Linux Tips and Tricks for Common Problems

• Install ytnef
• Extract the contents to the current directory

  $ ytnef -f . winmail.dat

• create .xmodmap

  remove Lock = Caps_Lock
  remove Control = Control_L
  keysym Control_L = Caps_Lock
  keysym Caps_Lock = Control_L
  add Lock = Caps_Lock
  add Control = Control_L

• add to .xsession

  xmodmap ~/.xmodmap

- Zip of the 6 fonts for ClearType.

http://www16.plala.or.jp/mano-a-mano/i810switch.html

You can use this app to switch displays and turn on the external vga port on an Intel graphics chip. Packages exist for ubuntu and are used like:

i810switch crt on

• http://www.pthree.org/2007/03/21/irssi-gui-notify/
• http://thorstenl.blogspot.com/2007/01/thls-irssi-notification-script.html

The client script is in the irssi svn repository. I run it from the gnome session so it starts on boot

• http://medibuntu.sos-sts.com/repository.php