Granola, Power saving software

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Sep 182010
 

granola linux Introducing Granola a software to help save some energy from your PC, and in the while help the nature.

This is a small followup from my article Linux for a green Desktop

Granola site say:

“Granola will green up your Linux or Microsoft Windows computers by cutting energy consumption by up to 35%. This will not only save you money, but help to save the planet by reducing CO2 emisions. Granola will not turn off your computer or give you any noticable performance loss, and it is totally free! Do your part to save the planet by installing Granola.”

I’m now testing it on my Ubuntu 10.04
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Damn Vulnerable Linux

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Sep 112010
 

Damn vulnerable linuxDamn Vulnerable Linux – The most vulnerable and exploitable operating system ever!

Damn Vulnerable Linux is the most complete training environment for IT security with over 500.000 downloads. It includes all tools you need ready to go. Additionally tons of training material and exercises are included. Damn Vulnerable Linux works fine under Windows, Linux and Mac OSX using any virtual machine such as VMware, Qemu or KVM. You can let it run installed natively on a standard PC or even boot it from USB.

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Google-Translate from command line

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Aug 292010
 

Occasionally use Google Translate to make a quick translation of texts, and I must say that the web interface is functional but not so comfortable.

For example if you have a .txt file you copy and paste, then copy and paste the translated version, quite a bit uncomfortable for long texts, and so with a quick google I found this handy little python script that allows you to work from command line.
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Create your shortcuts

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Aug 232010
 

keylaunchkeylaunch: It’s A small utility for binding commands to a hot key. It reads a configuration file in .keylaunchrc. KeyLaunch uses Ctrl, Alt and Shift as modifier keys, the hotkey is up to the user.

Bind your favorite combination to the program you use more, like ctrl-alt-t to open a terminal, use this and you’ll  regret all the time wasted in the past in the menu of Gnome and KDE, go Keyboard !!

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