Category Archives: Linux

Setting up an NFS 4 Server with Clients

Posted on 5. September 2013 by missing_link

There are many good HOWTOs out there how to setting up NFS-Servers. I will try to seize together how to set up those with Clients, also Windows-Clients and Firewall-Rules. My testing environment is: As Server, Fedora 18 (without SELinux). Clients are … Continue reading →

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Avidemux 2.5.x – Optimal Xvid Settings

Posted on 30. August 2013 by missing_link

I’ve always used XviD 4 to transcode things. So chose this from the video section and hit configure. Main Chose Two Pass – Average Bitrate and your required bitrate (1000 is good). Chose Interlaced (see interlacing note), Chroma Optimizer and … Continue reading →

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nautilus-sound-converter and mp3

Posted on 25. August 2013 by missing_link

I was missing the feature to convert audio-files to mp3. The profile was existing but not working. The trick is to install gstreamer-plugins-ugly(-0.10). I have filed a bug-report here: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998228

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Debian Linux: remove orphaned packages

Posted on 4. February 2013 by missing_link

deborphan command finds packages that have no packages depending on them. The default operation is to search only within the libs and oldlibs sections to hunt down unused libraries. 1$ deborphan -sz Where, -s: Show the sections the packages are … Continue reading →

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