How to make vmware Mac image run faster

A search on the web give me the following solution to this issue:

1) Set the Guest OS type to Other > Linux
2) Go in the VMWare BIOS at boot time (F2), then disable the floppy and serial ports.

Worth a try, good luck!

CutePDF Writer – Freeware for PDF generation

CutePDF Writer is the freeware for PDF creation. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a virtual printer.

This enables virtually any Windows applications which has the print option to create PDF documents.

In order to use it, just select the CutePDF printer and click the print button!

It is free for personal, commercial, government or educational use! The best thing with CutePDF Writer is there is no watermarks in PDF generated! No popup Web ads! Now even supports 64-bit Windows.

You may download CutePDF Writer from here.

FlvPlayer4Free – play FLV file downloaded from Youtube

One of the way to download video from Youtube to your computer is to use the following web site:

http://clipnabber.com/

Just paste the Youtube web page address (URL) for the video into the Paste URL and then click FLV download link to download the video in FLV format.

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How to restart CUPS in Linux

Simply execute the following command will restart CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) service in Linux like Ubuntu:

#/etc/init.d/cupsys restart

By the way, CUPS is the standards-based, open source printing system developed by Apple Inc. for Mac OS X and other UNIX-like operating systems.

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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