Post tagged: windows
Linux HDMI hotplug
The point of this article is to document I workaround that I came up with to handle a HDMI KVM switch.
What happens is that if my Linux PC is turned on while the KVM switch is selecting the other PC, it fails to initialize the display, so when you …
Using XScreenSaver Hacks with mate-screensaver
Here we explain how to use XScreenSaver EXCELLENT screensaver hack collection with the MATE screensaver applet.
- Install
xscreensaver
andmate-screensaver
- On my linux distribution this creates the following directories:
/usr/libexec/xscreensaver
: contains the screensaver hacks executables/usr/libexec/mate-screensaver
: contains themate-screensaver
executables/usr/share/applications/screensavers
: containes the …
Installing Void Linux
I made the switch to void linux. Except for compatibility
issues around glibc
, it works quite well. Most compatibility
I have worked around with a combination of Flatpak
s, chroot
s and
namespaces
.
The high lights of void linux:
- musl build - which is very lightweigth
- Does not depend on
systemd …
Global Windows Keyboard Shorcuts
Common Window Management Shortcuts
Key | Action |
---|---|
Alt + F4 | Close the active item, or exit the active program |
Alt + Tab | Switch between open items |
Ctrl + Alt + Tab | Use the arrow keys to switch between open items |
Alt + Esc | Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened |
Ctrl + Esc … |
Windows Account Lockouts
To prevent windows lockouts the following can be done:
- Delete Internet Explorer browsing history
- Run the following:
- Open Start --> Search filed--> Type in Run --> rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr --> Delete
- Disconnect network shares
- Change password
3 Open Source Password Managers
Keep your data and accounts safe by using a secure open source password manager to store unique, complex passwords.
Maintaining complex, unique passwords for each site and service you use is among the most common pieces of advice that security professionals provide to the public every year.
Yet no matter …
custom desktop ideas
- fast boot
Window Manager
- Snap windows to border/windows
File Manager
- Next style file manager
- TkDesk : Note, it use [incr tcl]
- TkMC : Basic file browser functionality
- TOXFile: Another file manager
- TkWm
Notification and Tray areas
Launcher
Applications
- browser
- media player
- photo/video manager (or webapp)
- office apps (open365.io)
- ah …
Centos Install notes
Set-up local.repo
yum installs:
- nfs-utils autofs
- @x11
- @xfce
- wget
- dejavu-sans-fonts dejavu-sans-mono-fonts dejavu-serif-fonts
- xorg-x11-fonts-{Type1,misc,75dpi,100dpi}
- bitmap-console-fonts bitmap-fixed-fonts bitmap-fonts-compat bitmap-lucida-typewriter-fonts
- ucs-miscfixed-fonts urw-fonts
- open-sans-fonts
- webcore-fonts webcore-fonts-vista
- liberation-mono-fonts liberation-sans-fonts liberation-serif-fonts
- bitstream-vera-sans-fonts bitstream-vera-serif-fonts
- gnu-free-{mono,sans,serif}-fonts
- tk
- firefox
- mplayer ffmpeg alsa-utils
- xsensors xfce4-sensors-plugin
- keepassx
- git
Telegram
Telegram is a messenger designed to overcome the limitations of other messengers like WhatsApp or similar ones. It is different and better than other messengers on more than one level. A few of the important features that make it stand out among other messengers are:
- Open API. This enables the …
Fixed drive letters for removable USB sticks
If you use multiple USB drives, you've probably noticed that the drive letter can be different each time you plug one in. If you'd like to assign a static letter to a drive that's the same every time you plug it in, read on.
Windows assigns drive letters to whatever …
CyberWorld 2017.1
Development - travis cordova build - travis ionic build
- owx
- common
- muninlite (can it support plugins?)
- flock, pwgen, ifstat
- ow1
- diags&tools: usbutils, netstat-nat
- sniffer: tcpdump[-mini] 317K/617K, libpcap 191K
-
owX
- FW/NAT
- DNSMASQ: DHCP + DNS
- NTP server
- Dynamic DNS updating (mushu porker)
- NFS
- IPv6 tunnel
- Provisioning server: (PXE, TFTP, NFS …
editor to replace emacs
At the end, I switched to geany
GUI
Console
TCL/TK
Windows only
- nodepad++
-
Crimson or Emerald Editors
-
Macros
- Split Views
- Interactive search
- File Browser?
- Smart indent
- Parenthesis matching
- Syntax: PHP, Markdown, C, Java, JavaScript, HTML, C++
- UTF8 …
Programming 2016
Programming 2016
- GWT and GWT on Mobile and Java servlets
- Generate Excel http://www.gwtproject.org/overview.html http://www.m-gwt.com/
Java based:
- Game Api libgdx
- Other Game lib JMonkeyEngine
- MultiOS
- j2objc
- RoboVM forks:
- FlexoVM
-
BugVM
-
Swift?
- D status
Programming 2015
- Cross-Platform: Linux, Windows, Android, iOS, WebApp?
- Run-Time: >100MB …
Windows administration from the command line
Windows system administration is very mouse driven and to reach all tools you need to browse through Windows explorer.
If you are like me and prefer to log on a limited privilege account and use Runas to perform admin tasks, you can open these consoles with the .msc file names …
dev notes 2014
Replacment for Make and Autoconf: MakeMe
(If you don't have root but have Android 4+ you can use the command-line program adb from the Android SDK platform tools to make backups via a desktop computer)
Dev Tools
Alternative languages:
- D : better than C, but not over-the-top like C …
Running Windows on Linux for Free
Microsoft is now making available Windows VM image for testing Internet Explorer for free. You can find them at: Modern IE testing Currently the following versions are available:
- Windows XP Professional SP3 + IE 6 or 8
- Windows Vista + IE 7
- Windows 7 + IE 8, 9, 10 or 11
- Windows 8 …
atratus project
The other day I came across this project. Looks an interesting idea. It is a project that lets you run unmodified Linux binaries on Windows. It is more similar to WINE than to for example coLinux. While I conceptually I understand how it would work at a low level, I …
Git recipes
A collection of small useful recipes for using with Git
.
Rewriting history
Rolling back the last commit
if nobody has pulled your remote repo yet, you can change your branch HEAD and force push it to said remote repo:
git reset --hard HEAD^
git push -f
Restoring changes
So in …