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Open Drop Down Terminal From Thunar File Manager [Xubuntu]

I have a written about the latest XFCE Terminal which adds drop down Terminal functionality like Guake or Yakuake. If you don’t read it, please click here to read and install the latest version of XFCE Terminal so you can follow this tutorial. As far as I know, Thunar file manager comes with “Open Terminal Here” context menu. You can see it by right clicking on any folder from Thunar File Manager.


By default, it will open the default XFCE Terminal in a normal window. I want to open it on drop down XFCE Terminal, how can I do that? Well, today I want to share a little trick on how to do that.

Please make sure you have installed and configured drop down XFCE Terminal properly, please click here for the instruction. Open Thunar File Manager and navigate to “Edit > Configure custom actions …” and you will see a dialog windows like picture below: Continue reading Open Drop Down Terminal From Thunar File Manager [Xubuntu]

Add Right-Click Convert and Resize Images in Nautilus

In Dolphin, by using an extension, I can do right-click to convert bulk PNG images into JPEG or any format. This is very effective (I use it very intensely) for my graphic design works. But how about Nautilus? Sure, you can do the same thing. You will need to install programs nautilus-image-converter (resizer) and nautilus-image-tools (converter). nautilus-image-converter created by GNOME team and nautilus-image-tools created by Atareao Team. Thank you!

Install The Resizer

To do this, install nautilus-image-converter from Ubuntu repository. I’m using Ubuntu 15.04 and the package is already there. Install it using Ubuntu Software Center or by Terminal:

sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter

Install The Converter

To do this, install nautilus-image-tools from unofficial repository. Atareao has created that unofficial in Launchpad PPA. Use these commands: Continue reading Add Right-Click Convert and Resize Images in Nautilus

MELD – Mencari beda (komparasi) dari dua berkas

Bagi teman-teman yang hobi oprek android (modifikasi systemUI, mod app, mod setting, dll) pasti sering melakukan komparasi dua file atau lebih. Untuk teman-teman yang lain untuk kepentingan tertentu, kadang juga perlu membandingkan isi dari dua file atau lebih, misal file a.php dengan file b.php.

Pada tulisan ini saya tunjukan bagaimana cara mencari beda atau membandingkan isi dari dua file di ubuntu? . Dalam hal ini saya akan menggunakan aplikasi meld, yang merupakan GUI untuk diff.

Langkah-langkah:

  1. Buka terminal
  2. Install meld
    sudo apt-get install meld
  3. Buka aplikasi meld, pilih file comparison, browse masing-masing file yang mau dibandingkan, klik compare.
  4. Skrinsut:

Tips & Trik Terminal, generate MD5 Hash suatu file di ubuntu

Ketika kita download suatu file (.iso misalnya), biasanya disertai file md5 atau di sediakan di web tempat kita download. Biasanya digunakan untuk mengetahui apakah file tersebut corrupt atau tidak.

Pada tulisan ini, saya akan menunjukan bagaimana meng-generate md5 hash pada terminal ubuntu. Misalnya saya mau meng-generate dari file iso zorin os yang saya unduh,

Langkah-langkah:

  1. Buka terminal
  2. Masuk ke direktori dimana file iso zorin os berada.
  3. Jalankan perintah berikut:
    md5sum zorin-os-9-core-32.iso
  4. Skrinsut:

Get Hardware Information with Dmidecode Command on Linux