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==Useful Commands==
==Useful Commands==
*'''lspci''' - lists all PCI devices found
*'''lspci''' - lists all PCI devices found
*To '''mount an ISO image as a folder''' ''(untested)'':
mount -o loop NameOfISO.iso /mount/wherever
==Miscellaneous Fixes==
==Miscellaneous Fixes==
*'''Time Zone''': If the [[KDE]] Clock-setting widget seems to be refusing to set the time zone (or your system clock is refusing to show anything except GMT time), this command may work:
*'''Time Zone''': If the [[KDE]] Clock-setting widget seems to be refusing to set the time zone (or your system clock is refusing to show anything except GMT time), this command may work:
  ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/NewYork /etc/localtime
  ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/NewYork /etc/localtime
...where "/America/NewYork" should be replaced by the appropriate file for your time zone. I have not been able to find any documentation on this feature; the command was suggested to me by someone on the #kde forum at irc.freenode.net (see [http://freenode.net/]). Remember to use the console "date" command to verify what the system clock is currently set to. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 08:45, 23 Apr 2005 (CST)
...where "/America/NewYork" should be replaced by the appropriate file for your time zone. I have not been able to find any documentation on this feature; the command was suggested to me by someone on the #kde forum at irc.freenode.net (see [http://freenode.net/]). Remember to use the console "date" command to verify what the system clock is currently set to. --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 08:45, 23 Apr 2005 (CST)

Revision as of 12:26, 21 May 2005

Techniques: Software: Operating Systems: Linux

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Issues

The following may reflect my own ignorance rather than an actual shortcoming in Linux:

  • Development
    • There appears to be no mechanism corresponding to ActiveX (as used for app development, not as used for deploying apps on the web)
    • There appears to be no application corresponding to MS Access. Yes, you can do all the same stuff with various available tools, but not quickly; v2.0 of OpenOffice is apparently going to include a tool which may be a step in the right direction...
  • Regular Use
    • In Windows, if you create a link to an executable script (batch file -- *.bat) on your desktop (or anywhere), the link is executable with a double-click. Under KDE (in Ubuntu), I can't figure out how to make it execute at all without using a terminal.

Useful Commands

  • lspci - lists all PCI devices found
  • To mount an ISO image as a folder (untested):
mount -o loop NameOfISO.iso /mount/wherever

Miscellaneous Fixes

  • Time Zone: If the KDE Clock-setting widget seems to be refusing to set the time zone (or your system clock is refusing to show anything except GMT time), this command may work:
ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/NewYork /etc/localtime

...where "/America/NewYork" should be replaced by the appropriate file for your time zone. I have not been able to find any documentation on this feature; the command was suggested to me by someone on the #kde forum at irc.freenode.net (see [1]). Remember to use the console "date" command to verify what the system clock is currently set to. --Woozle 08:45, 23 Apr 2005 (CST)