windows at work

Here are some tips on how to set up a computer at work. There should be the least possible influence to other accounts or system-wide settings.

firefox + addons
gvim
launchy
avast
processxp
foobar2000 (and usb sound-card + phones + somafm :)
ctrl2caps (not system-wide?)
coretemp
tail

remove old kernels

find kernels

dpkg -l | awk '{print $2}' | grep linux | grep -e headers -e image -e modules

aptitude purge every one having version number lower than the highest.

EDIT: Is it really safe to remove modules?

See also cleaning after package managers.

exFAT on XP

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1cbe3906-ddd1-4ca2-b727-c2dff5e30f61&displaylang=en

gimp win language

For some reason, by default, Gimp runs in french on my 7(English) desktop. I didn't find any option to change language, in Gimp or GTK. So, to start Gimp in English, make a batch file containing something like:

set lang=en
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\GIMP-2.0\bin
gimp-2.6.exe

cleaning after package managers

Once in a while, it may be a good idea to remove unneeded files generated by package managers. Downloaded package updates are not deleted after use, so we may end up with a lot of wasted space after several weeks.

On Ubuntu (10.04), those files are located under /var/cache/apt/archives and can be removed by doing:

aptitude clean

 See also remove old kernels.

file type association win7

cmd as admin (using powershell does not work, why?)
assoc
ftype

assoc .rar=7zip
assoc .rar=

pmp2

Il y a encore des problèmes que je ne comprends pas avec le Cowon D2+. Mêmes des files qui ont l'air bien taggé sont parfois mal lus. Je devrais faire plus de tests, mais c'est assez dépriment à debugger; on a pas le source code du firmware, qui a l'air plutôt buggy.

L'extension SD semble fonctionner mais j'ai très peu testé.

Il manque encore du continuous playback?

Faudrait essayer de reverse-engineer le code...
EDIT: wow, 3 files pour plus de 11MB de bin!

http://www.jetaudio.com/products/cowon/d2plus/