Windows Start Menu Batch Shortcut
Preface Starting my personal lab VM doesn’t take long, but it was an inefficient process. To start my lab VM I’d have to open the …
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Windows Terminal with WinSCP
Preface The new Windows Terminal is finally reaching parity with modern options on other operating systems like iTerm 2, Tiliux, GNOME Terminal, etc. Not only …
OpenSSH Client on Windows
Preface To use SSH from Windows typically requires installing programs that come with an implementation of SSH, such as: Git for Windows, Cygwin, etc. While …
Vagrant, Ansible, and VirtualBox on WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux)
How To This guide covers how to get Vagrant and Ansible running together on Windows 10 using WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), such that they …
Forward X without SSH
Preface Generally it is recommended to forward X using SSH, as it provides an encrypted connection. However, on machines limited to a local network, tunneling …
Prevent Screen Blanking on Multi-User Target or Runlevel 2/3
How To By default, the kernel decides when to make the console go blank / black (usually 10 minutes / 600 seconds). To check the …
Select OS in GRUB2 Headlessly
Ubuntu and Linux Mint both support the command grub-reboot <num> (where num is the menu entry number, starting from 0 as the first item). To remove Memtest options, …
Set Up VNC Server on Linux
Foreword This tutorial goes over installing and configuring Tiger VNC Server on: CentOS 7 CentOS 6.9 Ubuntu 16.04 Linux Mint 18.1 OpenSUSE Leap 42.2 Prerequisites …
Setup Subversion (SVN) Server with Apache on Fedora / CentOS
Foreword This tutorial covers installing Subversion (SVN) Server and configuring it to run through Apache on Fedora 24, but these steps will work on any …
Configure a Static IP Address on Fedora 24-25
Foreword This tutorial covers setting up a static IP address for a wireless connection on Fedora 24/25. This static IP address is for use locally within …