Reduce the size of the WinSxS Directory and Free up Disk Space with a New Update for Windows 7

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/10/08/breaking-news-reduce-the-size-of-the-winsxs-directory-and-free-up-disk-space-with-a-new-update-for-windows-7-sp1-clients.aspx

TunTap Doesn’t Work on Yosemite

http://moubry.com/blog/2014/10/21/tuntap-doesnt-work-on-yosemite/

An application for building and managing Phars

The Box application simplifies the Phar building process. http://box-project.org/

Can’t purge libapache2-mod-php5, corrupt registry

http://askubuntu.com/questions/406092/cant-purge-libapache2-mod-php5-corrupt-registry I can’t purge libapache2-mod-php5. Give me this error. ucfr: Corrupt registry: Duplicate entries for /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini libapache2-mod-php5 /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini libapache2-mod-php5 /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini sudo nano /var/lib/ucf/registry and remove duplicated php.ini lines from that file

Machine hangs on shutdown/reboot with NFS shared folders for Vagrant?

Add this simple init.d script to save all running virtualboxes on host shutdown or reboot https://gist.github.com/ymc-geha/8416723

Vagrant hangs at ‘vagrant up’ when mounting NFS shared folders

Vagrant hangs, because it needs open ports for NFS. See here how to open this ports:

Allow user to use RAW devices in VirtualBox

To allow user to use RAW disks /f.e. vmdk/ in VirtualBox, you must run: VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename /path/to/file.vmdk -rawdisk /dev/sda -partitions 1,5 -relative usermod -a -G disk 'user_name' See more at https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk

TLP – Linux Advanced Power Management

http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html

Exchange + Thunderbird: how to configure

You schould use Lightning and Exchange EWS Provider for Thunderbird

Fingerprint GUI – fingerprint reader flashes, but it not scan a finger

When a policykit-1 window opens (say when I want to change a user’s password), it looks ready for a fingerprint and my fingerprint reader flashes, but it will not scan a finger. No matter how many times I run my finger across the reader, it does not read “Not verified” or “OK.” All the other ...