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Category Archives: How to’s
Apache Guacamole: how to change the default URL path (/guacamole) to something else
Say you want to change Apache Guacamole’s URL from http://server:8080/guacamole to something like http://server:8080/my-hidden-guacamole-instance (or perhaps you’re using nginx to proxy requests to Guacamole / Tomcat and you don’t want any path at all). (See Docker image specific instructions in … Continue reading
Downgrade any Homebrew package easily
Update from 2020: the instructions for tesseract don’t work anymore, see comments from other users below the post. I’ll use Tesseract as an example, but the same logic can be applied to any other Homebrew package.
Make tojson filter in Jinja2 output Unicode instead of escape sequences
This wasn’t documented anywhere, but kudos to the Jinja2 devs for making this so easy to figure out from the source code.
Fixing Windows Update: what to do when wuauserv refuses to stop
Every now and then my virtualized Windows 10 would stuck at “Checking for updates” or “Downloading updates: 0%”. The solutions on various websites suggest stopping the related system services (net stop wuauserv and net stop bits) and trashing the contents … Continue reading
How to load VirtIO storage drivers in Windows System Restore
If you need to load VirtIO block storage driver (aka viostor) in Windows System Restore (aka Windows Recovery Mode) to recover your Windows virtual machine, take the following steps. (Also please read my note below).
How to add an existing virtual disk to Proxmox
It’s trivial to create virtual disks in Proxmox, but what if you want to add an existing disk to a new virtual machine?
Run Django dev server with Gulp
This is basically an extract from this excellent article by Caktus Group’s Calvin Spealman.
Add a printer via command-line in OS X
Goal: add a network printer via Remote Desktop’s command-line to numerous Macs.
Concisest guide to setting up Time Machine server on Ubuntu Server 12.04, 14.04 & Debian
“This worked much better than more recently published guides.” How to quickly set up Time Machine server on Ubuntu Server 12.04/14.04/16.04 and Debian without using extra repositories, unnecessary packages and redundant configuration. Backing up tested on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, … Continue reading
Word 2011: paste unformatted (plain) text with Cmd+V shortcut
Update from 2018: for Word 2016 instructions, click here. The following video shows how to assign pasting as plain text (without formatting) to Cmd+V keyboard shortcut/hotkey in Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac OS X. Note that it is not the same … Continue reading