Month: May 2010

While writing bash scripts, I find it a good idea to put reusable functions into their own scripts and then source them into other scripts. This means that one must use the source /file/to/source call to load these files. To be able to do this, the bash script must know where the scripts to source… Continue reading “Determining the base directory of a bash script” →

For the Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, the developers decided to remove the Interface tab in System -> Preferences -> Appearance. What made them do that I can not fathom. Yet there is (still) an option to put the icons back. You can put it back for all new users by adding the following two lines… Continue reading “Ubuntu 10.04 and Lucid Lynx: No icons in menu or buttons” →