by ray | Jan 25, 2018 | Linux / Ubuntu
VyprVPN Free accounts are limited to using our Desktop and Mobile applications to connect to our VPN service. Please see “What is VyprVPN Free?” for more information. Follow the steps below to configure OpenVPN on your Ubuntu machine. This...
by ray | Dec 2, 2017 | Boto, Python
“You can place this file either at /etc/boto.cfg for system-wide use or in the home directory of the user executing the commands as ~/.boto.” The former simply means that you might create a configuration file named boto.cfg within...
by ray | Dec 2, 2017 | Boto
Boto can be configured in multiple ways. Regardless of the source or sources that you choose, you musthave AWS credentials and a region set in order to make requests. Interactive Configuration If you have the AWS CLI, then you can use its...
by ray | Dec 2, 2017 | AWS, Boto
Introduction There is a growing list of configuration options for the boto library. Many of these options can be passed into the constructors for top-level objects such as connections. Some options, such as credentials, can also be read from environment variables...
by ray | Dec 2, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Important note: You should enable SSH agent forwarding with caution. When you set up agent forwarding, a socket file is created on the forwarding host, which is the mechanism by which the key can be forwarded to your destination. Another user on the system with...
by ray | Dec 2, 2017 | Microsoft Windows
PuTTYgen is normally installed as part of the normal PuTTY .msi package installation. There is no need for a separate PuTTYgen download. Download the PuTTY installation package. For detailed installation instructions, see PuTTY installation...
by ray | Dec 2, 2017 | Microsoft Windows
Introduction SSH agent forwarding allow you once you’ve SSHed into a machine to continue and SSH from it, to the other machine, with the same key. How to enable ssh agent forwarding in Putty Open PuTTY Under “Connection” -> “SSH” -> “Auth” Check the “Allow agent...
by ray | Dec 1, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu
Just use crontab -e and follow the tutorial here: Crontab – Quick Reference Look at point 3 for a guide on how to specify the frequency. Based on your requirement, it should effectively be: */10 * * * * /usr/bin/python...
by ray | Dec 1, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu
Sudo resets PATH, along with many other environment variables, for security reasons. It doesn’t matter what is set in /etc/profile, unless you run sudo -i. The sudo manual page, under SECURITY NOTES, gives an insight about the security implications, along with...
by ray | Oct 30, 2017 | IT / Tech News
Here is a proposed solution.
by ray | Oct 30, 2017 | HTML / Web
The @media rule is used to define different style rules for different media types/devices. Example Change the background-color if the viewport is 480 pixels wide or wider: @media screen and (min-width: 480px) { body { background-color: lightgreen; }...
by ray | Oct 30, 2017 | G Suite, Security
I know it’s convenient to have your Chrome browser save all of your passwords so that you don’t have to type them in each time. However, this is a big security risk. If I were you, I would go to https://passwords.google.com and turn off “Smart Lock...
by ray | Oct 30, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu
If you’ve been successfully running 16.04 with your video driver before, but the login loop issue happens after the latest software update, try this, it worked for me after trying EVERYTHING else. This is the equivalent of searching for “additional...
by ray | Oct 30, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu
This laptop has 2 graphic card options. NVIDIA NVS 3100MIntel Graphics Media Accelerator HD In order to know which one you have, open a terminal and type: sudo lshw -C display Please be aware that this answer may become slightly outdated. I will do my best to update...
by ray | Oct 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Download .deb file – https://www.realvnc.com/en/connect/download/viewer/ Move file to home directory From terminal, type “sudo dpkg -i filename” (VNC-Viewer-version-number.deb) Then type “sudo apt-get install...
by ray | Sep 25, 2017 | HTML / Web
I recommend using https://favicon.io
by ray | Sep 19, 2017 | Microsoft Windows
I’ll give you the basic idea of what exactly is Microsoft office Click-to-Run. For detailed explanation follow the link Overview of Click-to-Run. Click-to-Run is a Microsoft streaming and virtualization technology that reduces the time that is required to...
by ray | Sep 10, 2017 | Microsoft Windows
Symptoms Task Manager shows the disk to be at 100% utilization despite a light or no workload, and the system may experience lag or become unresponsive. In addition, the system event log contains numerous events with Event ID 129, which represent resets of the disk...
by ray | Sep 10, 2017 | HTML / Web, Linux / Ubuntu
Here’s a script that can be used to download and install all the Google Web Fonts. What the script does is download all the fonts from Google Font Directory (it includes around hundreds of fonts, each with many variations that you can use on your...
by ray | Sep 8, 2017 | Android
CyanogenMod was the biggest, most widely used custom Android ROM. Now, it has been discontinued, due in part to internal conflicts within Cyanogen Inc. Don’t worry, though: A new fork of CyanogenMod called Lineage OS is taking up the mantle, and it...
by ray | Sep 8, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
Prerequisites Your PC must be running a 64-bit version of Windows 10 Anniversary Update or later (build 1607+). To find your PC’s architecture and Windows build number, openSettings > System > About Look for the OS Build and System...
by ray | Sep 8, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
Windows 10’s “Bash on Ubuntu on Windows” environment contains a few different components. The first time you run the bash.exe program, it will download and install an entire Ubuntu user space environment. You can access these files in File Explorer or other Windows...
by ray | Sep 8, 2017 | Linux / Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows
Windows 10’s Anniversary Update offers a big new feature for developers: A full, Ubuntu-based Bash shell that can run Linux software directly on Windows. This is made possible by the new “Windows Subsystem for Linux” Microsoft is adding to Windows 10....
by ray | Sep 8, 2017 | IT / Tech News
Open regedit.exe and find the key: “DeleteUserSettingsOnUpgrade” in “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Synaptics\SynTP\Install”and change its value to zero. Now change your preferences in Synaptics settings and verify whether they persist after...
by ray | Sep 8, 2017 | Wordpress
Sometimes it may be necessary to deactivate all plugins, but you can’t access the administrative menus to do so. One of two methods are available to deactivate all plugins. Use phpMyAdmin to deactivate all plugins. In the table wp_options, under...
