GoDaddy: Add an SPF record

An SPF (Sender Policy Framework) record is a type of TXT record in your DNS zone file. SPF records help identify which mail servers are permitted to send email on behalf of your domain. Adding an SPF record can help detect and prevent email...

What is rclone?

Rclone is a command-line program that supports file transfers and syncing of files between local storage and Google Drive as well as a number of other storage services, including Dropbox and Swift/S3-based services. Rclone offers options to optimze a transfer and...

How to Force Windows to Use Standard VGA Compatible Driver

For a Microsoft Windows 2000 version of this article, see268852. Summary This step-by-step article describes how to force Windows to use a standard VGA mode driver that is included with Windows. This procedure is useful in the following scenario.If you install Windows...

Git automation with OAuth tokens

You can use OAuth tokens to interact with GitHub Enterprise via automated scripts. Step 1: Get an OAuth token Create a personal access token on your application settings page. Tip: We recommend that you regularly review your authorized integrations. Remove any...

Git automation with OAuth tokens

You can use OAuth tokens to interact with GitHub Enterprise via automated scripts. Step 1: Get an OAuth token Create a personal access token on your application settings page. Tip: We recommend that you regularly review your authorized integrations. Remove any...

Launch Sublime Text from the command line on OSX

Sublime Text includes a command line tool, subl, to work with files on the command line. This can be used to open files and projects in Sublime Text, as well working as an EDITOR for unix tools, such as git and subversion. Requirements Sublime text 2 or 3...

Git always asks for my ssh-key passphrase

It’s because your key is encrypted with a passphrase to prevent others from reading it. The most convenient way of using passphrased keys is by using ssh-agent to start an authentication agent (which runs in the background): $ eval “$(ssh-agent)”...

Launch Sublime Text 2 or 3 from the Mac OSX Terminal

As I’m working in the OSX Terminal more and more these days, I’m always on the lookout for time saving shortcuts. A really useful tip that I picked up recently from Zander Martineau is how to open up Sublime Text straight from the Terminal. This is...

How do I show my global Git configuration?

You can use: git config –list or look at your ~/.gitconfig file. The local configuration will be in your repository’s .git/config file. Use: git config –list –show-origin to see where that setting is defined (global, user,...

Comparing changes with git diff

Diffing is a function that takes two input data sets and outputs the changes between them. git diff is a multi-use Git command that when executed runs a diff function on Git data sources. These data sources can be commits, branches, files and more. This...

How to reset $PATH?

The suggested answer of removing .bash_profile is not a good idea in general. There are other things that can be set in that file besides PATH definitions. If you want to undo the effects of your experimentation, just remove or comment out...

How to suspend Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux Desktop

This tutorial will provide the reader with some native and alternative methods on how to suspend ( suspend to RAM ) Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa Linux Desktop. In this tutorial you will learn: How to suspend systemSuspend from ActivitiesHow to suspend the...

Enabling Virtualization in your PC BIOS

While most recent PCs support hardware virtualization, not all computer vendors enable this feature as shipped from the factory. To turn this feature on, try these instructions based on Red Hat instructions: Reboot your computerRight when the computer is coming...