Root, Qubits & Qualia

My Blue Ray Player does not play .mp4 files (x264) To convert .mp4 files  to .mkv using ffmpeg sudo yum install ffmpeg    (To install ffm...

When ever you upgrade Java, the old version is always left on the server and is still in use. You will have to do the following to activat...

2 Way directory Synchronization I found unison is a better option than rsync if the files in both locations frequently change, or if you w...

This will chroot (restrict) all sftp users to their home directory on your SFTP server type group add sftpusers vim /etc/ssh/sshd-con...

yum install cryptsetup Switch off swap swapon -a comment out existing swap partition is /etc/fstab #/ dev/mapper/VolGro...

When you need to mount a remote directory securely use SSHFS which is a much easier quicker option than trying to tunnel NFS over an ssh t...

Receiving Vcard Meeting requests that have been generated in Microsoft exchange or MS outlook arrives in to your Mutt inbox, as an illegibl...

By default, when you press the p key to print a message in mutt, you will not be prompted to choose a printer. Mutt will just print to th...

su - yum install gnome-common gtk3-devel glib2-devel intltool automake autoconf vala wget gnome-tweak-tool wget https://github.com/sim...

Suse does not have rc.local enabled by default. which means it is difficult to have a program automatically start up, after your system ...

Insure that your system has more than 600MB of RAM, The upgrade requires this.(1GB or more is recommended) First change to root user ...

This will check your machine for a specified process. As soon as that process stops running , your machine will power off. This is usef...

This  joins your Linux machine to a Windows Active Directory domain and allows you to share your samba shares to users of the Active Direct...

Running out of Disk Space ? want to see which files are the largest files on your system and are contributing to filling up your hard disk....

The default settings of the TAIL command is to output the last 10 lines of a file eg  tail /var/log messages will output the last...

MT2S files are High Definition Sony Blue ray AVCHD Files, commonly produced by High Definition Camcorders. To use edit and play these fi...

In Gnome 3, moving your mouse into the top left corner of your screen, simulates pressing (Alt-f1)  or the Windows key, and puts you into se...

# Lines configured by zsh-newuser-install HISTFILE=~/.histfile HISTSIZE=100000 SAVEHIST=10000 setopt autocd bindkey -v # End o...

I have Stopped using Bash and am now using ZSH as my new shell of Choice. ZSH has many awesome features that make it a No brainer (f...

When you need to run an X window application over SSH. You ssh -X into the remote machine, running X applications works fine, until you...