This is the default Windows 11 desktop interface. This has a much lighter look than earlier Windows releases, they are going for a very bright and airy look. Contrasting with the dark look of Windows 10. I chose to install Windows 11 Pro and this will be fun to look…
Read MoreThis useful one-liner will get your IP address from the command line very easily. This uses Google services and works very well. 4.4 Tue Jun 30 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ dig TXT +short o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @ns1.google.com | sed -e ‘s/^"//’ -e ‘s/"$//’ 209.134.104.2004.4 Tue Jun 30 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ dig TXT +short…
Read MoreThere are many ways to get networking information on your Linux computer. This is how to return the active network interface(s) on your Linux system. 4.4 Mon Jun 22 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ ip addr | awk '/state UP/ {print $2}' | sed 's/.$//' enp0s25 Combining this command with another using…
Read MoreThe ip command is a useful alternative to the ifconfig command and allows the user to manage network interfaces. This is a good way to use the command line to bring network interfaces up or down. In this example I am bringing the network interface down. [root@localhost jason]# ip link…
Read MoreThis program will return the IP address of a specified network interface. Use the –ip parameter to get the IP. For example, this will show the IP address of an Ethernet interface: my-ip –ip eth0. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15…
Read MoreUseful CISCO Access Control Lists These Cisco ACL`s are to block ICMP ping requests from a certain IP address. I developed these experimenting with GNS3. I had two Cisco 3750 routers in GNS3 and I added static IP addresses. 192.168.0.1 for the R1 router and 192.168.0.32 for R2. I then…
Read MoreAdding an IP address to the management interface of a Cisco switch allows connection over an Ethernet connection to manage the switch configuration. Firstly, switch to privileged exec mode. tyrion>en tyrion#tyrion>en tyrion# Then enter the configure terminal command to configure terminal settings. tyrion#configure terminaltyrion#configure terminal Now we are configuring settings…
Read MoreThe computer user interface has come a long way since the early days of the computer. This has not always been for the best. The iMac screen below shows a good example of UI design. This is a very usable and fast interface. The Finder allows you to find applications…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu phone distribution is soon to be released to the public; this is a Linux distribution that can scale from a phone to a desktop computer with the one desktop interface. This will be a whole new paradigm of operating systems; designed for the desktop and also capable of…
Read Morehttp://cargocollective.com/jayse/Avengers. Some information here about the user interfaces used in the Avengers movie. These touch screen interfaces were used a lot in the movie. The touch screen computer model is all the rage at the moment even if it is not that useful when using a computer for a long…
Read MoreThe Powershell for Windows has many useful features for controlling your Windows computer; with many cmdlets and scripting ability; but the BASH shell for Linux is already an established shell that is far more powerful and useful. The downside to the Powershell is that it does not seem to have…
Read MoreThe graphical user interfaces that we all enjoy have come a long way since the existence of the Windows ’95 operating system pictured on this page. Computing in those days was an exercise in frustration trying to get the various drivers installed and configured and adjusting the darned IRQs to…
Read MoreThis is what the new copy dialog looks like on Windows 8. The actual process of copying this amount of data over a USB 3.0 connection was actually very fast, the previous versions of Windows were slower at copying data, but now it is getting faster. And I was copying…
Read MoreThis is a video showcasing the new HUD, or Heads Up Display that the Ubuntu developers have created. This requires the Unity desktop though… Instead of browsing the menus, you just type in the HUD that you bring down with the Alt key and this allows you to search the…
Read MoreI have had a look at the newest version of the Ubuntu Unity interface and it is not the theme-able interface that the Gnome 2 and Xfce desktops are. When I had Gentoo installed with the Gnome 2 desktop, the GDM theme selector was enabled, allowing you to select any…
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