Monday, March 18, 2013

New application: ContactsDB(beta)

Type:Console Application
Description:An old school program to create and modify databases of contacts.
Functions:

  • Add new contacts
  • Modify inserted contacts
  • Save/Load different databases(.cdb)
  • Search the database by first name,last name,phone number,cellphone number,email,street address (complete/partial match)
  • Sort the database by first name/last name/email/street address

Notes:

  • Beta release(has a few small bugs,saved file isn't encrypted,misses auto-save functionality)
  • Uses dynamic memory allocation in order to be lightweight 
  • Uses quick sort algorithm
  • Created in c

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HowTo:Linux: Enable wifi

If you've installed any linux distro and your computer uses pci wifi adapter to connect to the internet you probably have "missing firmware".To install the firmware and enable the wifi adapter:

  • download b43-all-fw.tar.gz and extract it(e.g. @ Desktop)
  • open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal OR Ctrl+Alt+T) and run these commands:

           sudo mkdir /lib/firmware/b43 (some distros like Debian require root privileges to run commads that apply to the file system (How To Become Sudoer))

           cd Desktop/b43-all-fw/b43 (the extraction directory)

           sudo cp * /lib/firmware/b43

           sudo chown root:root /lib/firmware/b43/*

           sudo chmod 644 /lib/firmware/b43/*

           sudo rmmod -f b43

           sudo modprobe b43


If you don't get a message about connecting to wifi network try running the same commands replacing b43 with b43legacy. 

HowTo:Linux: Become Sudoer

Some linux distros like Debian won't let you use commands that modify file system so you have to add your account name at the appropriate file.
To do so:

  • Open a terminal (Applications>Accessories>Terminal OR Ctrl+Alt+T)
  • Run: 
                   sudo gedit /etc/sudoers

  • Scroll down to the line root   ALL = (ALL)    ALL
  • Add the folling line below the root line:

                    user   ALL = (ALL)    ALL
(replace "user" with the name of your account)