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IT related tech tips since 2006Netgear ReadyNAS – Run a Mile
So I purchased a Synology DS415+ recently and was profoundly impressed at the depth of functionality, and how it just works. Now for a contrast I recently worked on a Netgear ReadyNAS running version 6.2.4 of it's firmware. To give it a three word overview: Really...
Synology DS415+ – Creating a PyCrypto Extensioned Postgres Instance for PostPooks
Important Note: Completely ignore this post. See my post at https://toggen.com.au/it-tips/docker-synology-postbooks-postgres So I just got myself a Synology DS415+ diskstation NAS so I could get rid of my desktop PC. It has what appears to be a very modern Linux...
Listing Active SSH Client Tunnels from Within the SSH Client
If you do ssh -L 5432:localhost:5432 yourpc.example.com -l username And you want to see the active tunnels following this comment from superuser.com From within an ssh session: press enter type ~ and then # shows you a list of all open connections over your tunnels...
Apple.com Trailers Under Linux – No for Google Chrome, Yes for Mozilla Firefox – with plugins
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/quicktime-plugin-play-audio-and-video sudo yum install gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer So there you have it.
noMachine on VPS Screen limited to 1024 x 768
Update: Also this option from No Machine: How to use NoMachine 4 on a headless Linux server On a Digital Ocean CentOS 6.x VPS I did the following to get an X environment running yum groupinstall Xfce yum groupinstall "X Window System" set the id:3:initdefault: line ...
Where to get (legal) Windows Installation Media
If you have a product key you can download a copy of Windows from here ==> http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery
Recursive Programming complete with Understandable Explanation
Interesting video on how to think about and create recursive functions. https://youtu.be/MyzFdthuUcA
Open Source Garage Sale
Just trying to make some Garage Sale signs. Scribus to the rescue. Scribus while a little pernickity to use on occasion gives you great power in the flexibility and layout of a document. So if you want to max out your letter sizing and have a lot of placement control...
Use Zoho to Host a Custom Email Domain for Free
I have a friend that sells bridal hair pieces I was hosting email for her and then using postfix to authenticate with smtp.mailgun.org and then mailgun forwarded the email for her shop and info aliases to her hotmail.com account Just recently I found that the emails...