This screen spotted in a Best Buy retail store is running a Nintendo display and appears to be using Ubuntu 12.04. Best Buy do not seem to have a very tolerant attitude towards the Ubuntu Linux distribution, but they are using it in a limited capacity to run display screens. At least it is showcased … Read more
How to list tables in a MySQL database. mysql> show tables in acme; +—————-+ | Tables_in_acme | +—————-+ | address | | customer | | discount | | order_header | | order_line | | order_shipment | | payment_terms | | phone | | product | | reseller | | salesman | | shipment | | … Read more
If you wish your Linux Mint MATE desktop to look like the Windows XP operating system from Redmond WA, then you only need to install these two themes into your ~/.themes folder and then select the XP Luna theme in the Preferences->Appearance window. I have my MATE desktop setup with the two panels in the … Read more
Opening a folder and listing the contents, and not listing certain files. This is the Perl code I was using on my very old Tripod.com website. opendir(DNAME, "$folder") || die "I cannot open the requested directory $folder \n $!"; @dirfiles2 = readdir (DNAME); @dirfiles2 = sort(@dirfiles2); foreach $x2 (@dirfiles2) { if ($x2 eq ".") { … Read more
Neil Armstrong; famous for his involvement in the Moon landing in 1969 has passed away at the age of 82. His part in the Apollo 11 Moon landing will never be forgotten, this was an amazing step forward for mankind and launched the Homeland forward into the space race as well as changing the world … Read more
There is a new Linux distribution available, it is called Manjaro and it is based on the Arch Linux distribution, but with many changes to make the distribution easier to install and use. There is the standard range of open source software available, including Gimp 2.8, Firefox 14 and KDE 4.8.4. There is a Gnome … Read more
This command shows the filesize of an ISO image. -21:19:07– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ isosize -d 1024 en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso 3149108-21:19:07– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ isosize -d 1024 en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso 3149108 This may also be achieved with the ls command. -21:19:06– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ ls -Hula en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso -rw——- 1 flynn flynn 3.1G 17-03-12 10:48 pm en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso-21:19:06– flynn@flynn-grid-runner [/media/Elements/Files/ISOs]$ ls -Hula en_windows_7_ultimate_x64_dvd_x15-65922.iso -rw——- 1 … Read more
The VLC media player has been updated on Linux Mint 13, I just ran sudo apt-get dist-upgrade and the new version of the VLC player was pushed out to me. The V4L part of the player has been fixed in the VLC media player 2.0.3 Twoflower release, you can now select the input if you … Read more
Lovely Wagga Wagga night photo. Long exposure of the river at night.
This is the train through the core of the Earth that the movie Total Recall (2012), features. How is this supposed to work, the pressure at the core of the Earth is many, many times that at the surface and the temperature is 5430 °C, the temperature of the photo-sphere of the Sun. The outer core of … Read more
Comparing database engines is quite complex when you are deciding on which engine to use for managing a database on a desktop machine or a database for a website, although the MySQL engine is the most refined and stable database engine that is available today. Installation is very simple and after the installation it is … Read more
The free Clonezilla Linux distribution allows the creation and distribution of disk images allowing the Administrator of a room full of computers to create a good fresh installation of the Microsoft Windows operating system and all associated software and then to distribute that image to all other computers in the room. This will greatly simplify … Read more
How to use the Debian apt command over the Internet through a TAFE proxy. If you wish to use the apt-get command on Linux and you are behind a proxy, such as the one that TAFE colleges use, then this simple tweak will take care of this issue. Use the sudo touch /etc/apt/apt.conf command to … Read more
This application in the screenshot is the WIFI Radar application for Linux, this is a wireless scanning application that is useful for walking around a building and monitoring the WIFI signal strength in real-time. When doing a Wireless site survey with a Linux laptop, this application will perform that task admirably. Install the software with … Read more
A good look back at the very early days of computing. This IBM Calculator had a massive amount of vacuum tubes that enabled it to perform its calculations easily. And it does not take up that much room either, as a bonus it would fulfill the dual role of a space heater whilst remaining quiet. … Read more
On the space.com website, there is an article about the Armageddon movie and the giant asteroid that was threatening the Earth. They calculated that the energy needed by a bomb to destroy the Asteroid would be 800 trillion terajoules — compared with the 418,000 terajoules produced by history’s most powerful blast, the Soviet Union’s test detonation … Read more
We are taking another look at our database table and we are wanting to only view records that match certain criteria. This is easy with the SELECT statement. mysql> select * from operatingsystems where vendor in ("Microsoft","Mint"); +——+————————+———+———–+ | OsID | Name | Type | vendor | +——+————————+———+———–+ | 1 | Windows 3.0 | Windows … Read more