Use rsync to backup files on Linux

you can use rsync to backup files on linux as follows:
rsync -av /etc/passwd /etc/group 11.11.11.11::etc /etcbak
But you may need to enter your password, which can not achieve automatically backup, if you do not want to enter yours password each time, you can use ssh-keygen to generate a key, public key will be stored in /root/.ssh [...]

Install Feed Reader on Ubuntu

Liferea is a Rss feeds reader based on GTK+ ,which is simple and fast.
It tries to fill this gap by creating a fast, easy to use, easy to install news aggregator for Gtk/Gnome,which is an indispensable tool for reading rss feeds.
 Direct installation: 
sudo apt-get install liferea

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Setup dual monitors on Ubuntu

Here is a short tutorial on how to setup dual monitors on ubuntu:
1. Download NVIDIA driver and install.
2. Backup xorg.conf :
sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak
3. Edit xorg.conf :
sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then
Adding the following code in the ‘Device‘ paragraph:

Option “TwinView” “on”
Option “MetaModes” “1280×1024,1280×768″
Option “SecondMonitorHorizSync” “28-80″
Option “SecondMonitorVertRefresh” “43-60″
Option “TwinViewOrientation” “RightOf”

4. reboot the system.

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Install Audacious on Ubuntu

Audacious, a music player software, is the beep-media-player 0.9.7.1 derivative software.
Audacious compatible with Winamp 2.x or “Classic”, and XMMS skin.
Installation:

sudo apt-get install audacious

Then install audacious decoder:

sudo apt-get install audacious-plugins audacious-plugins-extra audacious-plugins-extra-console

 

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Tags: Ubuntu

Direct Rendering: No

If  you successfully install nvidia driver on fedora using the following command:

yum install kmod-nvidia glx-utils

But when enter  order:

glxinfo | grep direct

prompt the following information:

[garro@localhost ~]$ glxinfo | grep direct
direct rendering: No (If you want to find out why, try setting LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose)
OpenGL renderer string: Mesa GLX Indirect

Maybe you can repair it as follows:
Check and ensure /etc/X11/xorg.conf  have the [...]

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