Linux
dd command “progress bar”
I am using sometimes
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$ sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sdd1
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd1
and I would like to see the progress of dd command. So, do the following:
1. open a new terminal/console and type:
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$ sudo killall -USR1
2. open the terminal/console where your dd is running and you will see something like this:
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2242867712 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 396.007 [...]
Installing Intel Compiler Suite on OpenSUSE 11.1
Here are the basic steps to install Intel C/C++ and Fortran Compilers on OpenSUSE 11.1:
1. download Intel C/C++ and Fortran Compilers from their website. They are free for non-commercial use
2. unpack and start the installer
3. at some point I received:
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Step no: 4 of 7 | Installation configuration – Missing Critical Pre-requisite
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The following required for installation [...]
My USB Memory Stick Companion
I have a Kingston Data Traveler 4 GB USB Drive, and a few days ago I decided to use it also as a rescue boot device (to be bootable in order to recover data when needed), as storage device (to move around some files, used on windows, mac, linux, freebsd), to have on it some [...]
Parallel Programming with MPI in Bristol
I spent the last 4 days in Bristol to attend to “Parallel Programming with MPI” course, provided by HECToR which is the UK’s high-end computing resource, funded by the Research Councils and available for researchers at UK universities, and by NAG – The Numerical Algorithms Group specialized in the provision of software for the solution [...]
Eclipse Updates/Plugins on OpenSUSE 11.1
I have just installed Eclipse on OpenSUSE 11.1 from repository, but after that I could not install any plugins, the message has been:
Some people suggest that you have to remove the installed version from repo and download the latest version from eclipse website. I didn’t want to do that, so, If you have the same [...]
Remove Beagle on OpenSUSE 11.1
Beagle is a desktop search software, but I don’t use this kind of “application”. If you want to remove it from your system here is how to do it:
Remove all related package:
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sudo zypper remove *beagle*
Lock all this packages using zypper addlock
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sudo zypper addlock *beagle*
Now, live without Beagle.
VMWare Workstation 6.5.1 on OpenSUSE 11.1
Finally, I received my new hdd (the previos one died) so I decided to install OpenSUSE 11.1. VMWare refused to work. I tried to install VMware-server-1.0.8 but without any success, and in the case of VMware-server-2.0.0 I don’t like the new management interface (they didn’t keep the old vmware-console, you will need to manage [...]
Combining pdf files in Linux/Unix
Just to show a few examples how to combine pdf files. Let us assume we have three pdf files and now we need to combine them:
gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=finalcombinedpdf.pdf -dBATCH 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf
joinpdf myfinalFile.pdf file1.pdf file2.pdf file3.pdf
pdfmeld file1.pdf, file2.pdf, file3.pdf resultcombinedfile.pdf
Some of the other tools available for merging PDF files include pfdtk, Multivalent, and pdcat.
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Already here: OpenSUSE 11.1 out now
I have just finished to download the new version: OpenSUSE 11.1.
“Learn more about the release over on openSUSE News, take a peek at the screenshots, and then head over to the download page to grab openSUSE 11.1 and have a lot of fun!”
Now, let’s go to install it
Using LaTeX in Scribus for posters
I am using LaTeX and beamer class to make presentations and posters. A short introduction to start with latex is available. Sometimes I am using LaTeX just to produce eps/pdf text boxes and after that Scribus for poster layout. In the last development version of Scribus, which is 1.3.5svn, there is possible to use latex [...]
