Magic Power

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Sharing your Thunderbird and Firefox data between Ubuntu and Windows (Download Squad)

May 25th 2007 8:45PM It IS possible to reroute Firefox's and Thunderbirds' Linux profiles to the Windows partition, since Linux can read/write to NTFS partitions quite well (e.g. ntfs-3g).

But just take the time to reroute both versions. You'll only have to reroute them once, but more important: You even keep your profiles when you reinstall either OS. Otherwise, you'ld have to take special actions when you're reinstalling Windows: Not only copying the profiles, but also setting them back afterwards with exactly the same path, and exactly the same login-name.

I've used this shared-OS-map method for a long time already, and find it very handy.

It is also possible to only route your bookmarks if you want. And this can even be done for Opera. (my favourite browser).

Firefox:
- Go to about:config in address bar.
- Add this key: browser.bookmarks.file
- Point that key to where your (shared) Firefox bookmarks are kept.

Opera:
- Go to Bookmarks->Manage (Might be differently named, I'm not English).
- Right-click->File->Open and point to your shared bookmarks file.

FreeDOS 1.0 released (Download Squad)

Sep 6th 2006 7:57AM I've been using DosBox for all those old DOS games and programs. Works perfectly, even the sound and graphics work as they should. Mind you, it's an emulator, so it requires a fast computer. But it runs almost any DOS game/app I throw at, plus it works on Linux, Beos, Windows and Mac as well.

Preview Kickoff, the new KDE start menu (Download Squad)

Aug 24th 2006 11:26AM Remember, you don't have to use GNOME or KDE to use their apps. All GNOME apps work under KDE, and all KDE apps work under GNOME. As long as you have the libraries for GNOME or KDE present. You can even use both KDE- and GNOME- apps under FVWM or ICeWM if you want.

Tab completion on the Windows command line (Download Squad)

Aug 8th 2006 6:17AM I use TAB-completion too, when I'm on the (Windows) Command-line. Although halfly already mentioned on the link, I use this registry setting (among many others) to set standard settings for my installs:

;;
;; Enable TAB as path and filename completion
;;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftCommand Processor]
"CompletionChar"=dword:00000009
"PathCompletionChar"=dword:00000009

Note that there are two settings: If desired, you can set different keys for them. Also, the key for completion can be set, experiment with the settings to find out (registry reset required).

Tab completion on the Windows command line (Download Squad)

Aug 8th 2006 6:10AM I use TAB-completion too, when I'm on the (Windows) Command-line. Although halfly already mentioned on the link, I use this registry setting (among many others) to set standard settings for my installs:

;;
;; Enable TAB as path and filename completion
;;
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftCommand Processor]
"CompletionChar"=dword:00000009
"PathCompletionChar"=dword:00000009

Note that there are two settings: If desired, you can set different keys for them. Also, the key for completion can be set, experiment with the settings to find out (registry reset required).