http://blog.mikeasoft.com/2006/11/24/playing-youtube-videos-without-flash/ I just saw this link on debian-user and thought it might interest some of you. This replaces the youtube default flash-based player with mplayerplug-in or VLC or something in IceWeasel or similar lizards with the Greasemonkey extension.
splitting large files or directories into small tar files
Every once in a while there comes a situation where a file is too big for a CD, or you want to store a file larger than 2GB on a FAT partition, or you want to make a backup of data with UNIX-style permissions (almost a 100% necessity if backing up a $HOME folder with […]