Month: July 2016

Genovation’s GXE breaks the land speed record for a street-legal all-electric car

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maxresdefault-2 You probably aren’t trying to set a land speed record for an all-electric, street legal car, but if you are, I have bad news: The goalposts just got moved further out. Genovation‘s Extreme Electric (GXE) car, which uses a Corvette Z06 chassis with a custom electric drive under the hood, broke its previous record of 186.8 mph by a margin of nearly 20 mph. The new record now stands… Read More

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Hanergy to build solar-powered electric cars

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Hanergy Solar Vehicles It used to be that only car companies could build cars. But this is the twenty-first century, when seemingly anyone can build a car or four, including a Chinese solar power company. Hanergy Holding Group, which manufactures thin-film solar panels, has created a Solar Vehicle Business Division that debuted four solar-powered prototypes in Beijing. In a world where anyone can come up with an… Read More

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New open source Brave browser. A nice change from the Firefox browser.

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There is a new web browser out there. Called Brave, this is a secure alternative to Firefox and Chrome. Made by the Made by Mozilla co-founder and ex Mozilla CEO. This is an open-source web browser for Linux and Windows. With built-in HTTPS Everywhere, built-in ad blocker and a built in tracker blocker that blocks … Read more

Ford and MIT project provides on-demand electric shuttles for students

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Graduate student Justin Miller and undergrad Wally Wibowo of the Aerospace Controls Lab working on vehicles outfitted with sensors that match those of self-driving cars. This work is part of the Ford-MIT Alliance and aims to predict pedestrian behaviors on short time-scales while also providing data to support a mobility-on-demand system for the MIT campus." Ford is working with MIT on a research project that will deploy a new fleet of on-demand electric shuttles that can ferry students from class-to-class both on campus and on city roads at MIT’s Cambridge, Mass. location. Students can hail one of three electric shuttles using an app on their smartphone, and a driver will arrive quickly to pick them up. The research projects hopes to shed… Read More

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Useful Linux tips for the desktop.

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This command will capture a screenshot of the desktop and save it to the home directory. jason@neo:~$ import -window root "$HOME/$(date ‘+%y%m%d_%T’).png"jason@neo:~$ import -window root "$HOME/$(date ‘+%y%m%d_%T’).png" This is how to do this with the scrot utility. jason@neo:~$ scrot Desktop-%H:%M:%S-%d-%m.jpgjason@neo:~$ scrot Desktop-%H:%M:%S-%d-%m.jpg Characters preceded by a ‘%’ are interpreted by strftime(2). See man strftime for … Read more

Linux Mint 18 “Sarah” Review : Improved Features With Better Experience.

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Some of the features of Linux Mint 18 are as follows: 1) Cinnamon 3.0 : Cinnamon 3.0 has received many new features like – improved tiling, Animation effect to menu, Improved touchpad and sound settings, Panel launch now includes application actions. 2) X-Apps : A new project called “X-Apps” was started and its goal is … Read more

How to create a new user on Linux and add a password in one go.

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The useradd command can create a new user on your Linux system. Here is how to add a password as well all in one simple operation. root@neo:/home/jason# useradd -m -s /bin/bash -g users -p $(openssl passwd -1 ff302) randycoleroot@neo:/home/jason# useradd -m -s /bin/bash -g users -p $(openssl passwd -1 ff302) randycole This is a good … Read more

Use the find command in Linux to look for multiple file types at once.

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The Linux find command is useful for finding files on your Linux system. It is possible to look for more than one file type. This example will search for all text and png files under the /usr/share directory. jason@neo:/usr/share$ find -regex ‘.*txt\|.*png’jason@neo:/usr/share$ find -regex ‘.*txt\|.*png’ This example will search for three different file types. jason@neo:/usr/share$ … Read more

How to get comprehensive information on HDD errors on Debian.

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The smartmontools package for Debian allows the user to get comprehensive hard disk information. This is useful if the hard disk drive is behaving strangely. This might mean it is failing. Install the smartmontools package. root@neo:/home/jason# apt install smartmontoolsroot@neo:/home/jason# apt install smartmontools Now you may check your hard disk drive for any errors. root@neo:/home/jason# smartctl … Read more

How to list only the usernames in the /etc/passwd file on Linux.

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This is how to list only the usernames in the /etc/passwd file. A very useful tip indeed. The -f1 parameter is the section that is shown. jason@localhost ~ $ cut -d: -f1 /etc/passwd root bin daemon adm lp sync shutdown halt news uucp operator portage nobody sshd man messagebus jason polkitdjason@localhost ~ $ cut -d: … Read more

Installing Debian from the netinstall ISO image is very easy.

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Installing Debian from the minimal netinstall image is very easy indeed. The ISO image is available at this link. http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/8.5.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso. This version of the netinstall ISO contains extra firmware if this is required. http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.5.0+nonfree/amd64/iso-cd/firmware-8.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso. Now we can begin installation of the Debian distribution. Choose the language for the installation. Now select the country where you … Read more

A few ways to list disk information in Linux Mint.

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There are a few ways in Linux Mint to view disk information. The Disks utility found at Preferences->Hardware-Disks allows the viewing of hard disk information. This displays all of the partitions and their types on a selected physical disk. There are options for unmounting partitions, deleting a partition and even more options such as formatting … Read more

SuperTuxKart 0.9.2 Released

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Linux gamers all over the world will be happy to hear that a new version
of SuperTuxKart is available. This should strike a nostalgic chord to people
who have used desktop Linux to play games during the past ten years.
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How to toggle the caps lock key with the command line in Linux Mint.

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Disable the caps lock key in the command lineDisable caps lock in the GUI Disable the caps lock key in the command line The Caps Lock key may be toggled using the command line. The xdotool utility will do this for you. Firstly, install the utility. jason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ sudo apt install xdotooljason@jason-virtual-machine ~ $ … Read more

Google’s SwiftShader Released

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Year by year, plain-old HTML 5 websites are becoming fancier, and right
now, the home entertainment world is buzzing about VR and 3D. But most
sites are missing the boat; they have no 3D content. Well, that’s
about to change.
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How to get system information in Windows with CMD.

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The systeminfo command for Windows allows a user to get comprehensive system information. The default usage outputs the most system information in one go. C:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo | clipC:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo | clip This command will output the system information in CSV format. C:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo /FO CSVC:\Users\Corporal Kerry>systeminfo /FO CSV Use the /S parameter to specify a … Read more

Nice Linux prompts to liven up your terminal.

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This is a nice script to build a custom PS1 that looks awesome and is simple too. export PROMPT_COMMAND=__prompt_command function __prompt_command() { local EXIT="$?"   local DEFAULT=’\[\e[0m\]’   local RED=’\[\e[0;31m\]’ local GREEN=’\[\e[0;32m\]’ local DARK_GRAY=’\[\e[0;90m\]’ local PURPLE=’\[\e[0;35m\]’ local YELLOW=’\[\e[0;33m\]’   PS1="\n${GREEN}\t${DEFAULT} "   if [ "$EXIT" != "0" ]; then PS1+="${RED}$EXIT${DEFAULT} " else PS1+="$EXIT${DEFAULT} " fi … Read more