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Archives: December 1999

ISO, CDR, and CDRW in Linux [cpqlinux.com]

An old page, but full of handy tips (more like quick references) nonetheless.

Just in case, it's also here. [waybackmachine.org]

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posted by erin at 10:41 PM in General tag in del.icio.us Digg!
tags: linux / howto
 

What a stroke of genius. [ding!] I’m sure some people think it’s obvious, but what a great application of RAMDISK!

Sessions are generally small, and putting them in a RAMDISK eliminates IO activity from storing/retrieving session data without having to change anything in PHP..

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posted by erin at 10:51 AM in General tag in del.icio.us Digg!
tags: linux
 

Linux: 2.6 Input Drivers FAQ

Didn’t want to lose it.. :-)

Additional keyboard stuff:

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posted by erin at 09:17 PM in General tag in del.icio.us Digg!
tags: linux / X11
 

Re: truetype fonts

XftConfig contains scalable fonts only. bitmap fonts can’t possibly be anti-aliased (and anti-aliasing is what XftConfig is there for).

> Can one get ride of one of the files?

If you remove /etc/X11/fs/config, X will stop working.
If you remove /etc/X11/XftConfig, antialiasing will act oddly.

Fonts in X

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posted by erin at 11:26 AM in General tag in del.icio.us Digg!
tags: linux