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Another way to get a mobile view of websites with Firefox and no need for addons.

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How to test a responsive web design with Firefox If you press Ctrl->Shift->m when viewing a website, it will be switched to a mobile view that allows you to see what the website looks like at various mobile resolutions. I found this out by accident. But this is a very cool Firefox trick. This makes … Read more

Very useful Macbook tips for a new user.

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How to use home and end keysHow to take screenshotsGet information about installed appsMore keyboard key shortcuts How to use home and end keys To right-click on something, hold the control key and then click an item to get a right-click context menu. This is how you can customize Firefox on your Macintosh machine. The … Read more

Set or change a passphrase for an OpenVPN server key.

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This command will set a passphrase for the server pem file for OpenVPN on Linux. I setup a VPN configuration on Ubuntu and forgot to set the passphrase. This is how I managed to set one. ubuntu@ip-172-31-13-140:~$ sudo openssl rsa -des3 -in server-key.pem -out server2.pem Enter pass phrase for server-key.pem: writing RSA key Enter PEM … Read more

Amazon web services. The perfect alternative to a locally hosted server solution.

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Amazon Web Services is the perfect solution for hosting a server outside your organization. This allows you to create a cloud hosted database server that takes the strain off your local server infrastructure using Microsoft SQL server 2012 or a Linux based solution in a cloud hosted server instance. There is a free trial that … Read more

How to enter the product key in Windows server 2012 R2.

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Entering the product key in server 2012 sometimes is fraught with frustration. You can try to enter it via the CMD command prompt with this command. PS C:\Users\Administrator> slmgr -ipk XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXPS C:\Users\Administrator> slmgr -ipk XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX and you get an error. The best way is to use this command. PS C:\Users\Administrator> sluiPS C:\Users\Administrator> slui This command … Read more

How to encrypt a file with gpg on Linux and then decrypt it later.

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The gpg utility for Linux is used to create public and private key pairs to encrypt files for secure transmission over the Internet. To initialize this utility; run this command. homer@deusexmachina ~ $ gpg –gen-key gpg (GnuPG) 1.4.14; Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software: you are free to change and … Read more

How to get to safe mode in Windows 8 Pro final release.

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This is not really applicable to Linux, but I am running Windows 8 Pro dual booted with Linux Mint 14 and I encountered a bug that stopped Windows 8 from fully starting up. I found out that if you press the F5 key just after booting Windows 8 you will see the test “Please Wait” … Read more

Using the .inputrc file to control keybindings in xterm.

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Using the .inputrc file to control keybindings in xterm. If you wish to control the key bindings for Backspace, Delete, Home & the End keys in Xterm then read on. The ~/.inputrc file in your home directory controls this behavior, using the defines in this file you may control the key bindings and make using … Read more