How to get around YouTube’s anti-adblocker.
How to fix the annoying pop-up on YouTube for now.
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A tip to fix the delayed audio playback when using Pulseaudio.
A nice fix for the delayed audio when using Pulseaudio.
Read MoreAnnoying PC issue with a simple fix.
Why your computer is in a constant boot loop. How best to fix this annoying issue.
Read MoreHow 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.
Read MoreA good tip to speed up the Firefox UI easily on Ubuntu 20.04.
The Firefox UI on Ubuntu 20.04 was very slow for some reason. But this trick was a good way to help speed it back up. Go into about:config and then set the value below to true and then restart the browser. gfx.webrender.force-disabledgfx.webrender.force-disabled This seems to have sped it up greatly….
Read MoreMATE weather applet on Ubuntu 18.04 not working. This is how to fix it.
The MATE weather applet on Ubuntu 18.04 was not working on my Ubuntu 18.04 installation. This is how I fixed it with a simple patch. sudo sed -i ‘s|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver1_3/httpparam\x0\x0\x0\x0\x0|’ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1sudo sed -i ‘s|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver_current/httpparam|https://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/dataserver1_3/httpparam\x0\x0\x0\x0\x0|’ /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libmateweather.so.1 The patch above will fix the libmateweather library. Then the applet will work. Log out and…
Read MoreUbuntu not always writing data to USB hard drives when I copy files to them.
Sometimes I copy files from my Linux installation to my NTFS external hard drive, and the files are not always fully transferred. This must be due to the fact it is always connected and therefore I am not removing it. But if I run the sync command in a terminal,…
Read MoreFirefox interim fix posted. This is a new version of Firefox
This is the best fix for Firefox, this updates you to the new version, and it works a treat. I installed this, and all of my addons are back, even uBlock Origin and Greasemonkey. So the incompetent Mozilla developers only took 9 hours to fix such a simple problem, the…
Read MoreHow I sped up Ubuntu 18 quite a bit with one simple command.
Ubuntu on my system was a bit slow, and the applications were a little slow to load, I found out that this little trick will speed up my system. Run this command as root to get a nice speed boost on Ubuntu. sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1 This…
Read MoreA method to try and fix the forced restarts in Windows 10.
The forced restarts in Windows 10 are very annoying when you are working on something and then your machine restarts in the middle of your work. There is a way to turn this off. To do this go to this folder. %windir%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator%windir%\System32\Tasks\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator Rename the “Restart” file and create a folder…
Read MoreRestore the files in /etc/skel if they have been deleted.
The files in /etc/skel are for the creation of new user accounts, but if they are deleted accidentally, they are no good no anyone. This is how to re-download these files and restore them. Firstly, download the bash package to an empty directory. ason@Yog-Sothoth » bash » $ apt download…
Read MoreHow to get uBlock Origin working with Firefox 55.
The current version of Firefox 55 broke uBlock Origin. To get it working again, install the version of uBlock from the development channel. Scroll down the bottom of this page and select the development channel button. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/?src=ss. This gets it working again instantly. This is the thing with free software,…
Read MoreHow I fixed an external hard drive that was not cleanly unmounted in Windows.
How I fixed an external hard drive that was not cleanly unmounted in Windows. This simple Linux utility is very good to fix filesystem problems.
Read MoreHow to fix the read timeout with Me TV on Ubuntu GNU/Linux 16.04.
I was getting the read time-out error on Me TV on Ubuntu 16.04 and this is how I fixed it. Just run the application with this command line. ~$ me-tv –read-timeout 60~$ me-tv –read-timeout 60 This fixed the error. My ASUS My Cinema-U3100Mini Plus V2 device is now working and…
Read MoreHow I got the Internet connection working in Ubuntu server 14.03.
I installed Ubuntu server 14.03 in a Virtual Machine and after installation the Internet connection was not working. To fix this I added the nameservers to the /etc/resolv.conf file like this. nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 8.8.4.4 After saving this file, I ran this command. sudo service resolveconf restartsudo…
Read MoreCheck if you are vulnerable to the shellshock bug. This is an easy way to find out.
A vulnerable cygwin shell. Using the shellshock vulnerability to run ls in cygwin. Homer@bejiitas ~ $ x='() { :;}; `/bin/ls -hula`’ bash -c : bash: total 53K drwxrwxr-x+ 1 Homer Homer 0 Sep 26 18:38 . drwxrwxrwt+ 1 Homer Homer 0 Sep 26 2013 .. -rw-rw—- 1 Homer Homer 222…
Read MoreHow I fixed the Java out of memory issue on an Amazon AWS instance.
I was trying to get openmeetings working on an Amazon AWS instance today and I kept getting Java out of memory errors. I fixed this with this simple solution I found: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18078859/java-run-out-of-memory-issue. This fixed my problem and allowed the java application to start with a limited amount of memory. Try…
Read MoreHow to fix the login error on Ubuntu 14.04.
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 to replace Linux Mint Debian Edition and after installation and updating my system with this command: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgradesudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get upgrade Then I could not login to my system; it would stay on the login screen. I fixed this by…
Read MoreHow to fix the incorrect time in Linux Mint Debian Edition.
The time in Linux Mint Debian Edition can be wrong compared to your Windows installation; this is easily fixed though. Open the /etc/adjtime file in VIM. vim /etc/adjtimevim /etc/adjtime Then change the last line from UTC to LOCAL as shown below. deusexmachina ~ # cat /etc/adjtime 0.014261 1405441104 0.000000 1405441104…
Read MoreYoutube buffering extremely slow compared to Vimeo. Why is this so?
Youtube lately has been buffering extremely slowly. This is due to an unknown cause at Googles end. I can try to watch a 480p video on Youtube and it will take ages to buffer; but if I go to Vimeo; a HD video will load instantly and buffer with lightning…
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