Don't Trash, Delete

Sometimes you might want to delete a file directly (like command line "rm") instead of moving it to trash.

To add that option in Gnome Nautilus file manager you can goto:

Places > Home Folder > Edit > Preferences > Behavior > Trash > Include Delete option.

Now you will get an additional delete option when you right click on a file/folder:

Gnome Gmail

If you would like to make Gmail your default Email Client in Gnome instead of "Evolution" or "Thunderbird", then you can use "Gnome Gmail"

After installing goto System > Preferences > Preferred Applications > Internet > Mail Reader

You will get a "Gmail" Option:

Now when you click on an email-link, your browser will open Gmail.

Test this link : abc@gmail.com

Mobile Media Converter

There are numerous applications to convert (audio, video) media files to different formats. There are command line options as well. These can be cumbersome to use at times.

Mobile Media Converter is an excellent application to simplify the task.

It has a neat user interface and it is very easy to use.

Download and try it.

Gnome: Mail notification

If you have the habit of checking your mail (specially Gmail) too often, then you should try mail-notification. It will notify if you have a mail on your desktop panel. You can set it up to show all your mail accounts on your desktop.

SSH: Login Without Password

Just have this in mind:

If you want to login from machine F to machine T through SSH, the "public key" of F should be in "authorized_keys2" file in T.

You need to have static IP/host-name on both machines for this to work

In machine F:

To create a public key for F, use the command: ssh-keygen -t rsa.

When prompted for paraphrase just click enter.

The created public key will be ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.

In machine T:

Copy the contents of this (id_rsa.pub) file to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 file in machine T.

If the folder .ssh does not exist, create it.

If the file authorized_keys2 does not exist, create it.

That's it!