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Where does a program install on linux?
I want to know the procedure of installation and uninstallation on Linux? Are there any log file that logs these procedure? For example, I am installing Netbeans IDE on Linux. I want to know where are the files of this IDE? I want to know where the folder is that contain programs that installed on …
How To Make Thunderbird Compose Mail With "Body Text" As Default?
When I compose message it composes by paragraph as default. How can I make it compose without paragraphs but regular body text?
How can I see if users are logged in over sftp?
I run a linux file server for my office and we user SFTP for remote partners to login and download files. Is there a way to see if there are any active connections or logins so I can know when it is safe to perform maintenance on the machine? Since the machine is almost constantly serving large fil…
Disable automatic fsck_exfat on dirty volume mount in Mac OSX
I've several large hard disks formatted in exFAT to keep clean compatibility between Win7/Bootcamp and Snow Leopard. Here's the problem: needs something like 6-8gb of RAM to complete on a large disk. (windows' chkdsk works fine, btw). If OSX detects a volume as dirty, it appears to automatically tr…
Browse files backed up with duplicity?
I backed up a long time ago (have been traveling for a few months and moving) with duplicity. My ubuntu installation broke, so I 'fixed' it by having it overwrite my Windows partition, even though I selected to install it side-by-side Windows. Nonetheless, the critical files from windows that I nee…
How to make Windows command prompt treat single quote as though it is a double quote?
My scenario is simple - I am copying script samples from the Mercurial online book and pasting them in a Windows command prompt. The problem is that the samples in the book use single quoted strings. When a single quoted string is passed on the Windows command prompt, the latter does not recognize …
Streaming audio from Windows to Linux using PulseAudio
I have Linux box with Ubuntu + PulseAudio network server installed. I can stream audio from my laptop (with Linux installed too) to the box over local network. I've recently installed Windows 7 into my laptop. I want to stream my laptop audio to the box. Could someone help me setup audio streaming …
Synchronize Internet Time in a Windows script?
Is there a way I can synchronize the system clock with an Internet Time server (i.e: time.nist.gov) via command-line? Preferably, this should be something executable via BAT or PowerShell script. This particular need arises because I have some VMs for which I regularly use the "save machine state" …
Assign a shortcut for "Next tab" in Visual Studio
(Using Visual Studio 2010 Express) When you do CTRL+Tab on the editor of Visual Studio, it navigates to the next document window (the name of the shortcut is ). Should you let CTRL key downed, it shows the navigation window where you can see all tool windows and editor tabs opened. Without taking i…
Reference for all "about"/"chrome" address bar strings for Firefox and Chrome
It there a reference for all the magic strings which one can type on Google Chrome and Firefox? For instance I forgot how to create/show profiles in Chrome beta. I later found that it was . I am sure I can find more magic strings if I were to sift through code or plough through documentation. But a…
Using anti-static wrist strap to ground against laptop
I want to do laptop maintenance and looking to ground myself with an anti-static wrist strap. How, or where, do I ground myself to the laptop? Where can I find a grounding point in order to not make a mistake and spoil something?
Is it possible to convert paragraph breaks in Word to line breaks?
When I paste text from Eclipse into Word, it puts each line on its own paragraph. Manually correcting these to line-breaks (shift+enter) is a hassle, is it possible to automate this? I'm using Word 2008 for Mac if that makes a difference (but would like to know this for other versions of Word too i…
Transferring VirtualBox Virtual Machines to another computer
Is there any way to transfer VirtualBox VMs, with their operating system and all their files intact, to another computer?
Can I change keyboard shortcuts for Redo in MS Word for Mac?
All Mac applications use ⇧-Cmd-Z to redo the last undone action. All, that is, except Microsoft Office. Office prefers that you use Cmd-Y instead. ⇧-Cmd-Z is mapped to something else – worse, it's something which seems to be un-undoable based on my repeated accidental hits of it. I've gone into Too…
Do Solid State Disks (SSDs) have a buffer cache?
All HDDs that I know have at least 8MB or more of buffer cache (I know that it is for increasing read and write performance on Disk Drivers). However, I'm just curious: Do SSDs have any buffer/cache system, something similar as HDDs? Do SSDs have even better performance beyond those of HDD buffers?
Is there an equivalent of .lnk in Linux?
When creating a shortcut in windows it makes a file. I have researched and it seems these are openable in linux(with some tweaking). Does Linux have an equivalent? If so, whats the extension?
Viewing table relationships in SQL Server Management Studio
In SQL Server Management Studio, I have relationships set up between tables. Is there a way to display a view of all the tables with the adjoining lines like in Microsoft Access? Do I need to open a new query and run something or is there a button that I've missed?
what is the command+k ( in mac ) equivalent in ubuntu
I am used to to clear up the terminal in mac. It is very helpful specially while debugging through server logs. What is the equivalent in Ubuntu system ?
Vim - Is Capslock on?
When I work with Vim I almost never look at my keyboard (like it should be!) and this is great, but sometimes, unknowingly I hit the CapsLock key and causes me to yell at my screen. Because, you know, is not the same as in normal mode (and so on). So instead or mapping to say I want to display an e…
Can I change the order of the search results in the Windows 7 start menu?
Is it possible to change the sort order of the search results in the Windows 7 start menu? I'd like to either have them completely unsorted by the type of result they are or have files appear before outlook emails. I tend to use the search to find files that I want to open much more than searching …