Linux dpkg Software Report

Have you ever wanted all of the information about the software packages installed on your Linux system in one easy to access, easy to read place?

This bash shell script is for you then, as it compiles information from the output of the dpkg command with your installed files lists, and configuration files lists, as well as linking to any index.html files in the usr/share/doc/packagename folders for each package, into an HTML index of everything installed on your system.

All web URLs, and email addresses within the dpkg command's output get converted to links you can click to go to the package's web sites, mailing lists, or to email it's Maintainer, or Original Maintainer with suggestions, offers of help, or bug reports..

The installed files lists, and configuration file lists are linked in the report so you can easily load them, or any documentation files for each package.

There is an alphabetical by software section name index, an alphabetical by package name index, an index to all of the lib files sorted by libA.html, libB.html, up to libZ.html. There is also an alphabetical listing page for packages that exist on your system but are not currently installed.

Learning your way around a Linux system just got a whole lot easier since you can browse the package indexes, and familiarize yourself with the software, where it's installed, and the included documentation on your system.

Download the Linux dpkg Software Report script set today, and really get a handle on what's installed on your system, and how to use it. I have released it with an open source license so you can redistribute it, modify it, or whatever you feel like doing with it.

There is a sample dpkg Software Report output set linked on the above web page so you can have a look at the report before you even download the script set.

Later, Ray Parrish

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Multi Document Block Oriented Search and Replace script

Web Masters, and Programmers are you in need of a way to make large changes to all of your pages or a selection of files all at once? This GUI enabled script does search and replace of large block elements across as many files as you select for it to work on.

I had been in need of a tool to do large block element search and replace for quite some time to help me administer my web sites. Sometimes there are changes I want to make to all of the pages on my site at once, and I could not find an editor that would accomplish the feat of large block search and replace.

To help myself I wrote the Multi Document Block Oriented Search and Replace script which fulfills my needs quite nicely. It is now available as open source software on Ray's Links.

As always, I ask that if you use my scripts, to please make a donation of any small amount you can afford to help me keep writing good software for people to use.

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Where are the program files in Ubuntu Linux?

If you are a new user of Ubuntu coming from some other operating system like Windows you might be wondering where the program files are in Ubuntu as they have a much different file system than Windows does. So where does Ubuntu Linux keep it's program files?

To find out, read my new page Where are the program files in Ubuntu Linux?

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GUI Web Change Monitor script

Hello,

I have just put the finishing touches on my new GUI enabled Web Change Monitor script. This script makes it very easy to monitor one, or a group of web URLs for any change, and when one of the monitored web pages changes, this script set will load it into your default web browser for viewing.

You can't really monitor your Face Book page with it because the Face Book pages change so often that change would be detected on every check of the page.Try it on your favorite stock quote page to keep up with your investments. 8-)

Later, Ray Parrish

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Add URL to Google Site Map script

Hello,

I have finished the Add URL to Google Site Map script, and it is available for download. This new script makes it very easy to update your site map files for multiple web sites.

It is mainly designed to work with Google Site Maps, but will probably work just as well on any .xml based site map that follows the standard rules of site maps.

Later, Ray

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Add url to Google Site Map script

Hello,

I am currently working on a new GUI enabled script which automatically adds new web page urls to your google_sitemap.xml files, and it manages site maps for more than one web site as well.

The new script depends on the Xdialog package for the GUI widgets it uses to interact with the script's users.

Look for the new version soon on Ray's Links.

Later, Ray

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New GUI Web Site Monitor script available

HI there!

I've just completed a brand new version of the Web Site Monitor bash script which is GUI enabled with the help of widgets from the Xdialog package.

GUI Web Site Monitor

Get it now! 8-)

Later, Ray

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Booting into Safe Mode

Booting into Safe Mode

Booting into Safe Mode can help discover what is wrong with your system in Normal Mode. You can also apply fixes, or scan for viruses while they are not running, by booting into Safe Mode in Windows. In Safe Mode with Networking Support you can even go online to research a problem. ...

fixed problem Internet Explorer

I just fixed a problem Internet Explorer would have been having recently on my Ray's Links site that would cause some skins

to be plain black and white instead of their intended colors. It is all fixed now, and all of the skins should now be working as

intended.

Charter Cable refuses to pay refunds in a timely manner. I have been waiting for mine for over two months now, and they still will not pay me at the local office, and are stonewalling me about needing to get a check cut at corporate headquarters. The... original check was cut on July 20th, and I still do not have it. Charter sucks!!!

One of their billing representives told me on the phone that I could get a refund at the local office, and he lied to me. I turned all of their equipment in over two months ago, and still have not recieved a refund check.

What are they doing with my money all of this time??? They are earning interest on it, and do not give it back until the very last moment they can stall until.

How to speed up and organize tab switching in Firefox

How to speed up and organize tab switching in Firefox

Web Publishing

Web Publishing

Is The Eiffel Tower Taller Than the Space Needle? Is The Space Needle Taller Than The Eiffel Tower?

Is The Eiffel Tower Taller Than the Space Needle? Is The Space Needle Taller Than The Eiffel Tower?

The Eiffel Tower is taller than the Space Needle by 379 feet, or 116 meters.

Read more at Is The Eiffel Tower Taller Than the Space Needle?

Watch this, it's incredible! 8-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8 Watch this, it's incredible! 8-)

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The Future of Technology

I've been watching a few technology shows, and is becoming apparent to me that great things are in the offing. The most important of which is that someday money and jobs will disappear because machines will be doing ALL OF THE JOBS FOR US. To read more see the link below. http://www.rayslinks.com/The%20Future%20of%20Technology.html

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Updated Writings of "The" Schizophrenic

http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/ I just finished alphabetizing my poetry list, and added a few new poems at the previous link.

Writing's of "The" Schizophrenic

http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/Reaching%20For%20The%20Heart.html

Reaching For The Heart

Source: www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com

I'm reaching for the heart,right from the start,I know what I want,and if I'm going to win it,I have to reach for the heart,right from the start...I know that if I lie,my dreams will die,I know what I ...

Christopher Ray Parrish http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/The%20USA%20Today.html

The USA Today

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The cartoons and movies,teach violence as the way,anybody who wins,even good guys,get where they're going that way...And society tells me,your wife can just walk away...No complaints damn you,we won't ...

Christopher Ray Parrish http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/Romance%20Is%20Dead.html

Romance Is Dead

Source: www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com

Now that romance is dead,each day is dread...There's smut magazines,oh too graphic scenes,on tv...The tube it'sflashing me...Where's the romance,now it's blatant,instead...There's no mystery,when it's ...

http://www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com/Hey%20Rich%20Man.html

Hey Rich Man

Source: www.writingsoftheschizophrenic.com

Hey rich man,are you there?Have you been everywhere?there's people starving,and you just don't care,you just sit and stare.They're there on the tv,but you're afraid to admit,they're real...You have so much,and you know it's not fair,so your concience can't bear,to hear their misery,on the air.

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Missing Titlebars in Ubuntu

http://www.rayslinks.com/MissingTitlebarsinUbuntu.html

Just a tip for you Linux nuts! 8-)

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Come follow me on Twitter!

I'm now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/crayparrish

Come see what I'm up to!

Later, Ray

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New links on Ray's Links!

Hello everyone,

I've been adding some new links to Ray's Links. Check for them on the
Online Magazine page, Video, Movies and Television, and The Science and
Technology pages.

Later, Ray

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Donations needed.

Help me keep my web sites on the internet, and help me earn a living so
I can get off of disability payments. The advertisements on my web sites
have only earned me $26 over nearly two years of displaying them. Surf
to either of my web sites below, and you will now find a PayPal donation
button which you can use to donate whatever you can afford.

Thank you for your help.

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Online Magazines

Online Magazines

Reviews of a sample of magazines available on the internet.

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Insuring Responsibility in our Leadership

Insuring Responsibility in our Leadership

Science and Technology

Find many interesting sites with articles about Science and Technology on Ray's Links now.

More poems added.

Hello,

I've just added about five or six more poems to my Writings of "The"
Schizophrenic web site. I'm still missing about 9 or 10 of them, and
fear I may never find them. 8-(

Later, Ray Parrish

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New pages on Ray's Links

Hello everyone,

I have added a couple of new pages at Ray's Links. One is called
Charitable Organizations, and will be expanded as I add more links.

The other is entitled "The Etiquette of Posting in User's Groups ". Have
a surf on over to Ray's Links and have a look. 8-)

Later, Ray Parrish

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New section being added to Writings of the Schizophrenic

Hello,

I am adding a new section to my Writings of the Schizophrenic web site.

This new section is entitled "My Shaping", and is intended to be a collection of articles about the development of symptoms, paranoid delusions, experiences with, possible causes of, and treatments for Schizophrenia as they apply to my personal struggle with it, along with stories about my life which show where some support for my previous delusional belief system came from.

I will also be covering the effectiveness of, and side affects, of drugs that were used to treat my Schizophrenia.

The stories I will be adding there, are primarily intended to enlighten anyone who has any interest in learning about the psyche of the Schizophrenic mind, as told by someone who has been afflicted with it themselves.

Later, Ray Parrish

Hacker group sets Time's poll vote count to their requirements.

Hi everyone!

The article I am going to link you to here includes an interview between the journalist of the article, and the hacker that managed to precision hack the results of the Time Magazine's online poll of who the most influential person is. They chatted on an irc channel to complete the interview.

The fun thing about this article is that I understand the hack, I should, they fully explain it in detail in this article, and I actually have the tools right here on my computer to easily duplicate the hack.8-)

One of the posted replies to the article from the crowd, spills the beans on the precise information needed to bypass Time's lame attempt to validate the voters, making it possible to write my own vote hacking scripts in simple Linux bash scripts, utilizing the wget command to send the vote requests.

Inside the precision hack.

I'm beginning to think that most of the hackers are using an operating system like Linux or BSD, due to the many hacking tools I have discovered are part of the Linux software repositories, available as free, open source programs anyone can use, and examine the source code of, to add their own improvements.

Due to this availability, I now have software that allows me to scan remote computers for security problems that can be taken advantage of. I am thinking of starting a "White Hat" hacker service of scanning remote computers for a small fee, and providing a Security Report to the computer's owner.

I will need a bit of practice with the scanning program, as well as needing to continue to educate myself on what vulnerabilities exist to realize this service. Keep watching to see when I start this service.

Later, Ray

Human reviewed index of links about the computer

Poetry from the mind of a Schizophrenic New Articles! - The shaping of the schizophrenic mind.

Very nice depiction of table of elements.

Hello,

The link I'm sending here is to a page which shows the periodic table of elements as an arrangement of samples of the elements themselves in the same arrangement as the normal periodic table of elements is listed.

It makes for a very striking picture, and the page further links to many more pages which explain each element in detail. You can even learn interesting details like how to extract hydrogen from water, with a simple nine volt battery and two paper clips, or more productively, with two carbon rods, an array of batteries or other DC source, and bottles to catch the bubbles of hydrogen and oxygen as they boil off of the carbon rods, as explained on this page as well.

Homemade hydrogen

<http://www.theodoregray.com/PeriodicTable/Elements/001/index.html>

Note that there are links on the right side in the picture immediately above the periodic table of elements, which lead to numbered sizes of pages from 1 to 9, with larger and larger images of the periodic table of elements on each higher numbered link, in case you can print at any of the larger sizes.

The site also sells posters of the periodic table of elements as depicted in the image on this page.

I'll be adding a Science page at Ray's Links soon, so have a look when I get it there. 8-) Sorry if it isn't there yet, I need to gather enough links to make it interesting first.

Later, Ray

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A blog about shoes, expensive shoes, if you can afford that kind of thing. 8-)

Title: Jordan Air
URL: http://www.myairshoes.com/category/air-jordans
Description: Information about Air Jordan Sneakers, Nike Air Force Ones,
Reebok Shoes, Adidas Shoes, Converse Sneakers, and more can be found here.

This is a very well organized blog, with reviews about, and quality
pictures of, fancy footwear for those that can afford them, or just to
read about to see what they are like, if you can't afford them.

It's a novel concept to me to be blogging about shoes, but if you want
to tell people about that sort of thing, I guess it makes just as good a
blog as anything else you could talk about. 8-)

It probably gets more traffic than my sites anyway, and I'm sure there
are plenty of people who enjoy quality footwear. If it interests you, go
have a look!

Later, Ray

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Combating Spam

Hi there!

I've just added a new page to Ray's Links called Combating Spam. This page explains differing ways that spammers get, and verify, your email address, and things you can do to prevent it.

Enjoy! Ray

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Addition to Security Measures page

I've just added links to Microsoft's PS Tools download and primer pages on the Security Measures page at Ray's Links. These tools contain PSExec which will allow you to run your web browser and email programs without administrative privileges, which will protect you from mistakes you make while surfing the web.

Security Measures

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