9, 2009 – 12:33 pm -Recently, i was thinking which one is the best torrent client for my personal use. then i choose deluge.
install using apt-get on ubuntu/debian/debian-based.
$sudo apt-get install deluge
$sudo apt-get install deluge-webui
i need startup files for deluge, then create /etc/default/deluge-daemon and add this
# Configuration for /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
# The init.d script will only run if this variable non-empty.
DELUGED_USER=”CHANGEME” # !!!CHANGE THIS!!!!
# Should we run at startup?
RUN_AT_STARTUP=”YES”
then, create /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: deluge-daemon
# Required-Start: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $local_fs $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $network
# Should-Stop: $network
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Daemonized version of deluge and webui.
# Description: Starts the deluge daemon with the user specified in
# /etc/default/deluge-daemon.
### END INIT INFO
# Author: Adolfo R. Brandes
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DESC=”Deluge Daemon”
NAME1=”deluged”
NAME2=”deluge”
DAEMON1=/usr/bin/deluged
DAEMON1_ARGS=”-d”
DAEMON2=/usr/bin/deluge
DAEMON2_ARGS=”-u web”
PIDFILE1=/var/run/$NAME1.pid
PIDFILE2=/var/run/$NAME2.pid
PKGNAME=deluge-daemon
SCRIPTNAME=/etc/init.d/$PKGNAME
# Exit if the package is not installed
[ -x "$DAEMON1" -a -x "$DAEMON2" ] || exit 0
# Read configuration variable file if it is present
[ -r /etc/default/$PKGNAME ] && . /etc/default/$PKGNAME
# Load the VERBOSE setting and other rcS variables
[ -f /etc/default/rcS ] && . /etc/default/rcS
# Define LSB log_* functions.
# Depend on lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) to ensure that this file is present.
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
if [ -z "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" -o "$RUN_AT_STARTUP" != "YES" ]
then
log_warning_msg “Not starting $PKGNAME, edit /etc/default/$PKGNAME to start it.”
exit 0
fi
if [ -z "$DELUGED_USER" ]
then
log_warning_msg “Not starting $PKGNAME, DELUGED_USER not set in /etc/default/$PKGNAME.”
exit 0
fi
#
# Function that starts the daemon/service
#
do_start()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been started
# 1 if daemon was already running
# 2 if daemon could not be started
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE1 –exec $DAEMON1 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER –test > /dev/null
RETVAL1=”$?”
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE2 –exec $DAEMON2 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER –test > /dev/null
RETVAL2=”$?”
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 1
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE1 –make-pidfile –exec $DAEMON1 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER — $DAEMON1_ARGS
RETVAL1=”$?”
sleep 2
start-stop-daemon –start –background –quiet –pidfile $PIDFILE2 –make-pidfile –exec $DAEMON2 \
–chuid $DELUGED_USER –user $DELUGED_USER — $DAEMON2_ARGS
RETVAL2=”$?”
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] || return 2
}
#
# Function that stops the daemon/service
#
do_stop()
{
# Return
# 0 if daemon has been stopped
# 1 if daemon was already stopped
# 2 if daemon could not be stopped
# other if a failure occurred
start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 –user $DELUGED_USER –pidfile $PIDFILE2
RETVAL2=”$?”
start-stop-daemon –stop –quiet –retry=TERM/30/KILL/5 –user $DELUGED_USER –pidfile $PIDFILE1
RETVAL1=”$?”
[ "$RETVAL1" = "2" -o "$RETVAL2" = "2" ] && return 2
rm -f $PIDFILE1 $PIDFILE2
[ "$RETVAL1" = "0" -a "$RETVAL2" = "0" ] && return 0 || return 1
}
case “$1″ in
start)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg “Starting $DESC” “$NAME1″
do_start
case “$?” in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
stop)
[ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_daemon_msg “Stopping $DESC” “$NAME1″
do_stop
case “$?” in
0|1) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 0 ;;
2) [ "$VERBOSE" != no ] && log_end_msg 1 ;;
esac
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg “Restarting $DESC” “$NAME1″
do_stop
case “$?” in
0|1)
do_start
case “$?” in
0) log_end_msg 0 ;;
1) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Old process is still running
*) log_end_msg 1 ;; # Failed to start
esac
;;
*)
# Failed to stop
log_end_msg 1
;;
esac
;;
*)
echo “Usage: $SCRIPTNAME {start|stop|restart|force-reload}” >&2
exit 3
;;
esac
:
make it executable and start on boot,
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon
sudo update-rc.d deluge-daemon defaults
sudo /etc/init.d/deluge-daemon start
webui address is http://localhost:8112 and the default password is deluge

Ardour – Free Digital Audio Workstation
Written by piju on August 1, 2009 – 1:06 am -
Using Ardour , you can
-record
-mix
-edit
-collaborate
your musics.
Free for GNU/Linux and Mac OSX.
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Growl For Windows
Written by piju on July 8, 2009 – 10:15 pm -Growl is a global notification system for the Mac OS X and Windows operating system. Applications can use Growl to display small notifications about events which the user deems important, in a consistent manner. This allows users to fully control their notifications, application developers to spend little time creating notifications, and Growl developers to concentrate on the usability of notifications.

Screenshot growl on Mac OSX
For Mac OSX http://growl.info/
For Windows http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/apps.aspx
Supported Applications:
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Instantbird – free multi-protocol Instant Messaging client
Written by piju on June 12, 2009 – 9:48 pm -1. free
2. cross platform
3. simple
4. lightweight
5. connect to all networks
Preview,

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Songbird – Opensource music player
Written by piju on June 12, 2009 – 9:38 pm -Posted in computer, debian, fedora, firefox, hackintosh, linux, Uncategorized, windows | No Comments »


