To find the size of a directory which has several sub directories can be done by using the following command
du -skh /home/user
please note the “s” here used is lower case if we use upper case then it will list size of all sub directories too….replace the /home/user with your folder name..
you can also use this command to find total space used
du -ch | grep total
To install tweetdeck first we need adobeair in our sustem download the deb file from this link
then from the downloaded directory issue the following command to install the deb fil
sudo dpkg -i adobeair.deb
Then go to tweetdecks site http://www.tweetdeck.com/. Click the “Desktop” link on the website.Then select download its free.After the download/install Adobe Air will ask you whether you will open, save or cancel the downloaded application.If you click open it will install tweetdeck automatically.During the installation TweetDeck will provide options of having a shortcut to your desktop and launching TweetDeck after installation.I just selected launch the application.
One of my friend asked me how to get an offline dictionary in GNU/LINUX then i searched for a while found out a lot of ways like downloading and installing dictd and seeting to localhost etc all these ended in a mess the simple way is to install Artha a good Offline dictionary…Artha can be installed by issuing the following command in GNU/Linux
sudo apt-get install artha
Normally in debian lenny we can use only su to become the root ifwe nee to use the sudo power then we have to edit the /etc/sudoers file
first become root by using su
ganesh@debian:~$ su
Password:
debian:/home/ganesh# visudo
Now add the username to the list..
ganesh ALL=(ALL) ALL
am attaching the scrrenshots
The command dpkg –get-selections will list all the installed packages in ubuntu/Debian system…
Two days gao for my friend i was in search on a mobile media converter in which we can adjust the audio and video bit rates….After tiring search i found a mobile media coneverter…and after my experience its a superb one with all features even i can convert to mp3,mp4,wav,3gp,ipod etc…..Happy Hacking all….
The link to the site is given below….
http://www.miksoft.net/mobileMediaConverterDown.htm
HalfaGeek 