How to turn off animations in Linux Mint (Mate)

UPDATE: Check bottom of page.
If you find them as annoying as me, follow the steps:

ALT + F2
mateconf-editor

Go to desktop - mate - interface

Look for enable_animations and uncheck.

Done.

Update Jan 2014

Mateconf-editor has been replaced.
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools


dconf-tools

Update July 2015

Open terminal

sudo dconf-editor

Org/mate/desktop/interface and uncheck enable_animations.

and

org/mate/marco/general and check reduced_resources.

Install latest nvidia driver in Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates

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TrueCrypt is already running - Ubuntu 12.1

Hi!

Encountered the following problem today: When I wanted to open truecrypt I got the following error message: "truecrypt is already running".

Solution

Most likely you did not  close the application "cleanly" the last time you were using it. Now there is a lock file in you home directory.

Ok, open your home directory. Press CTRL + H (this will show the hidden files).

Now, there should be a file called TrueCrypt-lock-USERNAME.-DELETE IT.

Everything should be fine again.

Deep Web Link List (.onion)

Please find a collection of .onion links below. You need to install Tor Browser from http://torproject.org/ to be able to access the links.

Quick tutorial on how to host and run your own Linux server: i.e. hidden service.

First download whonix workstation + gateway.

on the whonix gateway

sudo nano /etc/tor/torrc
make sure to have the following 2 lines in the file
HiddenServiceDir /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/
HiddenServicePort 80 192.168.0.11:80

restart tor

sudo service tor reload

get your hidden .onion url

sudo nano /var/lib/tor/hidden_service/hostname

now on the workstation. lighttpd is an open-source web server. 

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lighttpd

Done.

Compilation problem R in Ubuntu

error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not available

sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev

error: No F77 compiler found

You need the package gfortan in Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install gfortran

For Fedora:

sudo yum install gcc