I've tried following instructions found on the 'net for turning on the NumLock key at startup in KDE. Only problem; I don't have the keyboard element installed for some reason. So I'm trying the KDM solution;

Edit /etc/kde4/kdm/Xsetup. Add the following lines;

if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi

The location of a user's crontab file, in Linux, varies from distribution to distribution. It can even vary in different releases of a distribution. In Ubuntu (and variants) for release 9.04 the location is;

/var/spool/cron/crontabs

The user's crontab will be titled by the user's name.

Backing up and restoring a MySQL database is a relatively easy proposition provided you have adequate access priviledges to the database. The following commands write and read to the current directory. You'll also need sufficient access priviledges in your current directory to execute these. Note:Italic words are user variables.

Backup (a.k.a. Dump)

$ mysqldump -u username -p databasename > outputfile.sql

Restore

$ mysql -u username -p --database=databasename < outputfile.sql

That's it, short and sweet. Told ya it was easy!

I've been using Kubuntu for some time. I don't recall when, but at some point the form controls got ugly in Firefox. Radio buttons, check boxes and the like.

I tried all the stuff in the forums. The firefox-forms-widget fix to no avail. After searching I finally ran across someone who had the answer, Larsn.

Here's the fix that worked for me. Essentially Larsn's answer slightly modified for Jaunty with KDE 4.2;

The fix that worked for me is to install the package “gtk2-engines-qtcurve”, then open K-Start/System Settings and go to Appearance -> GTK Styles and Fonts change the GTK Styles to Use another Style: “QtCurve”.

I tested this with a couple other options like "Crux". It also worked. I'm guessing it's an issue with the Oxygen theme.

For the past day or so I've been working through issues to add/change or delete strings in multiple files. As usual there is plethora of methods to do try. Each have a place in an administrator's arsenal.

Using Perl or SED

These methods are suited for text manipulation where search and replace strings are simple without the need for escape characters;

In the following example we replace the word rabbit with the word blueberry in all html files in the current directory;

Of course, there are an abundance of switches that can be used to accomplish more tasks like backing up files before actually executing the search replace function. Check the man pages for more details.

Using RPL