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Linux Hack: Dropbox + Thunar.

..Hmm. I use E17, so I don’t want to use heavy nautilus JUST FOR WORKING with Dropbox. And I found a solution.  Dropbox have plugin for working with Thunar. And also Dropbox hasn’t interface for working with other file managers, except nautilus. 

Well, solution is stupid simple. Let’s start: 

1) Install Dropbox + Dropbox Thunar. In Arch Linux you can do it with yaourt. In my case it was “yaourt dropbox & 1 20”

2) Download binary dropbox client, just by running “dropbox start -i” 

3) After it, go to /usr/bin/, and make command “sudo ln -s nautilus thunar”.

That’s it! After clicking dropbox icon in system tray you will get to Dropbox folder in Thunar file manager. 

My desktop environment now is..

..ENLIGHTENMENT! 

It’s also known as e. In my case, I use last unstable version - e17. 

Well, it’s really simple, fast and beautiful. )) 

Fast way to share Printer between 2 Linux systems using CUPS.

It’s just advice from me. 

Use case: You have 2 or more Linux systems, and you have printers connected only to one of them. It will be server. And you have CUPS already installed. 

Step 1: Setup cups on server side.

1.1 sudo vi /etc/cups/cups.conf  

1.2 add ServerName <your_ip_or_hostname>

1.3 add “Allow From @LOCAL” to <Location /> section 

1.4 :wq

1.5 sudo /etc/init.d/cups restart 

Step 2: Setup cups on client sides. 

2.1 sudo vi /etc/cups/client.conf 

2.2 add ServerName <server_ip_or_hostname> 

2.3 :wq 

That’s all! After it you will see remote printers as your local on client machines. 

P.S.: I use Ubuntu on clients and debian on server side.