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User directory in PATH in zsh: ~ Does Not Work
I'm doing this in my .zshrc and if I do it appears as the first thing in the path. Yet this directory isn't included in the executable path (nor for tab-completion). What am I doing wrong? shows the directory as expected. Edit: This works, though... I guess doesn't work in the path?
Need a non-GUI SFTP tool better than "sftp"
'sftp' is seriously lacking relative to, say, ncftp: it has no command memory, no Tab-completion of file names, and so on. Is there a non-GUI tool for SFTP that people recommend?
Changing HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
Is it possible to change ? I'm using Firefox.
putty external text editor?
I'm new to ssh and linux in general. I've got putty set up and I can connect to my server and list files and everything. I'm wondering how I can edit a file using notepad++ (or another editor). Is there a way to have it automatically download and upload through ssh? How else do you edit a file? Tha…
ngen.exe is constantly using CPU
I recently installed Windows 7. This was a clean install (i.e. not an upgrade from another version of Windows), but I did install a bunch of other programs. All mainstream applications - nothing wacky. Since then, my CPU usage has been constantly at around 50%. Task Manager shows me that ngen.exe i…
Is it possible to analyze the size of a SubVersion repository?
Is it possible to know how much disk space each project in a SubVersion repository is using? I can check out a working copy of each project and look at the size each project takes up, but I don't think that encompasses the total size of the project (all revisions). I can look under the "db" directo…
Best SSD tweaks for Windows 7
I have seen many articles about tweaking an SSD, but many of them seem outdated, or too broad (read all Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 general tweaks). And I know that Windows 7 has been specifically tweaked for SSD by the Windows team, so I don't want to do something that was written for Windows…
How to track $HOME with git
I would like to track my $HOME dir with git. I've got many other git repos in other subdirs (eg $HOME/projects/repo_1 and so on), which shouldn't be tracked, since they already are. I have found git-home-history but it appears from the archive that the project is no longer actively developed. What …
How to put a program in system tray?
Is there a program for hiding programs from taskbar to system tray? I was hoping that Windows 7 will be able to do it itself but I can't find it.
Windows 7 dual monitor setup: Wallpaper alignment
I have the following dual-screen set up on my Windows 7 PC: , that means my secondary monitor is on the left side of my primary monitor. Now I have a dual-screen wallpaper that should stretch across the monitors. I have set it to "Tile" mode. Problem: The wallpaper invariably starts at (left edge o…
How to build a cheap and fanless server
Any advice about how to build a cheap and fanless server? It's main uses would be web and file servering, but it could be a day when I'd like to add some streaming and mailing capabilities as well. OS of choice: GNU/Linux
How do I run vino-server without a monitor attached in Ubuntu 10.04
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 yesterday on a headless home server. I use the server for a variety of purposes, and what I don't know how to do via SSH I've alway been able to do through VNC. However, since the upgrade vino-server will no longer run if there isn't a monitor attached. Before it use…
Where does Firefox store cerificates and how to delete one?
The root cause of my problem is not known to me, whatever it is, I experience frequent DNS failures. When it happens I cannot browse to my Gmail inbox. I use two DNS settings. One is the public DNS server offered by OpenDNS, and the other is Google's free DNS server. When this happens I switch from…
Using excel, how can I count the number of cells in a column containing the text "true" or "false"?
I have a spreadsheet that has a column of cells where each cell contains a single word. I would like to count the occurrences of some words. I can use the COUNTIF function for most words, but if the word is "true" or "false", I get 0. In the above spreadsheet table, I have these formulas in cells B…
Finding out if a FLAC or WAVPACK audio file is NOT originally encoded from a lossy source
Is there a way of checking that the so-called FLAC or WAVPACK audio file was originally encoded from a lossless source (WAV, CDA, APE, etc.) instead of a lossy source (MP3, AAC, ATRAC, etc.)? Say I have a lossy MP3 audio file (5.17Mb, 87% compressed from its original, source unknown). I then encode…
What is the replacement of the floppy
While CD (and to an lesser extend DVD) disks have reached the price-point of the floppy, they have one significant downside, it is WORM (Write-Once Read-Many) media, allowing it to be used only one single time, and you need to be explicit in writing the data to the actual media (you need to burn it…
How to disable Windows system sounds - permanently - but not application sound
I prefer the sound scheme of Windows 7 HP to be set to "No Sounds" ALL the time. The problem is, when I switch themes, the themes switch sound schemes also. I know I can go in and disable/change to "No Sounds" every time by hand, but is there a way to turn it off and keep it off, regardless of the …
linux: refreshing groups without having to re-login
Possible Duplicate: Is there a way in Linux to update the user/group properties without having to login again? How does one refresh the groups that a logged-in user is in without having to re-login?
Put a task to the background with bash
I know that you can start a background job with Bash doing . However, the best way I know to put a foreground job to the background is to do Ctrl+z to pause it then to resume it in the background. Is there a faster way? Some Ctrl+Something key combination I'm not aware of?
How do I restore a partition without losing the data?
I lost the D-partition in My Computer I opened My Computer, but couldn't find it and I don't know where it is or how to return it. I went to Disk Management and found it available as free space. So I tried to make it NTFS, but I had to format the drive and I don't want to, since it will erase my da…