VNC (x11vnc) over SSH Tunnel on Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
Alright, so after I connect to my VPN at home, I can do a lot of different things, SSH is one of them. I also needed a solution to control my screen from any...
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Staff Picks
SSH with Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
I woke up one day and decided to view my logs, and I see someone poking hard at my ssh connection, trying to connect with a bunch of bogus usernames and pass...
Productivity Tip: The Black Desktop.
Could be in my mind, but I used to have very steep headaches after using computer for an entire day straight, don't know if this is scientifically proven or ...
OpenVPN Server on ubuntu 12.10 with Nexus7 as a client
</b>I'll leave the job of explaining vpn to someone else, and read this prelude to get familiar with how this can be of help.</p> OpenVPN is an o...
Access All your Home Network Everywhere
There are a million solutions for accessing files from home Dropbox for files to sync in the cloud, Google Play Music for your music, TeamViewer for viewing ...
What’s next? What’s been on my mind?
When I started using Ubuntu a while back, it was due to my growing frustration with Vista. This was probably the best move I made for my career because it op...
Samsung Series 7 Chronos: Review
Just this past month I got many views this month so I decided to update this post with my latest assessment of the product. You can find the link to reviews ...
Linux Tip
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
[Linux Tip] Force install another version of an existing package RHEL6
Originally recieved this error error while loading shared libraries: libxml2.so.2: cannot open shared object file: I have a missing library, so I decide to ...
[Linux Tip] downgrade or undo yum/package install in RHEL 6
downgrade or undo yum/package install in RHEL 6 is fairly straight forward # yum historyID | Login user | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered---------------...
[Linux Tip] debuging a command
this is very useful when you are running a script that calls other scripts. # set -x# ls+ ls --color=autoanaconda-ks.cfg install.log install.log.syslog++ ...
| [ReBlog | Linux Tip] 20 Linux performance analysis tools |
This diagram is really handy, shows you different elements in the linux arch and how to identify the performance of each elements.
[Linux Tip] Finding what is using up space in your drive
In linux, you have the usual tools (fdisk -l) tells you what drives are present and partitions and this tells you what partitions are mounted where (df -h), ...
Tools and Utilities
Ubuntu: How to Reset Ubuntu/Gnome Settings to Defaults
In a terminal, run the command below: rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity</p> Other Fixes1- You are most likely going to get the followin...
Ubuntu: TOR (Proxy Servers)
Oki this came to my attention, when I started following the crisis in Iran and was wondering how they did to bypass their government firewalls to keep the st...
Ubuntu: Virtual Box Set-up, Install, USB and Share Drive
Hello, I talked in one of the earlier posts about trying ubuntu on a virtual machine to make sure that it could run in your machine. I woke up one day and I ...
Ubuntu: Mounting ext3/ext4 Partitions
Since I went ahead and got rid of my windows, my partition is strictly just ext3 files. The problem, I encountered was that the partition will not automount....
Ubuntu: Mounting NTFS Partitions
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)</p> The ntfs-3g packages comes pre-installed with the newest versions of Ubuntu, but you ...
Network
VNC (x11vnc) over SSH Tunnel on Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
Alright, so after I connect to my VPN at home, I can do a lot of different things, SSH is one of them. I also needed a solution to control my screen from any...
SSH with Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
I woke up one day and decided to view my logs, and I see someone poking hard at my ssh connection, trying to connect with a bunch of bogus usernames and pass...
OpenVPN Server on ubuntu 12.10 with Nexus7 as a client
</b>I'll leave the job of explaining vpn to someone else, and read this prelude to get familiar with how this can be of help.</p> OpenVPN is an o...
Access All your Home Network Everywhere
There are a million solutions for accessing files from home Dropbox for files to sync in the cloud, Google Play Music for your music, TeamViewer for viewing ...
File System
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
Ubuntu: Mounting ext3/ext4 Partitions
Since I went ahead and got rid of my windows, my partition is strictly just ext3 files. The problem, I encountered was that the partition will not automount....
Ubuntu: Mounting NTFS Partitions
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) and Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)</p> The ntfs-3g packages comes pre-installed with the newest versions of Ubuntu, but you ...
Android
SSH with Ubuntu 12.10 and nexus 7 as a client
I woke up one day and decided to view my logs, and I see someone poking hard at my ssh connection, trying to connect with a bunch of bogus usernames and pass...
OpenVPN Server on ubuntu 12.10 with Nexus7 as a client
</b>I'll leave the job of explaining vpn to someone else, and read this prelude to get familiar with how this can be of help.</p> OpenVPN is an o...
Access All your Home Network Everywhere
There are a million solutions for accessing files from home Dropbox for files to sync in the cloud, Google Play Music for your music, TeamViewer for viewing ...
Laravel
gulp simple workflow
Gulp is just a way to automate workflow. I like to use it to compile and minify resources. Not every framework can be like Rails and have this functionality ...
Laravel 5 additional resources
Laravel on it’s own is a powerful and autonomous framework. With the additions of Laravel Elixir to manage compilation of CSS and JS in your project and Lara...
Laravel 5 Homestead Workflow
This post will be a little obscure to you, if you have no previous knowledge of Vagrant or Homestead, I recommend laravel’s homestead guide and also the offi...
projects
Docker Lessons Learned: 3 months in
Tips and Tricks I’ve acquired after using docker for close to 3 months.
Docker Lessons Learned: Hour 12
My take on docker and how it helps with my personal projects
Projects
survey to my projects
Ubuntu
Ubuntu: How to Reset Ubuntu/Gnome Settings to Defaults
In a terminal, run the command below: rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity</p> Other Fixes1- You are most likely going to get the followin...
Ubuntu: Picasa, GoogleEarth
Picasa: Picasa is a picture manager software, that I love. Every time I am setting up an ubuntu machine I always add picasa. Good thing about picasa install,...
Productivity
Productivity Tip: The Black Desktop.
Could be in my mind, but I used to have very steep headaches after using computer for an entire day straight, don't know if this is scientifically proven or ...
Ubuntu: Installing Eclipse
Eclipse is a software we use at school for java programing, for me, its a priority to have eclipse functional. here is a tutorial that i got from the Ubuntu...
virtualization
Convert vm to thin-Provision using vSphere PowerCLI
Unfortunately in VCenter 5.1 there is no way to move a hard drive attached to a vm from thick provisioned to thin. The hack right now is to move drive into a...
Ubuntu: Virtual Box Set-up, Install, USB and Share Drive
Hello, I talked in one of the earlier posts about trying ubuntu on a virtual machine to make sure that it could run in your machine. I woke up one day and I ...
Home
Filtering Traffic: The OpenDNS way
The classic problem, someone connects to your wi-fi, and tries to download a movie, then you get a nasty email from your ISP making you look like an organize...
[Brainstorming] Streaming my music after vpn connect using ubuntu as a server and both nexus 7 and Ubuntu client.
I post when a setup is successful, but someone suggested, why don’t I also blog my challenges, so here’s one. The problem: once in my home environment I want...
Multimedia
Ubuntu: Picasa, GoogleEarth
Picasa: Picasa is a picture manager software, that I love. Every time I am setting up an ubuntu machine I always add picasa. Good thing about picasa install,...
IDE
Ubuntu: Installing Eclipse
Eclipse is a software we use at school for java programing, for me, its a priority to have eclipse functional. here is a tutorial that i got from the Ubuntu...
proxy
Ubuntu: TOR (Proxy Servers)
Oki this came to my attention, when I started following the crisis in Iran and was wondering how they did to bypass their government firewalls to keep the st...
compiz
Ubuntu: How to Reset Ubuntu/Gnome Settings to Defaults
In a terminal, run the command below: rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity</p> Other Fixes1- You are most likely going to get the followin...
Eye Candy
Ubuntu: How to Reset Ubuntu/Gnome Settings to Defaults
In a terminal, run the command below: rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity</p> Other Fixes1- You are most likely going to get the followin...
Off Topic
Steve Jobs
If you by now don't have a clue of who this guy is, you leaving under a rock. I've personally never been a fan of some of his practices, but it definitely d...
Review
Samsung Series 7 Chronos: Review
Just this past month I got many views this month so I decided to update this post with my latest assessment of the product. You can find the link to reviews ...
About
What’s next? What’s been on my mind?
When I started using Ubuntu a while back, it was due to my growing frustration with Vista. This was probably the best move I made for my career because it op...
Media
[Brainstorming] Streaming my music after vpn connect using ubuntu as a server and both nexus 7 and Ubuntu client.
I post when a setup is successful, but someone suggested, why don’t I also blog my challenges, so here’s one. The problem: once in my home environment I want...
Coding
[Programming] Scheme and it’s virtues
I took this class, that was a survey of different programming languages. PHP, Ruby, Perl, Python, Scheme, and Java (Android Development). It was fast and fun...
System Admin
Ntfs mount permissions on linux
If you stumble upon this, you are probably trying to mount ntfs on linux, or have tried to change folder or file permissions but they remain the same. Or you...
raspberrypi2
Raspberry Pi2
exploration and getting started with the new Raspberry Pi2
JS
gulp simple workflow
Gulp is just a way to automate workflow. I like to use it to compile and minify resources. Not every framework can be like Rails and have this functionality ...