Rsync Bandwidth Limit
How do I stop Rsync using all my bandwidth? If you use rsync to move large or just a large number of files from one machine to another, ether over the internet or your...
Category: Tips & Tricks
Samba Full Audit Trail
This is a new one. I was asked today by someone to explain why files were missing from the Samba file server. Sadly in the end I wasn’t able to find out why simple...
Fedora/Yum update notification in OpenBox
OpenBox is a minimalist windows manager for Linux, it’s also my manager of choice. Due to its minimal memory footprint its faster than Gnome or KDE, but because its minimal a lot of what...
Install Oracle Java JDK or JRE 8u11
I do not format my desktop PC very often, I reinstall my laptop three or four times a month but not my primary machine. With almost every clean installation I have to lookup how...
Revert to a previous Git commit
Preamble I make heavy use of git for all my software development, when asked what the point is for a one man development team to something as powerful as git I always reply “universal...
Install SSH Key In A Remote Linux Server
I’ve been setting up a new server and as always the first things to do is forbid root login using a password and install my SSH keys. Once again I had to Google for...
DNS Cache TTL – Windows
Shorten the built in Windows DNS cache time To force Windows to keep positive entries in DNS Cache for only 4 hours instead of the default 24 hours we need to apply the following...
Block Negative DNS Entries – Windows
Windows contains a client-side Domain Name System (DNS) cache. The client-side DNS caching feature may cache results when no valid IP address was found. This article describes how to disable DNS caching for these...
Installing CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 3 on my HP TouchPad
I have just finished installing CyanogenMod 7.1 Alpha 3 on my HP TouchPad. Its gorgeous. I cant say I ever become a fan of WebOS, unlike some I’ve talked to it never grew on...
