GNU/Linux

The disktemp script can output and notify disk devices temperatures (reading SMART data) on a GNU/Linux system. The script output disk devices temperatures (echoing smartctl — so you do not need other tools or deamons such as hddtemp) and send a notification (using notify-send) when the temperature is over its limit. Outputs and notifies could […]

The hddetach script is a Bash script to safely detach (umount+sync+stop) an external hard disk on a GNU/Linux system. The only argument $1 must be the label of a volume (partition) in the hard disk (e.g. MYDATA) which is mounted on the file system. The script gets the device path (e.g. /dev/sdb) of the disk […]

A tarball containing the prebuild binaries of GNU IceCat 13.0.1, compiled by me for a GNU/Linux i386 system based on Debian Squeeze, is available at the GNU IceCat downloads page of this site. Language files should be available at the Gnuzilla FTP site: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/lang/. Also see how to install GNU IceCat tarballs. Enjoy!

To install a generic prebuild binaries tarball package just unpack it in a folder (which is usually already defined decompressing the file itself) and copy or move it (also renaming it if necessary) in a suitable position, usually into your /home directory or in the /opt system directory. Might also be necessary to change the […]

The SlimGnewsense theme is now also available at the official theme’s page of the SLiM (Simple Login Manager) project website. More, the artwork section of the gNewSense website has now a page about SlimGnewsense.