December 2008

Firefox extensions: SyncPlaces

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 13:31

I used Bookmarks Sync and Sort for a while with my Firefox 2, but after upgrading to Firefox 3 it wasn't available anymore and the development seems to be discontinued.

I thought about fixing the problems myself and dig into the Firefox extension development, but luckily I found SyncPlaces.

Sun PDF import extension for OpenOffice 3

Submitted by admin on Tue, 12/23/2008 - 13:19

I recently needed to edit a file for which I had the PDF version only. That was the time where the Sun PDF Import Extension is becoming really handy.

What you need is OpenOffice.org Version 3 and the import plugin. A PDF will then be opened in OpenOffice.org Draw and you can edit the file's content.

Xen domain and the forgotten root password

Submitted by DerGrobe on Tue, 12/02/2008 - 11:13

Lately I had on of these problems that could run into real trouble...
... unless you find a very easy solution for it.

I wanted to su to root and realised that I've forgotten the root password. OK, not a big deal, I usually allow sudo for my user. BUT, I couldn't remember my password either... *sigh* I always logged in via SSH with an authorised key, hence not using my password for quite a while.