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Adding a startup script on Ubuntu server

Marko Tomic — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:35:44 +0100

This is a useful tip for my reference. I've been creating some startup scripts on my Ubuntu server lately and her are a couple of steps required to get this working.

Write your startup script and place it in /etc/init.d/ directory. Let's say you called your startup script - myScript. You then install your script by using update-rc.d debian utility:

{xtypo_code}update-rc.d myScript defaults{/xtypo_code}Have a look at man update-rc.d for more info.

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HOWTO convert and shrink your DVD into a web-playable format

Marko Tomic — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 07:48:02 +0100

HandBrake is an open-source, GPL-licensed, multiplatform, multithreaded video transcoder, available for MacOS X, Linux and Windows.

It is my tool of choice when it comes to backing up my DVDs. It allows me to shrink DVDs to a relatively small size and convert them to a web-playable format, such as mp4.

I use the Command Line version of HandBrake simply because it is more efficient and I love typing geeky commands in my terminal window. So here it is, the simplest command tRead More...