Open Source

Yesterday I was searching for Open Source Project Management softwares and found OpenProj.

To my surprise it is very much like Microsoft Project. I don't know how good it is, I will try it. In the mean time I have to try other Open Source PM Tools.

Step 1

Create a .htaccess file in your website's root directory and place the following code in it.

RewriteEngine on RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?q=$1 [L,QSA]

Step 2

Login to the Admin section of your Drupal site and enable the Path Module.

Step 3

Run a clean URL test and enable the Clean URLs.

Now you should be able to see the search engine friendly URLs :)

uptime gives a one line display of the following information. The current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.

$ uptime
09:44:28 up 1 day, 1:10, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

If you have forgotten your MySQL root password then don't worry. You can reset your lost password. Here is the procedure.

1. Login as root.

2. Kill running MySQL process and stop the MySQL service.

[root@localhost root]# killall mysqld
[root@localhost root]# /usr/libexec/mysqld -Sg --user=root &

3. Restart MySQL server with these parameters

[root@localhost root]# mysqld --skip-grant-tables --user=root

4. Manually set root password in the table "user" of "mysql" database.

[root@localhost root]# mysql

Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or g.
Your MySQL connection id is 1 to server version: 3.23.41
Type 'help;' or 'h' for help. Type 'c' to clear the buffer.

mysql> USE mysql
Reading table information for completion of table and column names
You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A
Database changed

mysql> UPDATE user
-> SET password=password("newpassword")
-> WHERE user="root";

Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.04 sec)
Rows matched: 2 Changed: 2 Warnings: 0

mysql> flush privileges;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> exit;

[root@localhosthost root]# killall mysqld

5. Restart MySQL again

[root@localhosthost root]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start

Now your root password is set and you can now login as root using the password you have just created.

[root@localhost root]# mysql -u root -p
Enter Password: "newpassword"

If you again forget your root password don't worry just check this link again :)

By default the root password for MySQL is blank, but it is not safe.

Set the root password by entering the following in terminal.

mysqladmin -u root -p password 'password'

This will set the root password.

Now you can login to the MySQL using the password you have just created.

mysql -u root -p

This will ask you for the root password, just enter the password to access the MySQL console.

Enter the following command in Linux terminal to find your computer's IP Address.

/sbin/ifconfig -a

Organize your notes using KNotes

Knotes is an useful small application for managing your notes. It comes as a part of KDE PIM Package.

This is how Notes appear on the Desktop. It has a decent interface. Notes are saved by the date and time they were created, Of Course it can be changed. The Pin on the top left gives Notes a nice visual appeal.

By default the background color of notes is yellow and text color is black. It can be changed in the settings. Settings section also has the option to change the default Width and Height of the notes. Though notes can be resized manually using mouse.

One very nice feature of KNotes is sending the Notes to anyone through mail. Default mail client for sending Notes is kmail but it can be changed to any other mail client like Evolution in Action settings.

Notes can be sent or received over a network. Changes can be done in the Network settings.

Good Points

• Alarm: You can set alarms
• Mail: Mail your notes
• Send Notes over netork
• Good GUI: background color of the notes can be changed

Bad Points

• Not Optimized for both Mouse and Keyboard: There should have been more keyboard shortcuts for managing the notes

Conclusion
You cannot take your computer with you but with the help of KNotes you can organize of Desktop more effectively and it is a really nice application to remind you of important tasks.