Windows Live offline installer

Windows Live Writer

This is the complete standalone version of Windows Live. The complete standalone package of Windows Live includes options to install Live programs such as Messenger, Live Mail, Live Writer and Live Photo Gallery.

Click here to download the standalone version (offline installer) of Windows Live.

Note: Windows Live Movie Maker will not run on Windows XP.

Last updated on July 7, 2011.

Ubuntu: Restore panels to default settings

How to restore panels on Ubuntu?

Step 1:

Delete current panel settings.

rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel

Step 2:

Restart the Gnome panel.

pkill gnome-panel

As an alternative, just restart the computer.

Change file format (Dos/Unix) in Vim

Unix and dos (Windows) use different file format. Even though the latest Vim can detect the file format automatically, sometimes you also need to convert your file to the other format, especially if you are sharing the file with your friends.

Fortunately, in vim you can set the file format using a very simple command.

Change the file format to dos

:set ff=dos

Change the file format to unix

:set ff=unix

Note:

You can also add those commands in .vimrc file to make Vim starts with the desired format of file.

Prayer times software for Ubuntu

Minbar Prayer Times is a free prayer times software for linux.

Installing Minbar on Ubuntu is easy.

$ sudo apt-get install minbar

After the installation process, you can start Minbar Prayer Times from the Accessories menu.

Minbar Prayer Times

To set the location, click on Preferences, and under the City Details tab, click on "Find City". You should find your city there. If your city is not available, you can find the latitude and longitude via www.islamicfinder.org, and enter it manually.

If you can suggest other free prayer times software for Ubuntu, please leave a comment.

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Missing Windows "Show Desktop" shortcut icon

If you by mistake deleted the Windows "Show Desktop" shortcut icon in the QuickLunch, you can get it back by creating a text file named "Show Desktop.scf", and drag it to the QuickLaunch.

This is the content of the "Show Desktop.scf" file, for Windows XP and Vista respectively.

Windows XP

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Windows Vista

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=shell32.dll,34
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

How to install GIMP for Linux

These are the commands to install GIMP on various Linux flavour from the distribution package.

Ubuntu/Debian

apt-get install gimp

openSUSE

yast -i gimp

Fedora

yum install gimp

Mandriva

urpmi gimp