Did you install Microsoft Silverlight on your Macintosh, no longer visit websites which need it, and are tired of the pop-ups that ask to update it? Here is how to painlessly remove Microsoft Silverlight from […]
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Here is how to recursively use the command-line utility chmod to change directory and file permissions in Linux and macOS easily. It uses a combination of the utilities ‘find’ and ‘chmod’. I use these popular […]
Here is a simple way to get a disk usage summary in Linux or Mac OS X using the command-line. The “du” command is the conventional choice but gives a lot of information by default. […]
Here is how to install the LAME module for Audacity v1.2.x audio software on macOS. Install and/or extract both LAME for Audacity v1.3 and v1.3 to /usr/local/lib/audacity. Create soft link: mkdir /Library/LAME ln -s /usr/local/lib/audacity/LameLib […]
Here is how to use the command-line utility rsync without the archive flag (-a). What does the flag -a default to? It is the “archive mode”. -a, –archive; archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) Where: […]
Need to bind multiple IP addresses to a network interface? Here is a nice article I found online: cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:0 cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:1 cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:2 … vi ifcfg-eth0:0 Here is an […]
To install the X Window System (“X-Windows”) on Linux, use the following command-line syntax: yum groupinstall “X Window System”
The –delete flag in rsync will deactivate if something goes wrong during the sync, such as invalid files. I’ve just seen this happen.
The DSNS network scanner is worth looking into. It is an advanced network scanner for Windows 2000/XP. Very handy to identify network devices, and to discover what services they provide (such as HTTP). DSNS Network […]
Eventually, you will have to perform Windows 2000 registry maintenance. Here’s an article on how to back up, edit, and restore the registry in Windows 2000. The most important thing you will have to do […]