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What is a hostname?
I'm setting up a Fedora 15 box in my local network. It's going to have Internet access and share media stuff like photos. In one step of the installation process it asks for "hostname", what could this be? Can it simply be "server" or do I need a domain? I would love to access shared folders from W…
How does one go about backing up older CD-ROM games from the 90's?
I have a bunch of those point and click adventure games from the 90's (my youth) like Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt and Spy Fox. These CDs are becoming old and scratched. Being that these were such a memorable part of my childhood, I am looking for a way to back them up for my future kids, grandkids, etc. …
How to back up all my (custom) fonts?
I'm using a lot of custom fonts for design purposes and I'd like to backup those fonts. If I go to the Fonts folder in Windows Explorer, it seems to load some sort of special font management window. Is backing up as simple as copying the fonts to another (backup) folder through drag and drop? Will …
Mutt seems to sync to Gmail IMAP only on quit
I am using Mutt 1.5.20 in Mac OS X Terminal. I have a Google mail account whose mail I fetch via IMAP. I also use a Gmail notifier app to notify me of new e-mail messages. My experience with Mutt dates no later than 1 week. The trouble is this: When my Gmail notifier tells me about a new e-mail, I …
Mac Terminal SSH file transfer?
Is there a way to transfer files directly from a Mac to another using only Terminal? Perhaps using SSH?
Are there any open source app virtualization solutions for Windows
I am looking for open source solutions that provide application virtualization for Windows! In other words an open source to ThinApp from VMWare. I have found several commercial options, but nothing open source: http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/appv/dynamic.mspx http://www.vmware.com/products/…
Online, "Smart" Partition Manager with Full Ext4 Support?
Is there any partition manager for Windows that can manage (resize, move, etc.) ext4 partitions? Caveats: Resize must be smart when resizing from the beginning of the partition. Many partition managers screw this up (I've noticed Acronis Disk Director 10 being an exception), and move the entire par…
Setting "allow pages to choose their own fonts" on a per-domain basis in Firefox
Normally I use Firefox with the option "allow pages to choose their own fonts" UNselected, but now and again there's a site I'd like to view using their fonts instead of mine... Is it possible to set this option on a per-domain basis? A plugin maybe?
Why use multiple partitions on Linux installations?
Does it really perform better than a single partitioned installation? Why?
Boot to Windows once from Grub then back to Ubuntu on next boot
I do a lot of remote work on computers and my home comptuer has 2 OSes: Ubuntu and Windows 7. I would like to be able to switch to Windows occasionally but this is impossible without losing my ability to boot back to Ubuntu later. Essentially I'd like to be able to boot once to Windows then on next…
Free Alternatives for SQL Prompt
Is there any free/open source alternative of SQL Prompt? SSMS 2008 R2 intellisense is good but I need it for code optimization. For example it should notify me when there is an unused variable declared.
UPnP from commandline in linux
Is there a utility to forward ports on a simple home networking wireless router from commandline using upnp?
NotePad++ shortcut for selecting whole word
I know in notepad++ i can use mouse doubleclick to select whole word, but i want to use some keybord shortcut. For example in visual studio it's ctrl+w by default and it's very useful. Can i specify shortcut for that action in notepad++ or does it exists?
Using Wget to Recursively Crawl a Site and Download Images
How do you instruct wget to recursively crawl a website and only download certain types of images? I tried using this to crawl a site and only download Jpeg images: However, even though page1.html contains hundreds of links to subpages, which themselves have direct links to images, wget reports thi…
Outlook Rule - Move mail that is READ and Older than X days
Outlook 2010. Want to create a rule that moves all mail from my inbox to another folder: Has been read Is older than X days I was looking at Auto-archiving, but it does not seem to let me be this specific with my criteria.
How to stop table of contents listing itself as the first chapter?
I'm using Word 2011 on OS X and have a problem with the table of contents. It lists itself as the first chapter. How do I stop it from doing so?
Shutting down Windows 7 automatically 10 minutes from now
Is there a way to make Windows 7 do this: "10 minutes from now, close all applications and shut down (or hibernate), no matter what input you get from the keyboard or the mouse"? It's OK if the user can revert the shutdown order during the 10 minute period, but once the shutdown begins there should…
Disable color in shell/terminal
I want to disable all color in my shell. Not ls, not nano, not vi, nothing. What's the best way to achieve this?
Why does Adobe Acrobat scroll so slowly, and what can I do about it?
I often am forced to view long PDF documents either in browser or out of browser. When I'm forced to use such documents, it's always frustrating, because whenever I scroll the document, the viewer "stutters" -- and it's at least some 30 seconds later before Acrobat relinquishes control of my mouse …
Which is faster, copying everything at once or one thing at a time?
I am transferring a bunch (20+) of large (1GB+) files to my external flash drive over USB 2.0. Is it quicker to just sling them all over at once (as in one at a time but not waiting for the previous transfer to finish) so that there are multiple transfers going on, or transfer one, wait for it to f…