my ~/.vimrc file

set hlsearch
set nu
set ignorecase
set expandtab
set shiftwidth=4
set softtabstop=4

if has ("autocmd")
    autocmd BufRead *.file set tw=150
    autocmd BufRead *.prvc set nobackup nowritebackup foldmethod=indent fdo=insert
    filetype plugin indent on
    au BufReadPost * if line("'\"") > 1 && line("'\"") <= line("$") | exe "normal! g'\"" | endif
endif


For gVim, following options can be added to "_vimrc" file
at path: C:\Users\\_vimrc

set noswf

if has("gui_running")
    if has("gui_win32")
        set guifont=Fixedsys:h11
    endif
endif


# other options:
# gui_gtk2 / gui_macvim / gui_gtk3 / gui_win32
 

xorg.conf of RHEL 5.0

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section “ServerLayout”

Identifier “Default Layout”

Screen 0 “Screen0” 0 0

InputDevice “Keyboard0” “CoreKeyboard”

InputDevice “Synatics” “CorePointer”

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

Identifier “Keyboard0”

Driver “kbd”

Option “XkbModel” “pc105”

Option “XkbLayout” “us”

EndSection

Section “InputDevice”

Identifier “Synaptics”

Driver “synaptics”

Option “Device” “/dev/input/mice”

Option “Protocol” “auto-dev”

Option “Emulate3Buttons” “yes”

EndSection

Section “Device”

Identifier “Videocard0”

Driver “via”

EndSection

Section “Screen”

Identifier “Screen0”

Driver “Videocard0”

Monitor “Monitor0”

DefaultDepth 24

SubSection “Display”

Viewport 0 0

Depth 24

Modes “1024x768” “800x600”

EndSubSection

EndSection

Section “Monitor”

Identifier “Monitor0”

HorizSync 31.5 – 48.5

VertRefresh 59.0 – 75.0

EndSection

# ---- END ----

enable terminal color in Guake

In guake type:
$ echo $TERM
$ dumb

then,
vim ~/.bashrc
export TERM=xterm

The above mentioned problem occur in ubuntu 10.10

FTP service in Ubuntu

default path of FTP service in Ubuntu:
/etc/srv/ftp/

Conf file:
/etc/vsftpd.conf

To set default workspace in eclipse on linux

Following trick works on ubuntu

cd /use/lib/eclipse/configuration
sudo gedit config.ini
find 'osgi.instance.area.default' and set its value accordingly
save and close