Packet Writing on CDRW and DVDRW media
How to prepare CD-RW and DVD±RW media (formatting, creation of UDF structure) and mount them for use as large floppy diskettes.
Tag Archives: Desktop
Print to CUPS printer instances
This Nautilus script was written because gnome-print does not list the user-defined or system-wide CUPS printer instances in the printers list. "Printer instances" are just sets of settings, so that a user does not have to type them for every print. Check the CUPS documentation for more info. So, in order to use your defined…
Mass download
I’ve written this script so that I can download multiple files of the same type from a web page. The file extension can be defined in a dialog box that appears as soon as the script is run. It uses Lynx to parse the web page for links and Zenity for the dialogs. The desired…
Add files to Totem playing list from Nautilus
This Nautilus script is used to add multimedia files to the Totem playing list. What files are considered as multimedia is user-defined.
Search for viruses from Nautilus
This Nautilus BASH script uses clamav to scan the selected files for viruses. It also uses Zenity to display a progress bar and an information dialog with the scan results. It works with multiple files and directories.
Meld…
Meld is a visual diff tool. I’d say it’s one of the most useful applications I have ever used. You can compare two or three text files or directories at the same time or work with CVS and SVN directories and files. It displays the differences in a very handy and visually attractive way. Supports…
Creative PC-CAM Series webcams in linux
This post is about a Creative PC-CAM 750, but it will do for all the Creative PC-CAM series web cameras. I had it somewhere in a closet for a long time and finally decided to try it in fedora. As it usually happens with webcams under linux, it did not work out-of-the-box as there was…