gparted is super nice partition management program THANK YOU GPARTED TEAM 🙂 argh… well i guess nobody is perfect, therefore no human made product can be perfect, therefore to become (at least almost perfect) means to learn how to manage […]
i am speaking about a empty DVD-ROM drive connect via USB tested on: Linux DebianGiada 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt7-1 (2015-03-01) x86_64 GNU/Linux # short output cat /proc/sys/dev/cdrom/info | grep “drive name”; drive name: sr0 # also interesting dmesg | […]
with gui: sudo apt-get install brasero; # install brasero brasero; # run brasero ( you do not need to be root 🙂 ) ah…. excellent. this actually works very well 🙂 THANK YOU SO MUCH BRASERO TEAM 🙂 without gui […]
Two Ubuntu VMs 14.04.1 LTS crashed with the same error message. It seems to be caused by a new feature, that does not work (yet) properly. “This patch implements an idea from Linus, to automatically create task groups.” https://lwn.net/Articles/416641/ it […]
Creditz: Linode orginal article: https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/tools/limiting-access-with-sftp-jails-on-debian-and-ubuntu Did you know SFTP has NOTHING to do with FTP 🙂 You do not need a complicated ssl-ftp-server-setup to provide encrypted up and downloads… no you only need an ssh-server, that you probably have installed […]
linuxlogo linuxlogo.man.txt there is a binary program that generates nice ASCII linux logos: apt-get install linuxlogo; # install it in debian yum install linux_logo; # install it in redhat/centos linuxlogo -L list; # list all available logos linuxlogo -L debian_banner_2; […]
to enable syntax highlighting in vim, open a file.php and do: :syntax on if you want syntax highlighting permanently enabled do: echo “syntax on” >> ~/.vimrc HAVE FUN! 🙂
only upgrade iceweasel apt-get update; apt-get install –only-upgrade iceweasel;
EDIMAX EW-7612UAn V2 THE ONLY (?) GNU Linux WIFI WLAN Adapter that works OUT OF THE BOX on all GNU Linux systems (ODROID RASPBERRY AND Desktop GNU Linux) if your WLAN option is greyed out on your network manager, run […]
i am not shure if you can use vim here 😀 what i did: apt-get install leafpad; # install leafpad editor (like wordpad but no rtf support?) creditz to: Tarot Osuji find / -name *leafpad*; # find leafpad binary /usr/bin/leafpad; […]
Debian 12 as systemd is installed per default but not the time-sync service #wtf? su – root apt install systemd-timesyncd timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Berlin systemctl status systemd-timesyncd timedatectl; # check if sync is on Local time: Fri 2023-12-08 16:21:41 CET Universal […]
to mount a NFS share on boot you need to specify it in /etc/fstab (/etc/init.d/rc.local -> script did not work for me in debian-jessie) # tested with Debian 8 su – root; # become root # install basic software needed […]
We are talking about that piece of hardware: while this is a neat idea… i had trouble getting NFS compiled into the image/kernel… but up to that point, things worked pretty well 😀 another thing is: to rely on the […]
Hello Dear World Wide Web, What is your experience concerning Android 4 Horde? (or any other Open Source based Mailservers like Kerio Connect) I doubt that it is a good idea to sync OpenSource-Sytems with a (ClosedSource?) M$-protocol. my Android […]
(tested on Qnap TS-219P) 1. login to web backend 2. go to App Center and install ipkg Optiware 4. login via ssh into backend: filename: InstallScreen.sh ipkg update; # update package repository ipkg install screen; # install screen ipkg install […]
determing what to backup 1. start a screen session (this will allow you to logoff and the backup will still be running on the system) apt-get install screen; # if not instlled allready screen -S backup; # start a new […]
UPDATE: 2018-12: Debian 9.5 now comes with “simplescreenrecorder” (official website) in the repository: AND IT WORKS GREAT! 🙂 IT EVEN RECORDS THE COMPUTER’S AUDIO! X-D NICE JOB! how to install it: lsb_release -d; # tested on (but also works on […]
VLC as a Music player is currently (2023) the default. it is as easily installed as: su – root apt update apt install vlc It is as easily started up as: vlc /home/user/Music VLC’s shuffle function ain’t the best (it […]
Update: 2020-05 PDF are important file formats for document exchange, but in 2020 PDF as Mail-Attachments can not be 100% trusted anymore. how to create PDF under Linux? there are various programs that support export to PDF format least but […]
the problem: *.rtfd seems to be a “stuck on OSX” problem… but actually TextEdit is a OpenSource (!) software 🙂 textedit.app 4.0+20061029-3.4+b1 amd64 Text editor for GNUstep you can download debian packages here: https://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/pool/main/t/textedit.app/?C=M;O=A and install it via: wget https://ftp.mpi-sb.mpg.de/pub/mirrors/linux/debian/pool/main/t/textedit.app/textedit.app_4.0+20061029-3.4+b1_amd64.deb […]
update: safety first! when it comes to important files: safety comes first thus recommend to the user that wants to go pro the following backup system: https://www.ebay.de/itm/Intenso-Memory-Board-4-TB-Externe-Festplatte-8-9-cm-3-5-Zoll-USB-3-2-Gen-1/402584943201 have two complete backups at two different places: backupA: at the company, USB […]
Update: 2019-07: those machines are SUPERB reliable and fast and work very well with Linux (this update is written on exactly this machine with CentOS7/Rhel7/RedHat7 (usually used for server but works nice as client as well)) Hello Guys, the Giada […]
The Difference Between Fedora, Redhat, and CentOS Home » Study » The Difference Between Fedora, Redhat, and CentOS People are often confused by the relationship between Fedora, Redhat, and CentOS. Are they the same company? Is one another version of […]
UNTESTED! please checkout this excellent guide: http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-219/install/ if you want a slim and sleak and reliable NAS and do WIHTOUT THE NEED for the 10.000x billion features, iTunes-Media server, Video transcoding slowing down your expensive QNAP NAS system (i think […]
watch in HD 🙂 DO NOT CREATE SWAP AS RAID0! (you gonna want more stability and less performance: how to change swap from raid0 to raid1) follow this guide to get full blown Debian on your kirkwood QNAP NAS: http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/qnap/ts-219/install/ 1. […]
first you have to share a folder with the VM: reboot the VM on the linux-guest open up a terminal: 2. check out what your user id is (uid) cat /etc/passwd|grep YourUsername 3. become root & mount mount -t vboxsf […]
before upgrading virtualbox additions, one might need to uninstall the old version (this should actually happen automatically, when VBoxLinuxAdditions.run of new new version is run) (actually this script will do it automatically for you, if you want to upgrade) # […]
to find out what version of the guest additions are installed on your linux guest, open up terminal type in: modinfo vboxguest filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxguest.ko version: 4.1.18_Debian license: GPL description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions for Linux Module author: Oracle Corporation srcversion: […]
did i actually mention how i love it that those Gnome guys copied the OSX settings menu? ( can’t wait until Microloft comes around) it’s pretty and good usability.. simply search for something… and find the right setting. here is […]