Combine multiple PDF documents into one

Just a quick one, as I now needed this for the second time and already didn't write it down the first time …
I found this when looking for a way to combine multiple PDF documents into one. You just need to

• sudo apt-get install gs pdftk


• gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOUTPUTFILE=combinedpdf.pdf -dBATCH 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf

Pretty self explaining, so I'm gonna end early here.

Setting up my Kubuntu

Just for the record, here's how I configure Kubuntu after installation:

• install Firefox with the following add-ons:
• Adblock Plus
• Xmarks
• LastPass
• Instaright!
• Deactivate Google Analytics
• install VirtualBox
• System Settings: setup Social Desktop opendesktop.org
• setup ssh server
• sudo apt-get install openssh-server
• setup ssh public key authentication
• setup Dropbox
• setup Synergy+
• setup BackupPC client:
• sudo apt-get install rsync
• edit /etc/default/rsync to include "RSYNC_ENABLE=true"
• create /etc/rsyncd.conf
• sudo chown root:root /etc/rsyncd.conf
• create /etc/rsyncd.secrets
• sudo chown root:root /etc/rsyncd.secrets
• sudo chmod 600 /etc/rsyncd.secrets
• sudo /etc/init.d/rsync start
• setup Autostart
• ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
• /usr/bin/ssh-add (using ksshaskpass)
• On desktop, mounting netbook drive: /usr/bin/sshfs eee1005.home.lan:/home/stefan/ /home/stefan/eee1005/
• On desktop, Synergy+ server: /usr/bin/synergys
• On netbook, Synergy+ client: /usr/bin/synergyc -f e521mk
• setup Skype

Installed Linux on an SSD

I have it up and running for some weeks now, I took the most simple approach possible described here: just create one partition on the SSD (I still have Grub on my HD) using

sudo fdisk -H 32 -S 32 /dev/sdg (choose first cylinder as 2, end cylinder as the default one)
sudo mke2fs -t ext4 -E stripe-width=128 /dev/sdg1

when booting Kubuntu 10.10 from installation CD, then install from there.

No need to do any aligning calculations whatsoever. I even have /home, /tmp and /var on the SSD. There is quite some write activity in those directories, but then SSDs get cheaper and cheaper …

All that is left to do after installation is:

• sudo apt-get install sysfsutils
• sudo nano /etc/sysfs.conf
• add the line block/sdf/queue/scheduler = noop at the end
• sudo nano /etc/fstab
• change the options for / to noatime,discard,data=ordered,errors=remount-ro

System performing abolutely great now!