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Windows to Linux Remote Desktop
I'd like to remote into my Linux (Ubuntu) desktop from a Windows desktop. Of course there is VNC, among others. The trick is that I just want to have a remote session without having any local screen sharing. In other words, when I type and move the mouse on the Windows computer, I don't want that a…
Is there a way to disable a specific JS script from a specific website?
I want to disable a specific JS script from a specific website without disabling the javascript completely. Is there a way to do that ?
Clear stdin before reading
I have the following bash script: Now as you might have guessed, if a user presses some random keys during the "time consuming task", the unwanted input is taken into account as well. How do I clear (or at least ignore it) before I issue the read command?
SOCKS vs. SSH local port forwarding
What's the difference between using SOCKS (SSH -D) and local port forwarding (SSH -L)
Is there a name for the close, minimize and restore buttons?
It seems to me that there should be a generic name for the close, restore, and minimize buttons on the title bar in window managers. It's been getting hard to search for answers associated with them. I am also a developer, and I'll be working with low-level window manager stuff on Linux, so this wo…
reverse history search with regular expressions
I'm looking for a tool to allow reverse incremental searching with simple regular expression (or just multiple matches) support. For example, if I want to find the command 'foo bar baz', I could do something like the following to find the command quickly: CRTL-R (starts search) type 'foo' (matches …
How to restore all minimized windows in Windows 7
Does anyone know how to restore all minimized windows in Windows 7 to their original positions? I know I can right click the taskbar to cascade, stack, or display them side by side. I also know that some apps let you right click on their icon in the taskbar and restore all windows for that applicat…
How to use password protection with the Linux tar command?
How can I use password protection with the command in Linux? I'm new to Linux so please explain to me with simple usage.
On OS X, how do you change a file's "Kind"?
On OS X I'd like to change the "Kind" label associated with files. Many of my files are showing up as "Plain Text File" when they are really javascript, php, css, and other file types. I don't have a problem getting them to open with the application I want, it's easy to do - there are lots of threa…
Flavor of Linux which is ONLY command line (and super light-weight)?
I'm looking to install an extremely light-weight flavour of linux on a USB stick. It also needs to be basically only CLI. Has anyone ever looked for something like this? Ever found something good?
How do I capture a video of my Windows 7 desktop in VLC media player?
I used to be able to capture a video of my desktop in Windows 7 in an older version of VLC media player. But they've recently changed the UI, and I can't seem to work out now how to record my desktop in the latest version of VLC media player 1.1.7. I've searched the Internet, but all the tutorials …
In Firefox 4, how do I get the RSS feed button back?
I've upgraded to Firefox 4 and the RSS feed button was removed from the address bar! How do I get it back?
Reverse SCP over SSH connection
I pretty often need some file from some server when I'm on my laptop. But if I don't know where that file is, I have to into the server, look around, , and then . If I'm working with my desktop and my server, both of which have static IPs, I can just SCP the file in reverse ( ), but I can't do that…
Using the "net user" command in Windows XP to list all group memberships for a specific Active Directory user
Is it possible to list all group memberships for a certain AD user? I thought it was something like: But this doesn't seem to work for AD users. The same command will work for local users though: Any ideas?
Adding Folder to Finder Sidebar with Custom Name
I'd like to add a a shortcut to Finder's Places Sidebar. The folder's name happens to be Applications, so I want to give it a different name since there's already the standard Applications folder there. Renaming the folder on the sidebar renames the actual folder, which is undesirable because I thi…
How to find what channel the SSID is on?
I'd like to see what channel (e.g. 1-10, I believe) each SSID in the list is. How can I find that information?
ctrl + r in linux / ubuntu terminal command line
With CTRL + R you can search in previous commands (in the terminal of Ubuntu). However, it always seems to display the last occurrence of the search term. Is there any way to browse through all results?
What does key "M" mean in Emacs?
I am totally new to Emacs and am reading this tutorial, and it mentions: Which key is ? As such pressing M followed by f types and pressing them together also types some combination of M and f.
gVim: How to open multiple files in its own tab at once?
in most GUI text editor I can use ctrl click to open multiple files at once. I can't do that in gvim. What the gvim way to do it? Tnx. -edit- ...using gui way instead of command line.
tmux - Insert a window at a specified position
tmux has the "move-window" command with which you can move a window to a specified empty index like so: However, if index 3 is already taken you will not be able to move your current window to position 3. I'm looking for an option that will allow me to move (insert) my window at position 3 even if …