Kubuntu 8.10 md5sum

I found the md5sum for Kubuntu 8.10:
4dc5bad5ee18648cd9dfbb87d86880b5 *kubuntu-8.10-alternate-amd64.iso
04a2c5c8f394175e6d6579e626995c7a *kubuntu-8.10-alternate-i386.iso
b054fd985294c80dcd6400fede533c72 *kubuntu-8.10-beta-desktop-i386.iso
824de6bea59d41637a41f17c00d33f7d *kubuntu-8.10-desktop-amd64.iso
82c02dc7386dfb6858a9ec09a5059e1e *kubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso
from this page.

Convenient File Sharing synchronization getdropbox

I am fond with www.getdropbox.com, it just nice and works as needed. I use it to synchronize files between my laptop and my desktop at office. there is plugin to be used in Kubuntu. It’s great!

Multiple images in one figure by using subfig Latex

I found a package “subfig” which can be used to create “subfigures” within one floating figure in Latex. To do this simply type
\usepackage{subfig}
in the preamble, and then create a floating figure
\begin{figure}
\centering
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=3.1in]{figures/gpEcUND.eps}}
\subfloat[]{\includegraphics[width=3.1in]{figures/gpgTND.eps}}
\caption{Potential for 0.5 V bias.}
\label{fig:EcUND}
\end{figure}
This will create figures (a) and (b) side by side. For more info, [...]

Installing ARPACK from source

To install ARPACK from source, download the source code and the patch file as instructed in this page.
http://www.caam.rice.edu/software/ARPACK/
If you have retrieved arpack96.tar.gz and patch.tar.gz then issue the following command
zcat arpack96.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
zcat patch.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
and then edit the ARmake.inc to specify the $(home) variable (this is the home [...]

Installing Octave’s binding for ARPACK in Kubuntu Hardy for Sparse Matrix Calculation

Octave Forge provided an octave binding to Arpack to solve large scale sparse matrix. So first download from octave forge packages.
And to install the package, you need to have the header files for suitesparse and libarpack. So type this in console:
sudo apt-get install libsuitesparse-dev libarpack2-dev
after that go to the download folder of Octave’s arpack and [...]

Octave configure cannot find libreadline

somehow my ./configure command for Octave 3.0.3 cannot find libreadline. I have specified in LDFLAGS and CPPFLAGS the directory of my non-standard installation. so in one of the forum, it was suggested to check the config.log, and I found this error message when testing readline:
libreadline.so: undefined reference to `PC’
…
..

and after googling around, It turns out [...]

Installing Adobe Reader Security Update 1 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu

Go to this Adobe website or google it.
Select “Linux” operating system,
and then select “Linux-x86 (.deb)” for the installer
and select the language. You will be directed to the download page. Save to desktop
After download Open Dolphin (KDE) and go to Home directory. Right click your “desktop” folder and choose “Actions”->”Open As Root”.
And then on the .deb [...]