Linux

Change default grub startup in CentOS 7

This post describes how to change the default startup choice while booting up CentOS 7. Edit the file /etc/default/grub Change the line GRUB_DEFAULT=saved to GRUB_DEFAULT=”Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)” The value to add is determined by looking at the menuentry lines in /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Choose the menuentry that you would like to be default. To make […]

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Set og change default “Open With” application in Ubuntu

This post describes how to associate a file ending like PAR2-files with the pypar2 application in Ubuntu Unity. You can also use the mimeopen command to change associated file type to other applications. $ mimeopen -d unknown-file.par2 Please choose a default application for files of type application/x-par2 1) Other… use application #1 use command: /usr/bin/pypar2 […]

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Compile image viewer geeqie in Centos 7

Geeqie is a lightweight Gtk+ based image viewer for Unix like operating systems. It is my preferred image viewer in Ubuntu but it is not available in Centos 7. Since there are no RPMs available you need to download the source and compile it yourself. This HOWTO is most likely going to work on other […]

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