Linux Terminal – hardware drive info – Ubuntu
Get drive Manufacturer, Model number, serial number, etc..: If we are concerned with the first drive in the system (/sda): 1sudo hdparm -i /dev/sda To see what volumes exist: 1sudo … Read More
Category: TECH
System76 Galago Pro 2017 – Hardware Specs
Spec breakdown: Getting under the hood. PART DETAIL MORE DETAIL MacBook Pro 13 2015 Processor KABY LAKE i7-7500U: 2.7 up to 3.5 GHz 4MB Cache – 2 Cores – 4 … Read More
Yahoo business mail –> Aabaco Small Business
Copy / Paste as of 2017-04-01 POP/SMTP Settings Incoming Server: pop.bizmail.yahoo.com Port 995 with SSL Outgoing Server: smtp.bizmail.yahoo.com Port 465 with SSL (requires Authentication to be enabled) Username:Your Business Email … Read More
LibreOffice Write – FIX for inline images not showing
Settings can get in the way of displaying inline images in your documents. Everything prints, exports to PDF etc without a problem – but in regular editing – a placeholder … Read More
Apple Hardware Test / Apple Diagnostics
JUNE 2013 Machines OLDER use:: Apple Hardware Test – Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201257 Machines NEWER use:: Apple Diagnostics – Source: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202731 COPY / PASTE as of 26-APRIL-2017 How to use Apple Diagnostics on your Mac … Read More
Ubuntu 16.04 ++ forces logout when trying to shutdown or reboot from menu – guilty party: PLANK dock
Source: http://www.linuxslaves.com/2016/06/fix-cant-shutdown-from-ubuntus-toppanel-after-install-plank.html Shutdown or Restart – forces Logout, then from main Lightdm screen shutdown/restart works. Problem is with PLANK dock. Open: Startup Applications Select: plank; for the ‘command’ enter: sh … Read More
Linux kill programs via terminal
get the process id of the application 1ps aux | grep [name of program to close] kill the application 1kill [process id] check process to ensure its gone 1rerun: ps … Read More
Printing VirtualBox Linux host Windows guest
Printing from Windows GUEST in Linux HOST – VirtualBox via CUPS HOST (Linux): 1.a: add printer to CUPS @ http://localhost:631/admin 1.b: virtualbox guest connects through BRIDGED networking GUEST (Windows): 2.a: … Read More
vCard (OS-X) vcf 2 csv (Thunderbird)
OS-X Address book – exporting vCard by selecting all works fine, but Thunderbird does not map the fields correctly, and there is no option to do so. Solution: 1. OSX … Read More