Some very useful Xterm tips for using this venerable terminal emulator in 2023.
Some very useful tips for using the Xterm terminal emulator on Linux.
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How to disable the annoying F-keys function in Byobu.
How to fix the annoying keybinds in Byobu when using it over SSH. This interferes with the keys in Midnight Commander.
How to use the SSH protocol to connect to a remote Linux or UNIX machine easily.
How to set up an SSH connection to a remote server, this is very useful for administering a remote machine over a network.
Sample OpenVPN files to help setup a very useful OpenVPN server.
Sample OpenVPN configuration files to help with OpenVPN setup Below is a sample OpenVPN configuration file, this is running a server with an internal IP address of 10.8.0.0. This is using UDP and port 1194. If you set it up on port 443 instead, it can be hidden amongst other SSL traffic. That is a … Read more
How to ssh into a Linux machine easily from your Ubuntu PC.
SSH is a great way to connect to a remote Linux server over a network. This is how to use SSH easily yourself. Firstly, install SSH on the remote machine to allow remote connections if it is a server you are setting up. sudo apt install sshsudo apt install ssh Then run this command on … Read more
How to setup an SSH login using host keys instead of a password.
To setup an SSH login on your Linux machine that does not require a password and uses SSH host keys instead, follow this simple guide. Firstly, generate a set of keys for your SSH login. ubuntu ~/Documents $ ssh-keygen Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/ubuntu/.ssh/id_rsa): /home/ubuntu/Documents/id_rsa Enter … Read more
Firefox tips and tricks for habitual Internet users.
To open the Firefox developer tools, press Ctrl-Shift-K. This is good if you have Firebug installed, as F12 will open it instead. To take a full-page screenshot of a web site, press Shift-F2 and then type this command and hit press ENTER. screenshot –fullpagescreenshot –fullpage This will be saved in the ~/Downloads folder by default. … Read more
A good guide to creating SSH keys and disabling the password for an SSH login.
This guide I just used used allows a Linux user to disable the password and enable SSH keys to manage logins to an SSH server. http://lani78.com/2008/08/08/generate-a-ssh-key-and-disable-password-authentication-on-ubuntu-server/. This is very useful, you can access your machine remotely and without requiring the user to remember a complex password. if you are on Windows, the Bitvise SSH client … Read more
How to reset a Telstra T Tab tablet to factory settings.
I recently bought a Telstra T Tab tablet and I found out that it already had a previous Google account on it and I could not reset it with the factory reset option under Settings-Privacy-Factory Data Reset. I have discovered that the way to do this is to switch the tablet off, then press and … Read more