Packages installation: pacman -Sy package_name - packages installation and local packages db sync pacman -S package_name - packages installation along with dependencies pacman -Sl repository_name - display packages list of a given reposito…

original article (nixCraft)Tools: mencoder, ffmpeg, dvdauthor ### combine multiply sources $ cat file1.avi file2.avi > ccmovie.avi $ mencoder -o out.avi -noidx -oac copy -ovc copy ccmovie.avi ### set aspect ratio, ntsc $ ffmpeg -i out.avi …

The new server upgrade system: 1. Install update-manager-core: $ sudo apt-get install update-manager-core 2. Launch the upgrade tool: $ sudo do-release-upgradeLike usual, there is no step 3 ;)