How to uncompress pp_ file (compress form of PPD file)

The pp_ which is coming with printer driver is the compressed form of PPD (Postscript Printer Description) file.

PPD files are created by vendors to describe the entire set of features and capabilities available for their Postscript printers.

To uncompress it you, execute the following command:

Example: file.pp_

C:\expand file.pp_ file.ppd

How to use RPM in Fedora Linux

RPM is used to build, install, query, verify, update, and erase individual software packages.

It was originally designed to work with Red Hat / Fedora Linux. Currently it also works on other rpm-based distributions: Suse, Mandriva Linux, Conectiva and etc.

To install software packages, use the following command:

rpm -i foobar.rpm

To uninstall a software package:

rpm -e foobar.rpm

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How to RSS feed into your Wordpress post

In Blogger, it is quite easy to add content from an RSS or Atom feed to your blog. I used this feature in Blogger so far. However, I can’t find it in Wordpress.

FirstRSS is a simple RSS aggregator plugins for WordPress which I found recently. I have used FirstRSS plugin in my main homepage - ChengSoonGiap.com to insert RSS feed of all my related blogs.

Picasa 3 for photo editing

Few photos start out perfectly. One of the software I use frequently in editing photos taken by digital camera is Picasa. Picasa is Google’s freeware for photo management.

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Snap Shots in blogging

I just installed a new tool on some of my blogs called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.
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