Disk space is cheap, but there are still situations where you’d like to reclaim space. For me, one of them is getting the maximum of the free Dropbox account I use to synchronize my applications between work and home. hey, don’t say my sysadmin I do this, he’d get a heart attack from the sole [...]
How to use Autotrash to totally forget about the trash
The trash (or “Recycle bin”) is a sane concept of our operating systems. A file sent to the trash can be recovered if the user realizes the file was still needed after all. Now, the problem is: when should you empty the trash? If you never empty it, it grows and wastes valuable disk space [...]
Do your own awesome vector posters with Inkscape & potrace
This article will cover a very powerful but little advertised feature of Inkscape. If you don’t know it, Inkscape is a free vector graphics editor, counterpart of Adobe Illustrator (like GIMP is Photoshop’s counterpart for raster graphics). This feature is Inkscape’s vectorization tool, made possible by the integration of potrace.