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Here's how to install one: text/html 2014-04-24T07:02:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubuntu_post_install_tasks?rev=1398322958&do=diff Ubuntu post install tasks * If you run a proxy (apt-cacher-ng in my case), add the proxy directory in /etc/apt/apt.conf: Acquire::http::Proxy "http://aptcacher:3142"; * Add repositories for sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/themes add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/">http://archive.canonical.com/</a> $(lsb_release -sc) partner" text/html 2014-04-24T07:45:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:bash_string_functions?rev=1398325514&do=diff bash snippets String function len() in bash $ var='Hello, World!' $ echo "${#var}" 13 left() in bash $ var='Hello, World!' #${string:position:length} $ echo "${var:0:5}" Hello right() in bash $ var='Hello, World!' #${string:position:length} $ echo "${var:7:${#var}}" World! #or a litte more dynamic.. (the 6 most right chars) echo "${var:$((${#var}-6)):${#var}}" World! text/html 2018-10-11T14:40:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:set_up_davmail_gateway?rev=1539268847&do=diff How To Setup a DavMail Exchange Gateway on a Debian 7 VPS Introduction DavMail provides a solution for translating Microsoft Exchange to open protocols like POP, IMAP, SMTP, Caldav, Carddav, and LDAP. Installation Davmail requires some extra dependencies to work properly. Install them with apt: text/html 2009-06-21T07:51:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:enable_shell_escape_in_miktex_running_from_winedt?rev=1245570714&do=diff Enable shell escape in Miktex running from WinEdt I use Miktex 2.7 with Winedt for writing Latex documents. In Winedt I did the following changes to enable shell-escape, allowing me to use automatic eps-pdf conversion. Go to Options -> Execution Modes: text/html 2022-11-29T07:24:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:infiniality_installation_on_linux?rev=1669706668&do=diff Infiniality installation on linux OUTDATED; no longer needed * Clone the git repo git clone https://github.com/chenxiaolong/Debian-Packages.git cd Debian-Packages/ * Install the build dependencies. Run the following command and install the packages it lists using apt-get/synaptic/etc. text/html 2011-12-19T12:31:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_windows_codecs_and_support_for_encrypted_dvds_in_ubuntu?rev=1324297908&do=diff Install Windows codecs and support for encrypted dvds in ubuntu Install Mplayer in Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) You have to make sure you have enabled universe,multiverse repositories Now you need to run the following command to update the source list sudo apt-get update text/html 2017-12-27T07:29:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:microsoft_update_error_code_list?rev=1514359764&do=diff Microsoft update error code list Microsoft update sometimes fails with lovely error codes, which the linked help will not find. At last I found an error code list with hints to the possible cause of the error. <https://support.microsoft.com/de-de/help/836941> Hexadezimaler Fehlercode Dezimaler Fehlercode API-Fehlerbeschreibung 0x80070008 -2147024888 ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY 0x800705B4 -2147023436 Error_Timeout 0x8007000E -2147024882 E_OUTOFMEMORY 0x80072EE2 -2147012894 ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOU… text/html 2014-04-24T08:40:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:the_ultimate_bash_prompt?rev=1398328826&do=diff The 'ultimate' bash prompt Of course, there is not one ultimate bash prompt that fits everyone, but I'm very happy with the following prompt. Features: * user/hostname color coded for differnt hosts. * If running in a superuser shell, the # sign is red text/html 2010-05-26T08:31:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:create_encrypted_tar_files?rev=1274862685&do=diff Create encrypted tar backups and store them on the amazon S3 cloud  Amazon S3 provides unlimited storage at low prices, which makes it an ideal solution for storing backups. But to make use of it, you need a piece of software that can actually interact with Amazon S3: create buckets, list the contents of a bucket, upload and download files, etc. And aws, a simple command-line utility written in Perl, is the perfect tool for the job. text/html 2014-04-24T07:41:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:synergy_protocol_version_woes?rev=1398325283&do=diff synergy protocol version woes Synergy is a great tool which lets you share a mouse and keyboard simply by moving the mouse pointer to the 'other' machine. After updating my laptop to Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (13.04), synergy no longer worked. I got the error message text/html 2014-04-29T05:46:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:installing_sage_on_debian_or_ubuntu?rev=1398750390&do=diff Installing Sage on Debian or Ubuntu Sage is a very powerful computer algebra system. Especially nice is the LaTeX integration using sagetex. Here's how to set this up: Compile yourself Install prerequisite libraries sudo apt-get install build-essential m4 readline-common libreadline-dev texlive xpdf evince tk8.5-dev gfortran text/html 2012-02-13T17:37:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:installing_sage_on_ubuntu_11.10?rev=1329154621&do=diff Installing sage on ubuntu Sage is a very powerful computer algebra system. Especially nice is the LaTeX integration using sagetex. Here's how to set this up: Compile yourself Install prerequisite libraries sudo apt-get install build-essential m4 readline-common libreadline-dev texlive xpdf evince tk8.5-dev gfortran text/html 2014-04-24T07:14:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:setup_zoneminder_on_ubuntu_12.04_virtual_server?rev=1398323679&do=diff * vanilla server install (32bit) * adding dlink cameras with no problems * Setting the resolution to 640×480 got me errors. zmwatch[2429].ERR [Shared data size conflict in shared_data for monitor Monitor-1, expected 328, got 316] Patching /usr/share/perl5/ZoneMinder/Memory.pm at line 130: text/html 2014-04-24T08:38:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:converting_videos_for_embedding_in_powerpoint?rev=1398328687&do=diff Converting videos for embedding in Powerpoint Powerpoint is very finicky when it comes to videos, and has a really restricted support for videos. While I encode most of my videos in mkv containers, using the H.264 Video codec and multiple tracks (AAC and AC3 audio), these files will not play withing powerpoint. It's best to avoid embedding videos in powerpoint presentations if you can, because the files will get huge, and you never know if the presentation that you tested at home will work on t… text/html 2021-01-14T13:51:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:parsing_long_and_short_command_line_options_in_bash?rev=1610632267&do=diff Parsing long and short command line options in bash parse_user_options() { local -r args=("${@}") local opts # The following code works perfectly for opts=$(getopt --options a:,f,h --long abc:,help,flag -- "${args[@]}" 2> /dev/null) || { usage die "error: parsing options" "${error_parsing_options}" } eval set -- "${opts}" while true; do case "${1}" in --abc) abc_option_flag=1 readonly abc_arg="${2}" shift shi… text/html 2009-09-09T07:38:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:unix_command_line_cheat?rev=1252481904&do=diff Unix command line cheat sheet File Commands ls - directory listing ls -a - directory listing with hidden files ls -al - formatted directory listing with hidden files cd dir - change directory to dir cd - change to home cd - - change back to previous directory pwd - show current directory mkdir dir - create a directory dir rm file - delete file rmdir dir - delete empty directory dir rm -r dir - recursively delete directory dir (use with caution) rm -f file - force remove file; no error output i… text/html 2011-01-04T14:53:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:vim_replace_in_multiple_files?rev=1294152835&do=diff vim replace in multiple files vim *.cpp Start Vim, defining the argument list to contain all the C++ files. You are now in the first file. qq Start recording into the q register :%s/\<GetResp\>/GetAnswer/ge Do the replacements in the first file. :wnext Write this file and move to the next one. q Stop recording. @q Execute the q register. This will replay the substitution and ":wnext". You can verify that this doesn't produce an error message. 999@q Exe… text/html 2009-12-13T09:07:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:rip_dvds_into_multi_language_multi_subtitle_video_file?rev=1260695265&do=diff Rip DVDs into multi language multi subtitle video file Converting DVDs into the best quality files currently possible: MKV as the container, x264 codec for the video, dual audio, and with subtitles. This is short Howto so that I won’t forget how :-) text/html 2024-09-29T10:56:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:set_application_which_xdg-open_uses_to_open_a_file?rev=1727607398&do=diff Set application which xdg-open uses to open a file $ mimeopen -d ~/test.pdf Please choose a default application for files of type application/pdf 1) E-book Viewer (calibre-ebook-viewer) 2) Document Viewer (evince) 3) Xournal (xournal) 4) GNU Image Manipulation Program (gimp) 5) Xpdf PDF Viewer (xpdf) 6) Print Preview (evince-previewer) 7) Inkscape (inkscape) 8) calibre (calibre-gui) 9) Other... use application #2 Opening "/home/saml/Downloads/test… text/html 2011-03-11T06:57:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:set_rights_of_files_in_public_html?rev=1299826668&do=diff Set rights of files in public_html Set rights of user /home/*/public_html directors in a secure and useful way * all files/directories get chown user:www-data, so users own them and the webserver has group access * group www-data is added g+r for files (webserver can read all files) g+rsx for directories (webserver can read and change into all directories) text/html 2009-06-14T06:49:43+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:simple_backup_procedure_for_windows_c_t_bff?rev=1244962183&do=diff Simple backup procedure for windows (c't bff) Backing up your files should be fast and easy, so that you make a backup every day (or at least weekly if you are lazy and your work is not so important :-\). In the german computer magazine c't, a simple and efficient backup script was presented, which has some unique features: text/html 2010-06-23T06:35:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:use_rss_feeds_with_conky?rev=1277274937&do=diff Use RSS feeds with conky A simple shell script and the ascii2uni tool is all it takes to add RSS feeds to conky. 1. Add this line to your .conkyrc, adapting the path of the script and the <http://.>.. for your rss feed. ${execi 300 /home/brb/bin/conky-rss.sh http://www.nzz.ch/feeds/recent/ 4 2 | ascii2uni -a D} text/html 2011-08-30T16:28:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ubunutu_natty_not_displaying_pdf_thumbnails_on_nfs_drives?rev=1314721688&do=diff Ubuntu natty not displaying PDF thumbnails on nfs drives Since natty, apparmor denies evince (nautilus thumbnailer) access to network drives. This results in long delays and PDF thumbnails not displaying. Edit /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.evince like this (insert the nameservice-line): text/html 2011-08-26T12:28:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:thunderbird_dictionary_problem?rev=1314361738&do=diff Thunderbird dictionary problem High thunderbird versions have problem using certain dictionaries. In my case the german dictionary would install but later be disabled in thunderbird 6 (Windows). I have solved this by opening the install.rdf file with a text editor and patched the maximum version to 8.0 to have peace for some time. text/html 2021-01-02T06:21:01+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:ttg_t-beam_with_meshtastic?rev=1609568461&do=diff TTGO T-Beam with Meshtastic cd lora/meshtastic/ install python-pip pip install --upgrade esptool esptool chip_id ./device-install.sh -f firmware-tbeam-EU865-1.0.0.bin ttgo meshtastic text/html 2011-05-27T06:48:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:use_fetchmail_to_retrieve_mail_from_exchange_2010_server?rev=1306478928&do=diff Use fetchmail to retrieve mail from exchange 2010 server After my employer upgraded to exchange 2010, i could no longer get my mails by fetchmail. The problem was the gssapi hanging and not falling back to plain authentification. This can be solved by configuring .fetchmailrc to use plaintext authentication text/html 2011-04-17T14:46:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:print_files_from_any_device_using_dropbox?rev=1303051573&do=diff Print files from any device using Dropbox If you have a printer attached to a Linux machine, you can easily send print jobs to that printer from another remote computer using Dropbox (see similar solutions for Windows and Mac). #!/bin/bash user=brb PrintQueue="/home/$user/Dropbox/PrintQueue"; IFS=$'\n' for PrintFile in $(/bin/ls -1 ${PrintQueue}) do lpr -r ${PrintQueue}/${PrintFile}; done -- dropprint.sh --- text/html 2009-05-22T07:01:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:altgr_key_does_not_work_in_windows_guest_on_linux_host?rev=1242975683&do=diff AltGr key does not work in windows guest on linux host AltGr and other keys dont work in the windows guest. This is annoying, because you can't enter the '\' on european keyboards. I added these entries to /etc/vmware/config to get it working: I added keymap to /etc/vmware/config xkeymap.keycode.108 = 0x138 # Alt_R xkeymap.keycode.106 = 0x135 # KP_Divide xkeymap.keycode.104 = 0x11c # KP_Enter xkeymap.keycode.111 = 0x148 # Up xkeymap.keycode.116 = 0x150 # Down xkeymap.keycode.113 = 0x14b # … text/html 2011-04-30T09:32:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:mbr_copy_backup_and_restore?rev=1304155923&do=diff text/html 2011-03-16T11:31:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:enable_screensaver_using_registry_fiels?rev=1300275089&do=diff Enable screensaver using registry files Using registry shortcuts to disable and enable screen savers in Windows XP You can automate the disabling and enabling screen saver procedures with a couple of registryshortcuts. Enter the following fourlines into text files DisableScreenSaver.reg and EnableScreenSaver.reg Note: The second line must be blank.) text/html 2022-11-29T07:27:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:awg_m2_table?rev=1669706845&do=diff AWG m2 Table AWG d (mm) A (mm²) R(Ohm/km) Metrisch (mm²) 1 7,35 42,41 0,42 50 2 6,54 33,63 0,53 35 3 5,83 26,67 0,67 - 4 5,19 21,15 0,84 25 5 4,62 16,77 1,06 - 6 4,12 13,30 1,34 16 7 3,66 10,55 1,69 - 8 3,26 8,37 2,13 10 9 2,91 6,63 2,68 - 10 2,59 5,26 3,38 6 11 2,30 4,17 4,27 - 12 2,05 3,31 5,38 4 13 1,83 2,62 6,78 - 14 1,63 2,08 8,55 2,5 15 1,45 1,65 10,8 - 16 1,29 1,31 13,6 1,5 17 1,15 1,04 17,1 - 18 1,0237 0,823 21,6 1 19 0,9116 0,653 27,3 0,75 20 0,8118 0,518 34,4 0,75 21 0,7229 0,410 43,… text/html 2010-06-15T13:28:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:blank_screen_with_maple_12_on_ubuntu_if_running_compiz?rev=1276608529&do=diff Blank screen with maple 12 on Ubuntu lucid if running compiz Maple 12 will display a blank screen if compiz (Desktop effects) are active. This is because the default java install (openjdk) causes trouble with the combination compiz+maple. Quick fix: Disable compiz Real fix, without losing compiz: text/html 2010-12-26T06:26:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:change_windows_desktop_background_for_day_and_night_using_batchfile?rev=1293344792&do=diff Change windows desktop background for day and night, using batchfile Having a bright, blue wallpaper for day use and a darker, reddish wallpaper for evening/night is useful stay in synch with the real time of day. So, i wanted my windows xp machine automatically switch to the day wallpaper from 7-20 and to night from 20-7 hours. The following batch script does this, without any add-on software. To use, copy-paste the file and store it to your scripts directory (e:\etc in my case). text/html 2011-06-06T05:57:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_apache2_to_use_comodo_essential_ssl_certificate?rev=1307339820&do=diff Configure apache2 to use comodo essential ssl certificate * Generate key: openssl genrsa -out ssl_subdomain_com.key 2048 * Create CSR: openssl req -new -key ssl_subdomain_com.key -out ssl_subdomain_com.csr * Check CSR: openssl req -noout -text -in ssl_subdomain_com.csr text/html 2010-10-24T08:29:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_awstats_on_debian_webserver?rev=1287908953&do=diff Configure awstats on debian webserver AWStats on Debian Install AWStats aptitude update aptitude awstats Configure the apache2 for awstats Copy configuration file for apache2. cp /usr/share/doc/awstats/examples/apache.conf /etc/apache2/conf.d/awstats text/html 2014-04-24T07:11:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:configure_dns_settings_in_etc_network_interfaces?rev=1398323509&do=diff Configure dns settings in /etc/network/interfaces In newer Ubuntu versions, resolv.conf can not be edited, since the network manager will automatically chnage the file. If you want to configure your dns settings by hand, you have to add them directly into the interfaces file. This is the cleaner approach, since all settings are in one place, but a hint in resolv.conf would have been nice text/html 2009-05-20T14:30:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:debian_setup_on_hexonet_virtual_servers?rev=1242829844&do=diff Debian setup on hexonet virtual servers Hexonet is a very nice ISP for resellers. I use them often, because of their good price, performance and ease of use. Also, they support (among others) debian on their virtual servers. * /etc/apt/sources.lst replace testing by edge text/html 2010-07-08T17:41:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:display_shortcuts_in_mozilla_firefox_html_display?rev=1278610898&do=diff Display shortcuts in mozilla firefox html display If you want to see if a web site has keyboard shortcuts, you can show them by adding this to your Firefox profile's chrome/userContent.css file: a[accesskey]:after, button[accesskey]:after, input[accesskey]:after, label[accesskey]:after, legend[accesskey]:after, textarea[accesskey]:after { margin-left: 0.3em; content: "[" attr(accesskey) "]"; } text/html 2011-02-16T19:15:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:how_to_trap_interrupts_in_the_bash_shell?rev=1297883715&do=diff How to trap interrupts in the bash shell #!/bin/bash myCleanup() { rm -f /myapp/tmp/mylog return $? } myExit() { echo -en "\n*** Exiting ***\n" myCleanup exit $? } trap myExit SIGINT # main loop while true do echo -n "Enter your name: " read x echo "Hello $x" done text/html 2011-05-22T15:22:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:monitor_linux_network_interface_traffic_using_nagios?rev=1306077744&do=diff text/html 2017-12-05T07:59:08+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:install_latest_firefox_in_debian_using_apt_pinning?rev=1512460748&do=diff Install latest firefox in Debian, using apt pinning Add repository to sources.list: deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ sid main # Pinning setup for firefox: # ========================== # 1. Review the files in /etc/apt/preferences.d: # Pin-Priority should be: unstable<testing<stable<Debian Security # 2. Review and copy this file to /etc/apt/preferences.d # 3. Update system, no new packages should be installed!!! # # apt update # … text/html 2017-07-17T12:18:39+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:least_squares_regression_of_parabola?rev=1500293919&do=diff Least squares regression of parabola For a project I needed a really fast least squares regression of a second order polynomial ($f(x)=ax^2+bx+c$). Using GSL Gnu Scientific library contains solutions for a lot of numerical problems. Here is a solution using text/html 2012-04-17T09:10:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_adapt_keyboard?rev=1334653816&do=diff Linux adapt keyboard Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away, I attempted starting a blog. It didn't last, but one of the things I posted was about this very subject. When I deleted the blog, I kept the articles. So here's that one. I apologise for the length. text/html 2015-09-10T06:44:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_desktop_font_color?rev=1441867473&do=diff Cinnamon (nemo) desktop font color To change the desktop font color suited to your background: * Create a file named gtk.css in your ~/.config/gtk-3.0 directory. * Put the following text in that gtk.css file: .nemo-desktop.nemo-canvas-item { color: #FFFFFF; text-shadow: 1px 1px @desktop_item_text_shadow; } text/html 2017-10-21T12:36:58+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:linux_on_usb_stick?rev=1508589418&do=diff Linux on USB Stick Carrying your private OS with you on an encrypted USB stick is very useful. Here are my personal notes how I did this. I have written them carefully, however I assume no responsibility for them. What you need: * Computer with Ethernet connection text/html 2010-10-24T10:39:48+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:maxmind_geoip_on_debian_lenny?rev=1287916788&do=diff Maxmind geoip on debian lenny Mapping ips to a country is often interesing. To enable this in Debian lenny: aptitude install geoip-bin To update the ip database daily, create a small script and make a symlink to it in /etc/cron.daily #!/bin/sh wget -q http://geolite.maxmind.com/download/geoip/database/GeoLiteCountry/GeoIP.dat.gz -O - |gunzip > /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.new && mv /usr/share/GeoIP/GeoIP.dat.… text/html 2022-12-20T13:09:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:apache_htaccess_for_ip_or_auth_based_access?rev=1671541742&do=diff Apache htaccess for ip or auth based access Create a password file with a hard to guess name like ~/.htpass87s9adf with usernames and passwords using the commands htpasswd -B USERNAME PASSWORD PASSWORDFILE chmod o+r PASSWORDFILE Create a file .htaccess text/html 2014-08-01T09:02:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:software_for_managing_and_playing_videos_and_music?rev=1406883767&do=diff Best software for managing and playing videos and music Storage format: * MKV Videos * Video: 720p H.264 * Audio: original audio in english, english and german as AAC * Audio: * FLAC + mp3 subfolder generated from flac Ripping/Encoding: text/html 2011-08-11T09:53:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:quick_image_upload_to_imageshack_in_ubuntu?rev=1313056408&do=diff Quick image upload to imageshack in ubuntu PyShare My preferred way is to use PyShare. PyShare is a Nautilus script that is accessed via the right-click menu. Simply click on an image and choose 'send to Imageshack' from a menu. Easy! Once an image has uploaded, PyShare provides links with code wrapped-around for forums or text/html 2010-07-14T16:10:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://brb.epr.ch/blog/blog:must_have_windows_software?rev=1279123833&do=diff Must have windows software * Total Commander. I can’t imagine working on a computer without Total Commander. Absolutely must-have software. Total Commander is what separates boys from men. Total Commander is probably the #1 reason why I don’t use other operating system on my desktop. Tabs, a great