Some useful information about Windows 3.0.

Managing Memory in Windows 3.0. Nostalgia Piece. Flashback to 1991. Although it is already a year old by now, Windows 3.0 is still a bit mystifying. it has tremendous power, but its plethora of options and configuration commands makes most people wonder if they are getting all they can get from it. This section discusses … Read more

Install Twin – a Textmode WINdow environment on Ubuntu and use multiple terminals in a Virtual Terminal session.

The Twin utility for Linux allows a user to open a text-mode environment and then use multiple terminal windows within this simple environment. This could be very useful indeed when working in a Virtual Terminal. This would allow a user to watch multiple terminal windows at once. Download the source code. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents/twin] └──╼ (master) ╼ … Read more

Newest Kali Linux release offers an undercover fake Windows 10 mode.

The latest Kali Linux distribution release offers a script that will skin the Linux Gnome desktop to look just like Windows 10 by running a simple command. This means that you can pretend to be running Windows, but actually be using Kali Linux. Run the script again to change back to the default Kali desktop. … Read more

Another way to get a mobile view of websites with Firefox and no need for addons.

How to test a responsive web design with Firefox If you press Ctrl->Shift->m when viewing a website, it will be switched to a mobile view that allows you to see what the website looks like at various mobile resolutions. I found this out by accident. But this is a very cool Firefox trick. This makes … Read more

How to get to safe mode in Windows 8 Pro final release.

This is not really applicable to Linux, but I am running Windows 8 Pro dual booted with Linux Mint 14 and I encountered a bug that stopped Windows 8 from fully starting up. I found out that if you press the F5 key just after booting Windows 8 you will see the test “Please Wait” … Read more