trouble connecting my android phone to my Linux OS (mageia)

I have trouble connecting my android phone to my Linux OS (mageia) I am using Gnome and nautilus is my file manager.
After reading an article on net. I got my problem solved. The answer as below:

Alternatively you could transfer the files via wifi. There may be other ways to do this but my favourite method is running an ftp server on the phone and accessing that through nautilus:

• First of all, you should only do this in a trusted local network (e.g. at your home)
• make sure your smartphone and your PC are connected to the same local network

Smartphone

• install an app like Ftp Server on your android phone and freely choose user name and password (and disable "Anonymous user").
• start the server (by tapping the red on/off icon if you use Ftp Server)

Computer

• open Nautilus on your PC and click on "Connect to Server" at the bottom of the list on the left
• in the dialogue, enter the url that is displayed in the Ftp Server app (something like "ftp://192.168.178.13:2221")
• when prompted, enter the user name and password you configured in the app

You're done! You can even bookmark that location in Nautilus. Whenever you want to transfer files, just connect smartphone and PC to your local network, start Ftp Server on the phone and click on the bookmark in Nautilus.

This answer was given by danzel. Thank you.

Create pdf with ImageMagick

Change to the directory which containthe .jpg image files. Then, issue the the command:

convert -define pdf:use-trimbox=true *.jpg book.pdf

That's it.

Install ibus to Mandriva 2010

下载安装 ibus, ibus-table, ibus-pinyin, ibus-chewing and ibus-gtk.
在 Gnome 的工具列点击-》系统 -》区域设置 -》将输入法改成 ibus 然后注销，重新登陆。
打开终端，输入指令：ibus-setup。启动ibus。
修改主目录中的.bashrc文件。把以下的文字复制到 .bashrc。 在该文件的“# User specific aliases and functions”的下一行，加上以下几行：

export GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus
export XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
export QT_IM_MODULE=ibus

保存该文件。

下一步是到 系统-》 首选项 -》启动应用程序 -》添加 -》在命令处 加入 
ibus-daemon -d 名称填上 ibus 保存。
退出，注销并重新登录。可以用了。

Gnome file-roller (Gnome归档管理器）

I use command urpmi rar and urpmi p7zip to install rar and 7zip for all the rar and 7zip file. Gnome file-roller can do the perfect job for that.

用 urpmi rar 和 urpmi p7zip 安装这两个软件，Gnome归档管理器就可以帮我们压缩和解压缩 rar 和 7zip 的文件了。

在Gnome2.20中改变字体大小

Mandriva2008.0的Gnome桌面，更换字体大小的选项和以前的不同。更改路径如下：

1. 系统
2. 首选项
3. 外观
4. 在“外观首选项”会话框中的第三个标签，选“字体”就可以更改了。

在这会话框里会可以设定“主题”、“背景”还有“界面”。

Removable drive 在 Mandriva2008 的 Gnome 桌面出现乱码

在新安装的 Mandriva 2008.0 我是使用 Gnome桌面，在插入移动硬盘或usb手指硬盘时都会出现乱码。我在Linux Sir 看过有关的解决方法，那就是开启

1. 系统
2. 首选项
3. 高级
4. 配置编辑器
5. 选择左边的 system, storage, default_options, vfat
6. 然后在右边的 mount_options 双点，开启编辑键的会话框，
7. 添加 iocharset=utf8 这行字
8. 确定

一切都完成后就不会有乱码了。