Normal Map Plugin - GIMP

TIP OF THE DAY
 
I'm back just to share a very simple trick that I didn't know before: how and where to find the GIMP plugin for Normal Maps. This is a very useful plugin  as it works like Nvidia plugin for Photoshop, but it runs on GIMP and therefore on Linux.

So: I first decided to download sources and compile it on my own... I've solved some dependencies but I was still stuck on a "Package gimp-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. [...]". Too much time. I was needing it to work immediately.

Then I discovered the packages:

• gimp-data-extras
• gimp-plugin-registry 

These packages come with lots of plugin, and what I need is under
Filter -> Map -> NormalMap

Ready to use and working like a charm.

Pietro 

File sync with Ubuntu 12.xx

Hi there,
yesterday I had a little problem: compare two directories in order to update each other, getting back two perfect copies. Easy.
I was used to compare directories with Sync'n'Go with Windows, but... now I'm working with Ubuntu! So, do you know a good utility to get the same result?

After a little google surf, I found Meld Diff in the official Ubuntu 12.01 repository. It has a very minimal interface, but it doesn't work on my pc: infact while it can compare two (or more) directories but the button "Copy right" (or left) doesn't do anything.

So I've googled a little more, and I've found FreeFileSync and it's working very well. I'm planning to use it for backup purposes as soon as I'll come back to my office in Milan.
You can download the executables, the sources, or simply add the repository to yours and install it through apt-get:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:freefilesync/ffs

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install freefilesync

Now you can find it in you dashhome, typing "FreeFileSync" and of course, you can also pin it into you launchbar!

Ubuntu 12.04 beta - ls a colori [ITA]

Ubuntu 12.04 beta - ls a colori

Ciao,

stamattina ho avuto un problema con Ubuntu 12.04 che mi ha fatto perdere un po' troppo tempo. Ho deciso di condividere la soluzione:

1 - su Ubuntu 12.04 per qualche strano motivo l'output di ls non è più colorato

2 - non riesco a lavorare con l'output normale

3 - il comando per avere il colore è ls --color=auto

4 - per averlo in automatico bisogna sovrascrivere il comando ls tramite alias ls='ls --color=auto'

5 - inserendo il codice in $HOME/.bashrc l'alias rimane valido anche dopo il riavvio della console o del sistema

6 - se modificate /root/.bashrc create automaticamente l'alias per tutti gli utenti

Questo metodo è valido per la maggior parte degli altri comandi e relative opzioni.

saluti,

pietro