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Change the format of the date column in Thunderbird
I want to change the format of the "Date"-column in the message list in Thunderbird. For mails from today, I want to display only the time, not the date. For mails from before today, I want to display only the date, not the time. This is the same setup mutt uses. I know of the Date display format w…
Is there a "Print Screen" command in Boot Camp on a MacBook Pro?
I have a MacBook Pro with Windows 7 installed on the Boot Camp partition. I've figured out how to invoke most of the "missing keys" (like home, end, page up, page down) but have not yet figured out if there are equivalents for "Print Screen" and "Alt+Print Screen". What are the keyboard shortcuts f…
How to mount a drive from terminal in Ubuntu?
I want to mount a drive from terminal at startup. At startup if I use , I notice that it is empty. If I go to Computer and click on VM drive there, I can then see the VM driver in . How can I mount that drive from the terminal without having to go to Computer? Something like Or how can find the pat…
How to jump to the beginning or end of line in vim + OS X
In terminal I can do this by pressing shift+home and shift+end, but it doesn't seem to work in vim. Home and end keys scroll terminal window only. I would like to jump in edit mode.
Command line tool for listing ID3 tags under Linux
I want to write a script that manipulates ID3 tags of mp3 files. I need a tool that reads the tags and outputs it in a format in a machine-readable format. For example, if I want it to output only the title, then it outputs the title, nothing else. I tried different tools like or , but they can onl…
How can I open an .mht file in linux (Ubuntu)?
How can I open an .mht file in linux (Ubuntu)?
Change Linux Console's Default Monitor
Is there any way to specify which monitor the console is displayed on in Linux? Details: I have a 3 monitor setup with 2 video cards. When I boot the computer, the BIOS displays on the PCI graphics card (which has a small monitor). When starting Linux, the console is displayed on the same monitor. …
What's the usage of -exec xargs and -print0?
I think these are the common ways of passing the result of one command to the next one, as inputs. How do these three work? Or what are some websites/URLs?
Converting DisplayPort and/or HDMI to DVI-D?
Newer Radeon video cards come with four ports standard: DVI (x2) HDMI DisplayPort If I want to run three 24" monitors, all of which are DVI only, from this video card -- is it possible to convert either the HDMI or DisplayPort to DVI? If so, how? And which one is easier/cheaper to convert? I did a …
Windows 7: Always remember UAC choice for an application
I have some applications that I open from time to time, and I always get this UAC message with Do you want to allow the following program from an unknown publisher to make changes to this computer? Is there a way I can mark a single program so that won't ask me that again? Like, I think it is good …
How to "Un-Eject" a USB Flash drive -- Eject is easy (safely remove hardware), but what about Un-Eject or Reconnect?
There are times after I eject a USB Flash drive, I want to copy some more files over to the USB Flash drive. In this case, do I always need to unplug the drive and plug it back in? Is there a way to "reconnect" or "un-eject" the drive? To eject, that are two ways: Right click the drive (say H:) and…
Disable Windows Key hotkeys when using Virtualbox
I'm currently running a VirtualBox of Arch Linux with Windows 7 x64 as the host. In Arch, I use dwm for window management. As dwm is heavily dependent on hotkeys, I've used the Alt key as its META key to prevent conflict with the Windows 7 host. However, when using Emacs (also heavy hotkey usage) w…
How can I set environment variables for a graphical login on linux?
I'm looking for a way to set arbitrary environment variables for my graphical login on linux. I am not talking about starting a terminal and exporting environment variables within the terminal, because those variables only exist within that one terminal. I want to know how to set an environment var…
Changing network type from Unidentified network to Private network on an OpenVPN connection
Is it possible to change the connection type in Windows 7? I have a OpenVPN connection which is identified as "unidentified network" and I do not want to apply certain rules to all unidentified networks in the firewall. How does one conquer this?
How to VPN on demand Mac OS X?
I'm trying to configure the Snow Leopard's VPN on demand service without success I've tried the following domain+configuration pairs but none of them have worked: My goal is that each time I go to www.domain.net with Safari, ssh server1.domain.net or everything else on this domain.net the connectio…
Is there an equivalent of Memtest86 for CPUs?
I need an easy way to do system stability tests. I have come to rely on Prime95 which does a fantastic job of proving stability (or instability) very quickly; but it requires an OS installed. I would like something like Prime95 that stresses both CPU and RAM (maybe PCI-Ex bus also?) but runs in a n…
Random password generator: many, in columns, on command line, in Linux
A while back, I came across a random password generator for the command line that displayed a grid of "memorable" passwords. Output was something like this: The idea was that you could run this utility while someone was looking over your shoulder, and still pick a password with some level of secrec…
Windows Explorer - Diff two files from the context menu?
Is there any way to diff two selected files from the context menu in Windows Explorer?
Where does WinSCP store site's password?
Where does WinSCP store site's information or password? I can't find it under Documents and Settings...
Password protect a folder
What are the available options for password protecting a folder? I'm talking about requiring a password to actually access the folder, not just user access rights. Is the third-party software out there secure and stable? What are the recommendations?