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Make VLC Player Look like Windows Media Player 11

One of the great features is that it supports skins that work across different platforms. This article will cover installing on both linux and windows. You will first need to download the skin namedWMP11from theskins page. This skin looks a lot like Windows Media Player 11. This will start VLC in the right mode to select skins. Now you have a great looking media player.

Keyboard Shortcuts for VMware Workstation

VMware has a set of shortcut keys or hotkeys for quick control over your virtual machine. This is a list of them.

Find Path of Application Running on Solaris, Ubuntu, Suse or Redhat Linux

Example: which svn/usr/bin/svn# which php/usr/local/bin/php

Get System Uptime Information on Solaris

It’s really easy to figure out how long a system has been up and running on solaris. Absurdly easy.uptimeThe uptime command shows how long a system has been running. Saves you some math. Example: uptime -bsystem boot Nov 30 23:13

Get the Host ID Number on Solaris

On Solaris, the hostid is similar to the hostname. Example: hostid** Hostid*3adf6e7c

Select Specific Tab with Keyboard Hotkey in Firefox

Firefox has built-in keyboard shortcuts for quickly navigating directly to the tab you want to get to. Ctrl + 2-8 will select each of the tabs in order from left to right. Ctrl + 9 will always pick the rightmost tab.

Set the Date and Time on Solaris

Setting the system date and time is fairly easy on solaris. You have to be superuser to set the time. Example: date 1201010106Fri Dec 1 01:01:00 PST 2006

Set the Default Route on Solaris

Setting the default route on Solaris is easy. There will be more articles covering this in the future.

Find Out If Your Computer Can Run Windows Vista

Thankfully Microsoft provides a utility to examine your system and let you know if you should probably upgrade anything. you could download theWindows Vista Upgrade Advisor here. Download and start the install: Once you launch the tool, tap the Start Scan button.

Get CPU / System Load Average on Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu linux has a rich set of commands for getting system info. Most likely the uptime/w commands utilize this information. The first 3 values contain system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

Format a String as Currency in C#

This is extremely easy in C#. If you pass in a string value, it won’t format correctly.

Install an RPM Package on Ubuntu Linux

Installing software on Ubuntu usually entails using Synaptic or by using an apt-get command from the terminal. Unfortunately, there are still a number of packages out there that are only distributed in RPM format. There’s a utility called Alien that converts packages from one format to the other. This doesn’t always mean that an rpm will work on your system, though. You will need to install some prerequisite software packages to install alien, however....

Get Last Accessed File Time In Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu Linux has a rich set of commands for manipulating and accessing files. The stat utility gives detailed access to file information, including last accessed and last modified file time.