How to undelete files from ext3/ext4

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Sometimes, especially on the command line, it happens that you delete a file or directory you didn’t really plan to delete. A second after hit enter you realize what you have done, maybe you are fast enough to stop the deletion process and save some files, but in the most cases it’s already to late, at least for some files.  If you have no or a too old backup you’re screwed. If you use ext3/ext4 you may be able to recover the file with ext3grep or extundelete with information from the file system journal if the content of the file wasn’t already overwritten by new data. The first step should be to stop all writing processes on the related partition and unmount that partition as...

How To : Shrink LVM Volume Safely

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Logical Volume Management is a vast improvement over standard partitioning schemes. Among many other things, it allows you to decrease the size of a volume without recreating it completely. Here’s how.  First, as is always the case when you’re modifying disk volumes, partitions, or file systems, you should really have a recent backup. A typo in one the following commands could easily destroy...

Best Turn Based Games on Linux

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A turn-based strategy (TBS) game is a strategy game (usually some type of wargame, especially a strategic-level wargame) where players take turns when playing. This is distinguished from real time strategy where all players play simultaneously. Years ago this was the most common type of strategic games, but there are still a lot of nice games turn-based, and today we’ll see some games of this type. The...

Mageia 2 Release Details Revealed

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After an extensive discussion with the community on the Mageia developmental mailing list, Anne Nicolas revealed the results concerning Mageia release and support cycles as well as the release schedule for Mageia 2. The consensus was to use basically the same cycle used in Mageia 1. Three proposals where given for discussion: Proposal 1: 6 months release cycle -> 12 months life cycle ( Fedora,...

How To : Webcam Work with Google Plus or Talk

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If your webcam doesn’t work (it’s not detected) with the new Google Plus Hangouts or with Google Talk Video, here’s a possible way to get it working. Before proceeding, make sure Google Talk plugin is installed. Both Google Plus Hangouts and Google Chat Video use the Google Talk Plugin for which we’ll apply a ‘fix’ similar to an old Skype work-around (preloading...

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