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LANG=C is in a number of the /etc/init.d/* scripts. What does LANG=C do and why do you need to set LANG=C.
Its not clear what it does or what it contains. I tried greping the out put of set and env to see what C or LANG are set to in other places on the systems. Nothing was clear about how it is used or set. I don't even know what man page I should even start reading. Any help here would be great as I t…
Copy remote files on nfs without round-trip
I have a large amout of data (several GB) on a remote drive, that is transparently mounted via nfs. I'd like to copy these files into a subdirectory of where they are already residing, so everything stays on the same physical disk. For that reason, I would like to prevent an unnecessary round trip …
How can I execute my old DOS-only applications on a modern computer?
The first versions of my software that I developed back in 1991 were DOS-only versions that I wrote using Turbo Pascal. At the time, it never occurred to me that I would actually still be selling these products twenty years later. I never thought to create screenshots and document how the systems l…
Access Point vs Universal Repeater mode
In my home I've got a wireless router that does all the work and because of the lack of signal, I have bought another device that can act either as an Access Point or as a Universal Repeater. I was wondering, what is the difference between the two modes? I thought that Repeater would allow me to ha…
Live screencasting from a Windows PC to a DLNA-enabled TV - possible?
We're looking to buy some LCD monitors to be used as dashboard displays in the development offices around here at work. Primarily they will display information from a PC directly connected via HDMI or VGA. However, an awesome use case would be where team members can broadcast a live view of their m…
Linux - Forcing 24-hour locale?
Is there any way to force 24-hour time in my locale (for example, 14:00) instead of 12-hour time (2:00 PM)? I use the en_US locale with a UTF-8 character set on Arch Linux, but this shouldn't matter, I think.
How can I set gvim's window width to 80 columns of text, plus the ones needed to show the line number
I use gvim with in my so it shows the linenumber, plus a space, before every line. If the document has less than 10 lines, this takes 2 columns, If it has more than 10, 3 columns and so on. If I put in , it will show 78 columns of code and 2 for the linenumber plus pace, or 77 + 3 and so on. I'd li…
How do I use the PC 'delete' key when using VirtualBox on OS X, running Windows XP?
How do I use the PC 'delete' key when using VirtualBox on OS X, running a Windows XP guest? I tried every combination I could think of!
Force cloned hard-disk image upon a smaller hard-disk
I have a image which was taken with Clonezilla as SAVEDISK on a 160GB harddrive. Now a newer version of the PC released with a 120GB harddrive, the space in use is just 20GB Is there a way I can force Clonezilla (or any other program) to manipulate the images 'original size' to 120GB or lower, so C…
Is there a Windows equivalent of the script command in Linux?
I have and SFU. Neither has the command. Does anyone know if there is the equivalent for Windows, other than from Cygwin, which I do not want to install (for reasons irrelevant for this discussion)?
Block certain script in the Chrome / Chrome DevTools
Is there a way to block, let's say from , but not all of them?
Windows open maximized by default?
I'm new to developing on Mac OS X; my usual dev environment is Ubuntu GNU/Linux with the StumpWM tiling window manager. I'm used to starting an app and having it take up 100% of the screen real estate. My question is: is there any way to configure Mac OS X 10.6 (either natively or using a third-par…
Homebrew build with different arch?
I tried to install mysql-connector-c recipe via homebrew, and it builds just fine, but produces x86_64 library: I however need i386 library for my project. I tried to give it CFLAGS and LDFLAGS like this: but nothing changes - it still builds x86_64 only binary. Is there any way to make homebrew bu…
Windows 7 - How to stop full path being displayed in Explorer taskbar?
Just went from XP to 7 and set my taskbar to show window titles. Problem is that explorer windows display the full path now, like "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\stuff" instead of just "stuff". I end up with a bunch of things in the taskbar that just say "C:\Users\Administrat..." which makes it har…
No pipe symbol in Ubuntu 11.04 running in Windows 7 x64 VirtualBox
For some reason I cannot type a pipe(|) symbol with US keyboard in Ubuntu while I can do it in Windows 7 which also uses US keyboard. Normally I use left-shift with the button next to it to type a pipe symbol, but in Ubuntu it creates < and > with shift (like "shift+," and "shift+." are already doi…
How to recursively find a .doc file that contains a specific word?
I'm using bash under Ubuntu. Currently this works well for the current directory: But I have lots of subdirectories with .doc files. How can I search for, let's say, "specificword" recursively?
Is there a powerful yet lightweight vim-like keyboard-centric web browser out there (for Linux)?
I love Pentadactyl (previously Vimperator) for Firefox, but with all these plugins and things, Firefox is really slow. I've tried Vimium, but it's a little awkward and doesn't do all I'd like it to. I've also been playing around with Luakit, because it's in the Ubuntu repositories, and it's fast, l…
How to link to emails in Thunderbird?
I often take personal notes in text files. Sometimes I'd like to refer to an email in one of my IMAP email boxes. Now I manually write something like , but then looking up those emails takes too much time. Is it possible to make a link to an email, so that Thunderbird would display that specific em…
OSX Lion: Can I use "classic" mousewheel scrolling but keep "natural" trackpad scrolling?
I recently upgraded from OSX Snow Leopard to OSX Lion version 10.7.1. So far, I'm enjoying the "natural" scrolling when using my trackpad. However, when scrolling with my mouse wheel, I'm having trouble making the switch to "natural" scrolling. It feels decidedly unnatural to me. Furthermore, I fre…
Is there a folder-only based music player for Linux?
I have my music sorted using directories so I don't want a library, tags and what not. What I want: easily (recursively) add directories to playlist from my music root, not from library songs in playlist grouped by directories they reside in directories in playlist must be collapsible and rearranga…