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Ruby shell instead of Bash shell in Ubuntu?
It seems to me that Ruby is far more powerful, and you can also do more powerful scripting with it. Are there any open source implementations out there that could replace Bash with Ruby on Ubuntu, so that you can use Ruby instead of Bash commands. Like a Ruby shell instead the Bash shell.
Need an app that tells about file & folder sizes
I need an app that tells about file & folder sizes, like what is the biggest file and/or folder on my hard disk, sort this detail from biggest file and/or folder to the smallest & vice versa, also able to tell me about this detail based on the folder that I have chosen.
Patch is preventing the system from starting, need to manually uninstall Windows 7 update
Last night windows updated itself with some kernel drivers related patches and as a result today morning my Windows 7 won't even boot in safe mode. It tried to repair itself, but no good Root cause found: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a patch is preventing the system from starting Repair action: …
How can I mount a Rackspace Cloud Files as a drive on a Mac & PC?
I want to have seamless access to my Rackspace files on my laptops. How do I mount my Rackspace as a drive?
How to check whether my OS is 64-bit or 32-bit?
What is the best way to determine whether my OS is 64-bit or 32-bit ? Assume that, I directly on some os & I am going to install a software on it. But how to determine, whether OS is 32-bit or 64-bit, OS may be anything, like windows xp vista windows 7 os x leopard os x snow leopard Red hat linux W…
How can I invert colors on ONE screen in Mac OS X?
I know that trick with Command-Option-Control-8, but is it possible to invert colors only for one monitor? It's extremely great to program with these colors.. but I need one normal monitor also for preview =(
Notepad++ Changebar
Notepad++ used to have a changebar (similar to the Microsoft code editor in Visual Studio) that would change color, if the line of text was changed. It was taken out some time ago, but I really liked it. Is there a plugin (or option) that will re-enable this feature?
In emacs dired, how can I run a command on multiple marked files?
I have several files marked in dired-mode, and I'd like to run a command on (say on each of them. Is there a built-in way to do this, or do I need to write it myself? Basically I want to do something like but I want to eval an emacs expression rather than a shell command. I want to do this within e…
Denyhosts keeps adding my IP address to hosts.deny
I have setup Denyhosts to run on my server, and have been using it succesfully for the last few weeks, to allow me to ssh into my server from my home dev machine. This morning, I accidentally typed my password incorrectly three times - and ended up being locked out of the system (tghat was ok, beca…
on windows 7, vpn'ing to work, how to force all traffic to use VPN?
right now when I connect to my VPN, my internet is served from my home router, but any requests for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx i.e. my works ip range are served via the vpn connection I believe. How can I force all traffic to the vpn?
How can I figure out what process is constantly accessing my hard drive in Windows XP?
I am running a fresh install of Windows XP SP3 with a very minimal set of applications installed, but even so, my computer often bogs down to a crawl while it is furiously accessing the hard drive, lighting the disk activity light solid for a minute or more. The problem is the worst directly after …
How can I hide the Homegroup icon on the desktop?
Last night a Windows update on my Windows 7 machine added a new "Homegroup" icon to my desktop. I don't want the icon on my desktop but can't see any way to get rid of it. It's not listed in the desktop icons under personalisation settings and it's not a regular shortcut so can't be deleted in the …
Copy directory structure without copying files, on Mac OS X
I'd like to duplicate the directory structure in some directory to another, without copying any actual files. In place of the files, I'd like either a blank file with the same name, or a symlink to the original location. How could I do this, on OS X? Command-line tools (rsync/find/tar/whatever), sh…
How can I block access to Facebook in Google Chrome?
My daughter is addicted to this site, and this is having an adverse impact on her studies. What methods are there to prevent her accessing Facebook in Google Chrome? Kindly help
Lock the mouse cursor to one screen in Linux / Ubuntu
This question has already been asked, but for Windows: Is it possible to lock the mouse to one screen? I am using Ubuntu 10.04 with 2 screens with different resolution. Getting the mouse cursor moving accidentally from one screen to another is really annoying. Is it possible to temporarily lock the…
Installing AucTeX 1.86 over Emacs.app in OS X
I am trying to install AucTeX 1.86 over an Emacs binary (version 24.0.50) from emacsformacosx.com. On first attempt outputs: I add , to which replies happily with several congratulations. I compile with and without a glitch. I open a .tex file on Emacs and AucTeX does not load. I issue C-j in the *…
file permission in zip/7z/rar?
I want to package my application for linux, I use zip/tar.gz/7z/rar to do the compress in Windows. Because I do the compress in Windows, so when I extract the package in Linux, the file permission is reset. The problem is Only the tar.gz can let me extract runable files, other format (zip/7z/rar) n…
why ./ is needed to run a runnable file?
I'm using ubuntu and I notice many of my runnable scripts won't run unless I precede theme by . For example, if I have a perl script: and I'm currently in , typing won't do it, but will. Why is that?
Disable Windows 7 taskbar grouping. Not combining
Possible Duplicate: Any way to “ungroup” taskbar items in Win7? I've look near and far but I cannot find a way (setting or hack) to prevent Windows 7 from grouping taskbar buttons together that are "related". I'm not talking about the option to combine or collapse related buttons into one item. I c…
Virtualizing Windows Home Server
I'm thinking about virtualizing Windows Home Server, mainly just for some testing and troubleshooting (right now, anyways -- nothing long term). I've got hardware that should easily pull it off, but because WHS can be a bit of its own beast the way it does file replication, etc., I was wondering if…