Archive for March 3rd, 2010
Merge multiple pdf’sinto a single pdf
Handling multiple pdf’s can be a pain, and combining multiple pdf’s is not as easy as merging doc files. So how to achieve this?
The simplest and the fastest way is using pdftk. Install Ubuntu if you are not a regular user, install this on a VirtualBox image and install pdftk on your instance by typing
sudo apt-get install pdftk
Once the installation is complete, you can now start merging pdf files on the fly by using the following command
pdftk *.pdf cat output merged.pdf
or
pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf cat output merged.pdf
There are mutiple options to this which you can find out using man or using google
How to setup Linux VNC Server with KDE or Gnome
The default desktop for the VNC Server is “TWM”, though most people are used to KDE or Gnome instead. Here is how to change it:
Edit ~/.vnc/xstartup
For KDE, replace “twm &” with “startkde &”
For Gnome, replace “twm &” with “exec gnome-session &”
Kill any existing VNC servers with “vncserver -kill
xx” where xxx is the display number.
Start a new server.