carry your bookmarks to other PCs - for firefox users

We generally save our bookmarks on our PC and then don't get it on other PCs

but now with startaid in firefox we can get our bookmarks on any PC we are browsing from - but only in firefox not any other browser

How to get started :

Adding Startaid to your browser
step 1 : go to tools --> Add-ons
Step 2 : click on get addons
step 3 : type startaid in search box on left top corner
step 4 : after finding the startaid addon in the list click on add to firefox button
Step 5 : click on install now button on next window
Step 6 : to see if Startaid is added to your list of addons click on extension in above toolbar
Step 7 : Close the addons box and restart your firefox
Step 8 : at restart you get a small login window asking for logging in on startaid server
step 9 : since you don't have the user created click on create new user
step 10 : create a user by providing the required information in the form and click on signup
step 11 : on the next page scroll down to the end to see go to your account > link
Note : you can visit the same site and to see all your bookmarks
step 12 : click on the Online Bookmarks item on the menu bar
step 13 : use the same menu item for future bookmarks in future
enjoy

How to write CDs in Linux (Ubuntu 8.10)

CD writing is made very easy in Ubuntu Linux the simplest and most common way for backing your data on CD is as follows

Open Places | CD/DVD Creator

Now see that in the newly opened window burn:/// is available in location bar

and you can see a big content area as the right pane of the file browser window

Open another file browser window to find files you want to backup or write on CD

Select those files and folders and drag them to the CD/DVD Creator window

find "write to disk" button on the right top corner above the content window and click it to find the Write to Disc dialog box

select the device you want to write on and click on write button to start writting the CD

How to write C, C++ Programs in Linux

Open any text editor

start typing your program

Save it on any path

go to the path and use gcc command
Note : gcc is the compiler used for compiling c, c++ programs in linux

on the command prompt type as following
gcc filename

the output by default is a.out which is created on the same place

if you want to change the out put file your desired name type following

gcc name_of_output_file name_of_input file
Note : there are spaces used in between gcc and output file name and input file name respectively

after compiling the file as output file you can directly execute the file as follows

./name_of_output_file
Note: remember .(dot) and /(forward slash) are used to run any executable file in Linux so they are essential

How to add Cliparts to your Open Office Applications

Download the Clipart Set from following location

http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.zip

if zip unarchive utility is not available download below linked set

http://openclipart.org/downloads/0.19/openclipart-0.19.tar.gz

After Downloading unarchive the downloaded archive file in your desired folder

Open your open office application go to - tools | Gallery

Select New theme

on General Tab Page give a name for your new gallery

click on Files tab page

Click on find files

go to the path where clipart archive was extracted

Note : select complete folder on the path as file names are greyed

Click on OK button below

now you can see a list of all the files available on the selected path

Select the check box for preview of files on the right side in case you want only selected files

make selections for the files you want to be added and click on Add
Note : you can use shift and ctrl keys as we do for normal multi selection of objects

OR

Click on Add All to select all files for your new gallery

Click on OK button to see the new gallery added to the list available below the New Theme button in the Gallery

Note : You can select Tools | Gallery again to close the gallery
Note : Gallery button is also available on standard tool bar just find it to make your work more easy for putting the gallery on and off

Enjoy

Solution - Vmware error Unable to change virtual machine power state

In Ubuntu 8.10 While using Vmware Server 1.0.x I encountered an error as below

Unable to change virtual machine power state

I tried using config.pl file to rectify the problem and it used to get rectified every time but every time I shutdown the system and start again I used to get the error as stated above

Solution to the above error is to create the symlink for two library files. Probably vmware server is not able to find the path for it. make symlinks as follows

sudo cp /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libgcc_s.so.1

and the other files is

sudo cp /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0 /usr/lib/vmware/lib/libpng12.so.0

after creating the symlinks restart vmware with

/etc/init.d/vmware restart

enjoy using the hassle free vmware and pass your comments if this doesn't work in any scenarios