Install Dropbox in OpenSUSE 11.3

今天無意間找到了一個非常實用的工具Dropbox，什麼是Dropbox？簡單的來說它是一個線上備份與檔案同步的一個好工具，使用過後我覺得它有以下幾個優點：

1. 簡單且實用

2. 跨平台(Windows/Mac/Linux/Mobile)

3. 2GB免費空間

如何於OpenSUSE 11.3上安裝：

1. zypper in docutils

2. tar jxvf nautilus-dropbox-0.6.3.tar.bz2 -C /usr/local/src/

3. cd /usr/local/src/nau*

4. ./configure && make && make install

安裝完畢後，就可以在最新安裝的應用程式裡找到它，當執行時會有wizard一步一步告訴你怎麼設定。我測試時是先把檔案透過Windows把檔案上傳到DropBox，然後切換到OpenSUSE看看，結果的確有檔案存在，不知道是不是使用的人還不多？上下傳檔案時還挺快的！

Remove useless repositories by awk in OpenSUSE

帽客的桌機一路從OpenSUSE 11.1升級到OpenSUSE 11.3後，repositories都沒去清掉，導致一堆沒有在用的repos殘留在那邊，練習一下用awk把沒用的repos一次清光：

linux-8zbb:~ # zypper rr `zypper lr | awk '/No/{ print $3 }'`

Repository 'openSUSE' not found by alias, number or URI.

Removing repository 'Packman repository (openSUSE_11.1)' [done]

Repository 'Packman repository (openSUSE_11.1)' has been removed.

Removing repository 'openSUSE 11.2-0' [done]

Repository 'openSUSE 11.2-0' has been removed.

Removing repository 'opensuse11.2_oss' [done]

Repository 'opensuse11.2_oss' has been removed.

Removing repository 'opensuse11.2_update' [done]

Repository 'opensuse11.2_update' has been removed.

Removing repository 'opensuse_11.2_non-oss' [done]

Repository 'opensuse_11.2_non-oss' has been removed.

Removing repository 'opensuse 11.3 iso' [done]

Repository 'opensuse 11.3 iso' has been removed.

Removing repository 'packman' [done]

Repository 'packman' has been removed.

Removing repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Debug' [done]

Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Debug' has been removed.

Removing repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss' [done]

Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Non-Oss' has been removed.

Removing repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Oss' [done]

Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Oss' has been removed.

Removing repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Source' [done]

Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Source' has been removed.

Removing repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Update' [done]

Repository 'openSUSE-11.1-Update' has been removed.

只能說awk好用又有效率～

Configure ATI driver on OpenSUSE 11.3

SL410升級到OpenSUSE 11.3後竟然無法順利啟動X Server，做了一些事情後，讓X Server起來了可是得到的結果是....

1. 解析度只有1024*768

2. 沒有3D特效

3. 有開啟3D特效的user account，登入GNOME後，畫面一片空白

好吧，想說新增ATI driver for OpenSUSE 11.3的repository，沒想到更新後更慘，X Server又起不來了？只好先把它移除，然後上google找看看有沒有解法，果然有人提出了完美的更新方法，請注意作者有先說明：

ATI doesn’t provide anymore repository for their binary drivers, so we have to build them on each needed system. When the 11.3 hits the street, the procedure was complex and not so easy, now with their 10.7 ( 8.753 ) version, it’s doable.

照著這位前輩的作法，果然是重新搞定了我的桌面環境，實在是非常地感謝他呀，說起來ATI真是.......

Terminator

做帽客這一行的，常常要一次控制或是監控好幾台機器或是待測物，所以我的GNOME terminal就常開了一堆分頁，不過有時要同時"看"好幾台機器的狀況時，就只能忙碌的在好幾個分頁中切換，不然就是只能將它們個個獨立起來分開來看，然而這樣做實在不是很smart，所幸我今天發現了Terminator這樣的一個好工具，它主要的功能如下：

Terminator, multiple terminals in one window. The goal of this project is to produce a useful tool for arranging terminals. It is inspired by programs such as gnome-multi-term, quadkonsole, etc. in that the main focus is arranging terminals in grids (tabs is the most common default method, which Terminator also supports).

看起來很棒吧！實際上用起來的確也是非常nice！以下是它的官方網站：

Terminator

順便整理一下目前得知的快捷鍵：

Ctrl-Shift-E: 新增terminal並垂直切割

Ctrl-Shift-O: 新增terminal並水平切割

Ctrl-Shift-P: 回到上一個terminal

Ctrl-Shift-N: 至下一個terminal

Ctrl-Shift-W: 關閉目前的terminal

Ctrl-Shift-Q: 結束terminator

F11: 全螢幕顯示

Example: 同時檢視IO, Memory還有CPU information: