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  • Linux-Secure-Remix

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    Linux-Secure-Remix (previously Ubuntu-Secure-Remix) is a slightly improved Ubuntu disk designed especially to install and use Ubuntu in dual-boot with Windows (or MacOS). http://sourceforge.net/p/linux-secure/wiki/Home/

  • Youtube won’t stay fullscreen when I click on my other monitor!

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    A little digging found me this pro tip: add &fmt=18 to the end of the URL.

  • Recent Finds

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    note for self *nmon *ncdu X11RDP – http://scarygliders.net/2013/07/25/x11rdp-o-matic-version-3-now-released/ has an awesome –justdoit installer. rdp has never been so easy. apt-get install lchown changes ownership aof a sym link NOT the file/directory it points to. apt-get install traceroute apt-get install tcptrack apt-get install iftop apt-get install bmon apt-get install slurm-llnl apt-get install molly-guard apt-get install chkrootkit…

  • Windows iterative variable syntax

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    So I needed to copy a file that had a suffix in it’s file name, indicating the financial calendar week it belonged to. Enter iterative variables in windows. Similar to linux, but here’s the syntax so I don’t have to trawl the Microsoft Webiste again. Syntax for /L {%% ¦ %} variable in (start#,step#,end#) do…

  • pecl install zip

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    Trying to install zip using pecl install zip as a result of getting this error ZipArchive not found ended up giving me this error Invalid tgz file. In order to get zip.so installed I downloaded it manually from http://pecl.php.net/package/zip and then installed it manually. cd /usr/src/ wget http://pecl.php.net/get/zip-1.10.2.tgz tar -xvf zip-1.10.2.tgz cd zip-1.10.2.tgz phpize ./configure…

  • Find my external IP from terminal – Quick & Dirty

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    I asked myself, how do I find my external IP from terminal in Ubuntu? The interwebs provided me with this quick and dirty, hot tippy: curl ifconfig.me shanx Interwebs 🙂

  • Setting Up Wake On Lan

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    Scenario: Work LAN. Target PC is running Win XP My PC is running KUBUNTU Target MOBO = P5L-VM 1394 Changed BIOS to allow WOL (PCI and PCIE enabled in APM) Open Device Manager in Target, Find Network card. Change Wake settings to magic packet and enabled. I install etherwake sudo apt-get install etherwake I have…

  • Linux Apps | Etherwake

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    Used for Wake On Lan.

  • [SOLVED] PTY allocation request failed on channel 0 – CENTOS

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    Virtual Private Server In order to get a terminal via ssh when this occurs, use ssh user@host “/bin/bash -i” My solution was sbin/MAKEDEV -d /dev ptmx I also went down the road of ensuring my fstab had a mount for /dev/pts use “mount” to ensure this mount point exists. If it does not and it…

  • IT diet

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