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Debian Tip: Get a list of all installed packages with dpkg

2011-01-03T15:58:05Z

I like to make sure that I always have a listing of all the files I have on my Debian boxen. Fortunately dpkg has a quick way of doing just that. # dpkg --get-selections > /path/to/mybackup.txt I run that once a day or so as a cron job dumping to a file, that file will be in my usual rsync backup. That means that if my harddrive dies I can simply # dpkg --set-selections < /path/to/mybackup.txt # apt-get -u dselect-upgrade to have a full restore of all my packages.

Tool: Google Creative Commons search for New Internationalist

2010-11-12T16:01:33Z

At New Internationalist, where I work, we often struggle to find Creative Commons images that are large enough to use for print. This is a custom google search form that sets up parameters for a search of commercially reusable and modifiable images suitable for print at sizes of 5.333x4 inches or smaller to make that process a bit easier. Search: