Resolve UTF-8 issue in Linux Console
Add the following line to your .profile: export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
Untar a file/folder
tar -zxvf filename tar -C /myFolder -zxfv filename.tar.gz
Linux basic command: cat, replace, redirect stdout to a file
Some basic: Write Hello into a (new) file called Hello.txt Redirect stout to a file echo Hello > Hello.txt Print to screen every single line of a file…
Varnish
Varnish is my faviourite cache server, here I list bits and pieces on that I’ve picked up when working with this very fast and sparsely documented cache server.…
Creating a bootable USB stick with Mac OS X in 10 easy steps
Prerequisites Logged in as administrator Because you are going to use the sudo command, you have to be logged in as an administrator. A non-administrative account will not work. Formatted…
Set Gmail as Your Browser’s Default Email Client with a Simple Hack
Open Gmail in Chrome. Press Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows) or Cmd+Opt+J (Mac) to open Chrome’s built-in JavaScript console. Paste the following into the console and press Enter: navigator.registerProtocolHandler("mailto", "https://mail.google.com/mail/?extsrc=mailto&url=%s", "Gmail"); Chrome…
SSH Public Key Based Authentication — Howto
The SSH protocol is recommended for remote login and remote file transfer which provides confidentiality and security for data exchanged between two computer systems, through the use of…
Booting Operating System from USB Drive in VMware Fusion 3.x
There are a lot of how-to guides on the internet to create a bootable Windows7 USB drive. Unfortunately you can’t boot such a USB stick out of the box…
IntelliJ 10 performance tuning on Mac OSX
This might help: IntelliJ is my favorite Java IDE ever! It sees dead code you know I use a Macbook pro 13″ and that is another love. These two…
Add Quick Launch to Taskbar
1. Right click on a empty space on the taskbar, then select (hover on) Taskbar and click on New Toolbar. (See screenshot below) 2. In the Folder line, type or copy the location below. (See…