This post will explain how to fork() off a daemon process from a program in C. This is good if you wish to run a process on a machine after the program has finished and you have been returned to the command prompt. The sample program below uses the int…
Read MoreThis cool fork bomb will open a CMD window and then another and another exponentially until the machine slows to a halt. This is for interests sake only. 1 2 3 :s start "loop.bat" %0 goto s:s start "loop.bat" %0 goto s This is another variant. 1 2 3 4…
Read MoreI asked on Facebook how to do this and I was given this solution. deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ lisa main upstream import sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install linuxmint-keyring sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mint-meta-mate This will install the MATE packages and allow you to remove the abominable Unity desktop.
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.04 release is coming in 2012 and they are sticking with the Unity desktop for the foreseeable future. I understand that the Gnome team are not working on the Gnome 2 desktop anymore and they have moved on to Gnome Shell and that the new interface is here…
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