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WinMerge is an excellent open source tool for comparing two versions on text file. Unfortunately, it runs only on MS Windows platform. As a Linux user, I was looking for similar tools which could be run in Linux natively. The following two application can to a job of WinMerge. If you running Ubuntu Linux, they could easily installed using package manager.

Kdiff3

http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/

Allows you to compare file and directories. Has nice and intuitive interface.

Meld

http://meld.sourceforge.net/

Another tool offering similar functionality. It also has intergration with CVS source control.

If you have the following error when trying to write DVDs with growisofs:

130449408/906477568 (14.4%) @4.0x, remaining 2:34 RBU 100.0% UBU  90.8%149061632/906477568 (16.4%) @4.0x, remaining 2:27 RBU 100.0% UBU  90.8%

:-[ WRITE@LBA=11d40h failed with SK=4h/ASC=08h/ACQ=03h]: Input/output error

   write failed: Input/output error

/dev/hdc: flushing cache

/dev/hdc: writing lead-out

Try to execute:

hdparm -X66 /dev/hdc

It will change UDMA transfer mode for your drive.

More detailed information can be found here: http://pcburn.com/article.php?sid=2127