Copying google maps in "My maps"

If you need two similar google maps, and you don't want to create all labels again, you can copy a map from "My maps" doing as following:

• go to the map you want to copy, and copy the URL you get click "Link"
• paste somewhere else that URL and add "&output=kml" at the end
• now copy the whole new URL
• go in "My maps" and click "Create new map"
• then another link saying "Import" will appear: click on it
• paste the URL in the string filed and click on "Upload from URL"
• now you have your copied map!

Share ubuntu printer with Windows 7

If you use Ubuntu and you can't manage to share your printer with a Windows pc, you can try these steps:

• remove comments (# character at the beginning of the line) of the following lines in smb.conf (sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf):
• load printers = yes
• printing = cups
• printcap name = cups
• in the same file add the following line above [printers]:
• use client driver = yes

Good luck! ;)

You can find useful informations about your printer at http://localhost:631/printers/

Ubuntu - hide files or folders

To hide files and/or folders in Ubuntu you have two ways:

1. add a '.' (without quotes, obviously) at the beginning of file's/folder's name
2. if you don't want to rename the file/folder do this: in the same folder as the one in which are saved the files/folders you want to hide, create a new text file, and edit it writing the names of the files/folders you want to hide. Then save it and rename it as ".hidden" (without " too)

To see hidden files press CTRL+H.