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Samsung Dex in Windows 11 is awesome. Control a Samsung Phone from your Windows PC.

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The new Samsung Dex application in Windows 11 allows controlling a Samsung Galaxy `phone from Windows 11. This is very nice. You can see a desktop interface rather like Gnome Shell and then access all `phone apps from your PC. This is an outstanding app. All I had to do was plug my `phone into … Read more

Get information about your peripherals with Linux easily.

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Linux offers many ways to get information about your current hardware. Such as mouse and keyboard model and type. Here is an example, getting information about the keyboard layout installed on my system. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ setxkbmap -query | awk ‘/layout/ && a ~ /model/ {print a"\n"$0} {a = $0}’ model: pc105 layout: us┌──[[email protected]]─[~] … Read more

Very useful Linux tips for a desktop Ubuntu user.

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Write an ISO to a thumb drive easily with the etcher utility https://etcher.io/. Download this utility from the Github site. Then unpack the zip file to a empty folder, or to your desktop. Then make it executable. jason@Yog-Sothoth » Desktop » $ chmod +x etcher-electron-1.4.4-x86_64.AppImage Then run the AppImage to open Etcher. jason@Yog-Sothoth » Desktop … Read more

Get Prolific USB-serial adapter working with Windows 8.

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Getting the Prolific USB serial adapter working with Windows 8 can be difficult. Especially if you are studying for CCNA and you need to access a 2960G switch on Windows with Putty. As strange as it may look, you need an outdated driver to make it work. The only working version I have found is … Read more

How I got my Realtek RTL2832 DVB-T USB adapter working on Debian 7.1.

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I recently bought a TVstick branded USB TV tuner that had the Realtek Rtl2832UDVB chipset inside. Following the instructions on this site: http://jms.id.au/wiki/EzcapDvbAdapter. I was able to get this device working with the 3.2 kernel on Debian Linux 7.1. Firstly; retrieve the source code for the drivers. git clone –depth=1 git://linuxtv.org/media_build.gitgit clone –depth=1 git://linuxtv.org/media_build.git Then … Read more

A look at the objdump command. A very useful Linux utility indeed. As well as some other useful commands.

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The best thing that is happening with the Linux kernel and the associated software that builds a distribution is that the software is getting easier to use than ever. But the Linux command-line is still the best and easiest way to get some things done. For example; getting information about an executable file. This is … Read more

Sandisk USB 3.0 64 Gigabyte flash drive. A huge capacity for a reasonable price indeed.

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Computer floppy disks. a 8", 5 1/2" and a 3.5" floppy disk.

The Sandisk USB 3.0 flash disk offers a massive capacity for a reasonable price. With a transfer rate of 190 Megabytes per second, this drive will be able to copy large files to and fro with a minimum of waiting time. On Amazon, this drive retails for US$79.88, this is an incredible price for a … Read more

256 Gigabyte USB drive available on Amazon.com. Is this a good deal or what?

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This is a 256 Gigabyte USB flash drive. This shows how far we have come since the early days of portable storage of personal files. This will cost you US$545.67 on Amazon.com and would be able to store a huge movie collection and/or a good supply of music in MP3 or FLAC. Installing a copy of … Read more