I am using rsnapshot to make hourly, daily and weekly snapshots of my home workstation data. This is on Fedora 16. In /etc/rsnapshot.conf there are two commands that specify the root directory you want to create your backups in and whether or not to create it if it...
Keep getting asked "Where can I build a site on the internet" preferably for free or low cost OK so here are some links to templated DIY site building websites: Google Sites Wix Website Builder Squarespace So to get started on the Internets for eCommerce what do you...
This is really basic but well hey, spinning shiney things intrigue me. rdesktop -f -r printer:HP-Officejet-Pro-8500-a909n 192.168.22.5 Basically the above says connect to the remote desktop on 192.168.22.5 and go full screen, make the local...
Here is a well laid out explanation of how to do it: http://blog.philippklaus.de/2011/11/install-nx-server-neatx-on-ubuntu-11-10/ I am a bit disappointed with the result though. I don't seem to be able to connect and disconnect cleanly. The neatx server leaves...
Recently I have got caught out by leaving a terminal running while remotely connected to a Linux server and the connection has failed leaving the remote process unfinished & terminated. The Linux screen command allows you to run programs and disconnect. Rather than...
Telstra provides a costly service. There isn't enough competition to get the prices down especially in a regional area. They do have the best coverage on the mobile network though and it would be unfair not to mention our low population and enormous cabling distances...
http://tfischernet.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/searchable-pdfs-with-linux/ PDF Copy of blog post in case they stop blogging and leave the internet
I'm trying to open an xlsx document in Windows 7 Pro 32bit with Office 2003 SBE and the latest Office Compatibility Pack and it doesn't recognize the xlsx file. I have found the problem/s: The immediate problem: The version of Office 2003 didn't have Service Pack 3...
Just got this error when running vmware convertor on Windows 7 to transfer an XP image to ESXi 4. Looks like VMWare Convertor can't find the files. Opening the Virtual PC's settings and you find that it is referencing a `Parent Disk'. Copy the this file to the same...
I want to schedule a defrag for every day at 5:30PM. This is on an old Windows XP Pro laptop. I can never remember what the abbreviations used to denote the names of the weekdays are for the `at' command so here is an example: at 18:30 /every:M,T,W,Th,F,S,Su...