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[Thomas A Watson] WIFI mouse. Test dor weak battery that give wea Webpage with kind of indicationr...

Thomas A Watson — 5/18/2025 1:40:56 PM

WIFI mouse. Test dor weak battery that give wea Webpage with kind of indicationr of wifi signal. vsynctester.com I had flake mouse and computer seemed unresponsive. So I guessed it might be batteries. It was and I wondered is there a test app. I found and URL above. Not a direct test but check it now and I expect you will see difference from weak batteries.

[Thomas A Watson] Virtual Machines, NETWORKCHUCK channel. you need to learn Virtual Machines R...

Thomas A Watson — 5/18/2025 11:14:39 AM

Virtual Machines, NETWORKCHUCK channel.

you need to learn Virtual Machines RIGHT NOW!! (Kali Linux VM, Ubuntu, Windows)

[Thomas A Watson] windows Your Computer Is Secretly Logging This ipcomfig how to use network co...

Thomas A Watson — 5/11/2025 1:47:46 PM

windows Your Computer Is Secretly Logging This ipcomfig
how to use network commands to show what's going on your local wan.

[Thomas A Watson] RECOVA and alternatives. Blue tooth and Wifi haching. Recuva Alterna...

Thomas A Watson — 5/9/2025 1:30:17 PM

RECOVA and alternatives. Blue tooth and Wifi haching. Recuva Alternatives for Linux There are also windows versions.

Also I do not use smart phones for financial transactions. interesting vid..

BEWARE of a new secret hacking tool!

This $40 hacking tool might break your home security systems. I tested the BLEShark Nano — a tiny but powerful cybersecurity penetration testing device — to see if it can disable cameras and expose network flaws.

It can also hack blue tooth and wifi.

[toefonos] You're Using Google WRONG - Do This Instead All The Operators document Go...

toefonos — 3/8/2025 1:05:45 PM

You're Using Google WRONG - Do This Instead

All The Operators document Google Advanced Search Operators

[Thomas A Watson] Clone Any System Chris Titus. Youtube Vid [youtube video] Timestamps: ...

Thomas A Watson — 2/19/2025 1:16:44 PM

Clone Any System Chris Titus. Youtube Vid

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:50 The Setup and Image Creation

03:18 Backup Clonezilla Image

09:37 Restore Clonezilla Image .

[Thomas A Watson] Rescuezilla – Youtube vid and download link The Ultimate Backup & Cloning Softwa...

Thomas A Watson — 2/19/2025 1:08:43 PM

Rescuezilla – Youtube vid and download link The Ultimate Backup & Cloning Software – Free, Open Source & Always Will Be!

rescuezilla.com

[Thomas A Watson] Titus The Linux Tier List [youtube video] Jul 9, 2023 The definitive Linux...

Thomas A Watson — 6/1/2024 12:12:31 PM

Titus The Linux Tier List

Jul 9, 2023
The definitive Linux tier list. It will make many upset, but I explain why there are so many pointless distros that score so low on the tier list.

[Thomas A Watson] THE CHART THAT IS NEVER WRONG PREDICTS THE END OF BTC BULL MARKET ON THIS DATE! ...

Thomas A Watson — 3/25/2024 8:47:38 AM

THE CHART THAT IS NEVER WRONG PREDICTS THE END OF BTC BULL MARKET ON THIS DATE!

.youtube.comES/@WISDOMBIT1

[Thomas A Watson] setting up windows local and microsoft account. pro and cons. [youtube video...

Thomas A Watson — 3/17/2024 10:02:36 AM

setting up windows local and microsoft account. pro and cons.

[Thomas A Watson] Clearing windows 10 cashes. First, learn how to open Command Prompt with admin...

Thomas A Watson — 3/12/2024 7:32:28 PM

Clearing windows 10 cashes.

First, learn how to open Command Prompt with administrative privileges. Simply search for "cmd" in the Start menu, right-click on "Command Prompt," and select "Run as administrator."

Once in Command Prompt, we'll guide you through specific commands to clear different types of caches:

To clear the Windows Store cache, use the command: wsreset.exe. This maintenance step ensures smooth functioning of the Microsoft Store app, enhances performance, and resolves app installation and update issues.

Clear temporary files with the del command. For instance, del /q /s /f %TEMP%\* deletes all files and folders in the temporary directory, contributing to system performance and disk space management.

Clear the thumbnail cache with the command: del /f /s /q /a %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\thumbcache_*.db. This optimizes disk space usage, enhances file browsing performance, and ensures accurate thumbnail previews.

Learn to clear the Windows Update cache to resolve update-related issues. Stop the Windows Update service with net stop wuauserv and rename the SoftwareDistribution folder. Restart the service with net start wuauserv for a smoother update process.

Clear the DNS resolver cache with ipconfig /flushdns for improved internet connectivity, security, and performance.

Lastly, clear the icon cache with ie4uinit.exe -ClearIconCache to address icon-related issues, enhance system performance, and ensure up-to-date thumbnail previews.

Follow along with our step-by-step instructions to optimize your Windows computer's performance and ensure a smoother computing experience.

[Thomas A Watson] How to recover partitions and files in Linux! Using Gparted testdisk ...

Thomas A Watson — 10/21/2023 2:21:49 PM

How to recover partitions and files in Linux!

Using Gparted testdisk

57,739 views Nov 7, 2019 How to Linux
Here's how to recover partitions and files in Linux, provided not too much of the data has been overwritten.

[Thomas A Watson] Setting up Simple Samba File Shares Learn Linux TV 24 min 185,925 views Aug 2...

Thomas A Watson — 10/8/2023 4:08:45 PM

Setting up Simple Samba File Shares Learn Linux TV 24 min

185,925 views Aug 29, 2020 All Tutorials
Sometimes, you just want to share files with colleagues quickly without worrying about permissions. In this tutorial, I go over the process of creating shares for your home or small business network that are wide-open and writable for all. This isn't for sharing protected or confidential files, but will get you up and running with a shar

ed folder or two that's accessible by all.

[Thomas A Watson] Debian 12 Manual Partition Install | MBR & UEFI detailed clear Fossm...

Thomas A Watson — 10/3/2023 3:34:22 PM

Debian 12 Manual Partition Install | MBR & UEFI

detailed clear

Fossman Media
@fossmanmedia141 subscribers27 videos

3,563 views Jul 19, 2023 System Configuration
A video describing how to create manual partitions during a Debain installation. Descriptions of both MRB and UEFI boot options are provided in this example.

[Thomas A Watson] Systemd Deep-Dive: A Complete, Easy to Understand Guide for Everyone [youtube ...

Thomas A Watson — 10/1/2023 12:53:59 AM

Systemd Deep-Dive: A Complete, Easy to Understand Guide for Everyone

Individual Sections

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - How this video will be structured

02:11 - Some basic knowledge on init systems, etc

04:46 - What are Units in terms of Systemd?

06:02 - Installing Apache (for use as an example service unit) 07:51 - Checking the status of a Systemd Unit 09:34 - Starting a Systemd Unit

11:02 - How to stop a Unit with Systemd

11:47 - Restarting a Unit

12:38 - Enabling/Disabling Systemd Units
15:58 - Where are Systemd's Unit files stored?
20:40 - Systemd unit file directory priority/preference

23:31 - Taking a closer look at a Systemd Service File

30:22 - How "reload" differs from "restart" in Systemd Service Units

31:37 - Service File explanation (continued)
33:02 -Editing and Overriding Systemd Unit Files

42:01 - Reloading Systemd with systemd daemon-reload (and why you should)

43:06 - Some tips on creating your own unit files

[Thomas A Watson] Linux Crash Course - systemd: Using the systemctl command [youtube video] ...

Thomas A Watson — 10/1/2023 12:25:47 AM

Linux Crash Course - systemd: Using the systemctl command

77,994 views May 27, 2021 All Tutorials
In this episode of Linux Crash Course, we take our first look at systemd - the init system in quite a few distributions of Linux nowadays. Specifically, we'll go over the systemctl command and use it to start, stop, restart and enable unts on our system.

[Thomas A Watson] Linux Crash Course - The /etc/fstab file [youtube video] 75,571 v...

Thomas A Watson — 10/1/2023 12:20:05 AM

Linux Crash Course - The /etc/fstab file

75,571 views Jul 20, 2021 All Tutorials
In a previous video we went over the basics of storage, and in this episode of Linux Crash Course, I'll show you how to automatically mount storage volumes when you boot your server. The primary focus will be going over the /etc/fstab file.

[Thomas A Watson] OpenSSH Full Guide - Everything you need to get started! [youtube video] ??? *...

Thomas A Watson — 10/1/2023 12:10:27 AM

OpenSSH Full Guide - Everything you need to get started!

??? *Individual Sections*:
00:00 - Intro

03:38 - What is OpenSSH?

36 - Connecting to a server via OpenSSH

21:28 - Configuring the OpenSSH Client

28:04 - Using public/private keys

45:40 - Managing SSH keys

1:00:40 - SSH Server Configuration

1:13:29 - Troubleshooting

[Thomas A Watson] Debian 12 - The First 12 Things You Should Do After Installation! TWEAK 7 INS...

Thomas A Watson — 9/30/2023 11:28:22 PM

Debian 12 - The First 12 Things You Should Do After Installation!

TWEAK 7 INSTALLING other desktops. my interest this 5 minutes.

this vid is from Learn Linux TV youtube channel. Jay pro duces outstanding content.

[Thomas A Watson] Disk uuid from data from linux mint 5 live install uuid on linux mint. sud...

Thomas A Watson — 9/29/2023 7:19:51 PM

Disk uuid from data from linux mint 5 live

install uuid on linux mint. sudo apt install uuid
mint@mint:~$ lsblk
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0 7:0 0 1.8G 1 loop /usr/lib/live/mount/rootfs/filesystem.squashfs
sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
+-sda1 8:1 0 931.5G 0 part
sdb 8:16 0 476.9G 0 disk
+-sdb1 8:17 0 243M 0 part
+-sdb2 8:18 0 1K 0 part
+-sdb5 8:21 0 476.7G 0 part
sdc 8:32 0 931.5G 0 disk
+-sdc1 8:33 0 681.5G 0 part
+-sdc2 8:34 0 250G 0 part
sdd 8:48 1 59.9G 0 disk
+-sdd1 8:49 1 59.9G 0 part
+-sdd2 8:50 1 32M 0 part /media/mint/LMDE 5 Cinnamon 64-bit
sr0 11:0 1 4.8G 0 rom /media/mint/G71-MAD1071
nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
+-nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 243M 0 part
+-nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1K 0 part
+-nvme0n1p5 259:3 0 476.7G 0 part
+-acute--vg-root 254:0 0 444.8G 0 lvm
+-acute--vg-swap_1 254:1 0 31.9G 0 lvm

==================================================================

mint@mint:~$ sudo blkid

/dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="3ecc35ea-398e-43a7-a645-c1c85f15f21c" BLOCK_SIZE="1024" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="00098075-01"
/dev/nvme0n1p5: UUID="SUiRwt-Po8w-7HXx-V4tt-1FU7-G9vm-RHlelY" TYPE="LVM2_member" PARTUUID="00098075-05"
/dev/mapper/acute--vg-root: UUID="4539ec33-06c7-48b3-a745-23ca25e81012" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/mapper/acute--vg-swap_1: UUID="13b431fa-fb8c-44b5-99bd-655acd10ec7f" TYPE="swap"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Disk0.SSD.238GB.WIN7ult" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="1D53B781198D1B7D" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="3495051c-01"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="3ecc35ea-398e-43a7-a645-c1c85f15f21c" BLOCK_SIZE="1024" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="00098075-01"
/dev/sdb5: UUID="SUiRwt-Po8w-7HXx-V4tt-1FU7-G9vm-RHlelY" TYPE="LVM2_member" PARTUUID="00098075-05"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="b8a47195-d8bd-4cca-8465-18ca251342b9" SEC_TYPE="ext2" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext3" PARTUUID="35190f19-01"
/dev/sdc2: UUID="fe6d07fa-618f-4306-a8ab-00b1365a8b49" SEC_TYPE="ext2" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext3" PARTUUID="35190f19-02"
/dev/sr0: BLOCK_SIZE="2048" UUID="2021-11-10-09-24-14-00" LABEL="G71-MAD1071" TYPE="iso9660"
/dev/sdd1: LABEL="Ventoy" UUID="4E21-0000" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="exfat" PTTYPE="dos" PARTUUID="6d0bcbd8-01"
/dev/dm-2: BLOCK_SIZE="2048" UUID="2022-03-11-20-53-07-00" LABEL="LMDE 5 Cinnamon 64-bit" TYPE="iso9660" PTUUID="6ce364a3" PTTYPE="dos"
==========================================================================

[Thomas A Watson] I am building a new system. posting vids and answers to question I need to le...

Thomas A Watson — 10/3/2022 8:47:35 PM

I am building a new system. posting vids and answers to question I need to learn again know the secret handshakes buried in the many distro and ways that linux parts talk to one another and get my workstation to work as I want it too. Not like the cellphone zombie developers want in their endless quest to fix what was not ever broken.

Hosting on google cloud

Install Arch Linux as fast as possible

How to Make Arch Linux Stable and What NOT to Do!

ARCHTITUS

First Look at ArcoLinux With FVWM3 youtube.com

[Thomas A Watson] Set mouse focus in mint cinnamon Linux mint 5.10.0-12-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.1...

Thomas A Watson — 10/3/2022 6:32:45 PM

Set mouse focus in mint cinnamon

Linux mint 5.10.0-12-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.103-1 (2022-03-07) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@mint:/#
apt install cinnamon

How to enable mouse focus in Linux Mint 15

you open LM(icon) type in foucs, open window<icon>
goto behavior. set Window focus mode to mouse

[FJB] Want to get rid of those annoying 1 pixel wide borders in Ubuntu? Here's how! W...

FJB — 2/19/2020 5:01:49 PM

Want to get rid of those annoying 1 pixel wide borders in Ubuntu? Here's how!

Want to get rid of those annoying 1 pixel wide borders in Ubuntu? Here's how!

By borders I mean the edge of the window that you need to grab in order to resize it. I've always been annoyed by the default size being almost impossible to grab. Here's a way to fix it.

Open a terminal windowenter: cd /

enter: cd usr/share/themes/Ambiance/metacity-1/

enter: sudo vi metacity-theme-1.xmlenter password "saasbook"

VI will open in the terminal. Near the top is a section with name="frame_geometry_normal"

Look for these 3 tags

Change the values to 8

Save and exit the file with wq

[FJB] Welcome The Unix Game is a fun, low-barrier-to-entry programming contest wher...

FJB — 10/14/2019 11:46:40 PM

Welcome

The Unix Game is a fun, low-barrier-to-entry programming contest where players solve coding challenges by constructing "pipelines" of UNIX text processing utilities to compute the solution. Press the button below to take a quick tour around the UI:

unixgame.io

[Thomas A Watson] Running x apps on remote system using an ssh tunnel. SSH X11 Forwarding youtu...

Thomas A Watson — 9/3/2019 7:28:42 PM

Running x apps on remote system using an ssh tunnel.

SSH X11 Forwarding youtube.com this video explains it all.

on server. this is the computer where x app runs. and displays on the client.

make sure you have xauth

apt list

sudo vi /etc/ssh/ssh_config

verify or edit
ForwardX11 yes
ForwardX11Trusted yes

after save

sudo service ssh restart

ssh stop/waiting
ssh start/running, process 2883

sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

X11Forwarding yes
X11DisplayOffset 10

after save

sudo service ssh restart

on client starting ssh with X forwarding.

ssh -X right # slowest response

echo $DISPLAY

ssh -X -C -c blowfish-cbc,arcfour right # -C compression -c cyfers blowfish-cbc,arcfour this gives faster response.

ssh -Y right # trusted.

youtube.com how to enable X11 forwarding on linux,

[Mario :-)] Speedcrunch - high precision scientific calculator. I love it. It calculates 'on...

Mario :-) — 2/27/2019 5:09:47 PM

Speedcrunch - high precision scientific calculator. I love it. It calculates 'on the fly', you don't ever need to finish your entry with <enter> key, saves a click. It is very fast, has more digits that regular calculator and it is loaded with goodies such as formulas, constants.... If you haven't tried it yet, give it a shot.

Also, i'm moving from Manjaro to MX Linux - Debian based, but developers are keep back-porting newer apps so you almost have some kind of semi rolling distro:
- stable Debian
- updated apps
- bunch of very useful tools (like snapshot, create your own install-abe iso from your current system with 3-4 mouse clicks, basically you have exact copy of your system that you can put on another computer...)
- oh, and it does not use systemD (although it is present for compatibility)

Will be back in a half of year or so ;-)

[Thomas A Watson] this is a post on some apps that i have found useful. scrot is a very usefull s...

Thomas A Watson — 2/5/2019 11:53:43 AM

this is a post on some apps that i have found useful.

scrot is a very usefull screen capture utility

In a terminal.

cd to a directory

scrot -s some.filename.jpg

then you use the mouse to define the square to grab and it is saved as some.filename.jpg

no -s and you get the entire desktop.

A useful addon awesome screenshot can capture part or all of a webpage in a browser and then take image and allow some editing in the browser. default saves as png, but you can set to save as jpg.

[Thomas A Watson] I came across another sysinfor tool for linux. It is like a belarc but more...

Thomas A Watson — 12/16/2018 7:45:00 PM

I came across another sysinfor tool for linux. It is like a belarc but more in a sense. it is called hardinfo.
I did sudo apt-get install hardinfo. I am running on ubuntu 16.04 and I bring it up from a terminal in my fvwm2 window manager. Also it work in unity. I expect it is compatible with most linux window managers.

It has numerous sub sections and will also create a web page of all results.

ikiw.homeip.net /xen2/hardinfo_report.html shows a full report. edited to sanitize. passwords etc.

It even cantains some bench marks.

Benchmarks

CPU Blowfish
CPU Blowfish
This Machine	3680 MHz	2.819
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz	(null)	26.1876862
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)	(null)	172.816713

CPU CryptoHash
CPU CryptoHash
This Machine	3680 MHz	546.596

CPU Fibonacci
CPU Fibonacci
This Machine	3680 MHz	1.268
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz	(null)	8.1375674
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)	(null)	58.07682

CPU N-Queens
CPU N-Queens
This Machine	3680 MHz	4.724

FPU FFT
FPU FFT
This Machine	3680 MHz	0.747

FPU Raytracing
FPU Raytracing
This Machine	3680 MHz	3.481
Intel(R) Celeron(R) M processor 1.50GHz	(null)	40.8816714
PowerPC 740/750 (280.00MHz)	(null)	161.312647

[Thomas A Watson] Switching from multidisplay to a single display and changing video cards to supp...

Thomas A Watson — 11/30/2018 7:36:22 AM

Switching from multidisplay to a single display and changing video cards to support new resolution of monitor.

Basic OS of computer.
watson@xen2[22]uname -a
Linux xen2 4.4.0-64-generic #85-Ubuntu SMP Mon Feb 20 11:50:30 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linu

This computer was running using a GALAXY MDT Nvidia Geforce GT610 1Gb PCIe card.
The card drove 4 Samsung 1204b monitors of 1600x1200.

I believe I used unity desktop to originally set up the Displays to create a 3200x2400 desktop.
But for working I used fvwm2.

The machine always boots to text mode. Then I start fvwm2 with xinit /usr/bin/fvwm2 or I could start unity
with xinit /usr/bin/unity.

The new monitor is an Acer ET0 Series ET430K IPS 43" LED Monitor IPS 4K UHD HDMI w/ Speaker.

The GT610 does not support 4k 3840 x 2160 resolution. So I choose a Geforce GT 1030
It has a far superior GPU over the GT610, but it is not a cutting edge gaming care. In that I never game, that did not matter to me.

After installing the new vid card and connecting up the monitor linux booted no prob to text mode.
I logged in and xinit /usr/bin/fvwm2 worked ok but the screen res was 12??x10??

I googled all manner of questions about linux ubuntu 16.04 and all I found was gui this and gui that in unity. Well xinit /usr/bin/unity would not come up. There were posts attempting to explain how to set up Xorg config but none really explained anything.

So finally I went to nvidia.com nvidia.com then Drivers Geforce
Did a manual search. I figured out that a 1030 card was a series 10 card in nvidiaeze.
So I menued Geforce, Geforce 10 series, Geforce GT 1030, linux 64-bit, English (US), Recommended Certified

Search...

Linux x64 (AMD64/EM64T) Display Driver

Version	410.78
Release Date	Thu Nov 15, 2018
Operating System	Linux 64-bit
Language	English (US)
File Size	102.94 MB

Download /XFree86/Linux-x86_64/410.78/NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.78.run

*This download includes the NVIDIA display driver and GeForce Experience application. Details for use of this NVIDIA software can be found in the NVIDIA End User License Agreement.

Downloaded NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.78.run

watson@xen2[25]file NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.78.run
NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.78.run: POSIX shell script executable (binary data)

This is Nvidia propriatary and not open source. To me that means it will use all of the power of the card.

Open source is nice but in video drivers, I prefer the companies stuff. It often solves many problems.

So I chmod 777 NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-410.78.run and ran it. Oh I always create user root and login as root to manage my linux systems. I do not sudo.

The program ran no brain, asked obvious questions and permissions and agree terms. It reported it had created a new xorg config.

Then as me, not root xinit /usr/bin/fvwm2 and all is right with the world.

So I did not have to relearn all about mode lines and xconfig and edit some files some where to get it to work. How many times have I done that in the past? who knows..

I assume unity will work now also, but have not tested it yet.

[Thomas A Watson] ubuntu remote desk top. How To Configure Remote Access To Your Ubuntu Desktop ho...

Thomas A Watson — 11/17/2018 12:16:16 PM

ubuntu remote desk top.
How To Configure Remote Access To Your Ubuntu Desktop
howtoforge.com

On a local network you can display your linux desktop on a windows machine. you can also control it or run it. I followed the link above instuctions and on Win7 manchine display ubuntu 16.04 unity desktop and could control it in paralell with the the unbuntu machine.

I could not on my linux 14.04 xen2 manchine display unity desktop of xen1 machine. xen2 is fvwm window manager, not unity.

I tried starting nautilus that seems to gnomify my fvwm weirdly. same result.

in linus use remmina.

error in terminal.

]Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
loading channel cliprdr
unable to connect to 192.168.1.118:3389
Error: protocol security negotiation or connection failure
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.

nautilus starts with error
watson@xen2[229]nautilus

(nautilus:15767): Gtk-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files

[Thomas A Watson] where is the mouse on your screen? In a terminal run mousepos using xdotool nee...

Thomas A Watson — 11/10/2018 11:58:42 AM

where is the mouse on your screen?
In a terminal run mousepos using xdotool

need xdotool installed

sudo apt-get install xdotool

or

watson@xen2[109]xterm -geometry 50x12 -e mousepos

watson@xen2[105]which mousepos
/usr/local/bin/mousepos

watson@xen2[106]
watson@xen2[106]cat `which mousepos`
#!/bin/csh
# /usr/local/bin/mousepos
set c=0
set last=99

while ( 1 )

xdotool getmouselocation --shell >ztmp
sleep .5s

# cat ztmp
set x=`cat ztmp|head -1`
set y=`cat ztmp|head -2|tail -1`
set screen=`cat ztmp|tail -2|head -1`
set window=`cat ztmp|tail -1`

echo $x $y" "$c" " $screen $window
echo ""

if ( $c < $last ) then
@ c++
else
set c=0
endif
end

[FJB] [graphic] github.com

FJB — 7/4/2017 1:20:14 PM

github.com

[FJB] Free ebook for the next four hours. packtpub.com Practical Linux Security Cook...

FJB — 5/12/2017 3:13:31 PM

Free ebook for the next four hours. packtpub.com

Practical Linux Security Cookbook
As more and more organizations adopt Linux for their networks and servers, the number of security threats grows and grows. As a sysadmin, you'll be the first point of call when hackers threaten your network - and this free eBook will be your bible for building and maintaining a secure Linux system.

[Greg from Edmonton] HTOP is what I generally use.

Greg from Edmonton — 5/1/2017 8:20:12 AM

[FJB] CoreFreq is a CPU monitoring software designed for 64-bits Processors w/ archite...

FJB — 4/29/2017 12:15:48 PM

CoreFreq is a CPU monitoring software designed for 64-bits Processors w/ architectures Intel Atom, Core2, Nehalem, SandyBridge and superior, AMD Family 0F

https://github.com/cyring/CoreFreq

[FJB] Free Book until 6pm central time. Mastering Linux Shell Scripting Master the co...

FJB — 2/19/2017 1:26:24 PM

Free Book until 6pm central time.

Mastering Linux Shell Scripting

Master the complexities of Bash shell scripting and unlock the power of shell for your enterprise
Identify the high level steps such as verifying user input, using command lines and conditional statements in creating and executing simple shell scripts
Create and edit dynamic shell scripts to manage complex and repetitive tasks
Learn about scripting in Perl and programming in Python as a BASH scripting alternative with this practical, step-by-step guide

packtpub.com

[Thomas A Watson] Linux Cheat Sheet. I found this Linux Cheat Cheat of commands VERY GOOD tux...

Thomas A Watson — 2/18/2017 1:37:06 PM

Linux Cheat Sheet. I found this Linux Cheat Cheat of commands VERY GOOD

tuxarena.com /intro/cheatsheet.html

[FJB] Announcing SQL Server on Linux

FJB — 3/7/2016 9:23:51 PM

[Thomas A Watson] There are a few programs I use that are windows only. My goal is to work out us...

Thomas A Watson — 6/29/2015 3:16:11 PM

There are a few programs I use that are windows only. My goal is to work out using linux host OS and then run windows virtual machines to run the few windows programs I still need.

[FJB] It's pretty trivial to run Windows inside Virtual Box if you want...

FJB — 6/29/2015 2:35:23 AM

[Greg from Edmonton] What is / was your objective, to just run Windows 7? I find that I don't need m...

Greg from Edmonton — 6/29/2015 12:40:30 AM

What is / was your objective, to just run Windows 7? I find that I don't need many Windows programs any more on my home desktop rig, especially that more is done via the web. WINE (recent version installed from repository) often does the job. For me, Wine runs the pokerstars.com client and Google Sketchup on occasion. Most other programs have a native Linux version (Google Chrome browser, Skype) or workable substitute (OpenOffice.org).

[Thomas A Watson] asus build linux on 2nd drive. Part 1 idea is to run iso mounted on win 7. in...

Thomas A Watson — 6/28/2015 9:45:28 AM

asus build linux on 2nd drive. Part 1

idea is to run iso mounted on win 7. in stead of burning cdrom.

Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel Download download.microsoft.com

The supposed place where files were unzipped was invisible. So I created a location and unzip to that location

unziped files here.C:\Users\tom\Downloads\UnzipCDcontrol three files.

readme

VCdControlTool

VCdrom.sys

Readme for Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel v2.0.1.1

THIS TOOL IS UNSUPPORT BY MICROSOFT PRODUCT SUPPORT SERVICES

System Requirements
===================
- Windows XP Home or Windows XP Professional

Installation instructions
=========================
1. Copy VCdRom.sys to your %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder.
2. Execute VCdControlTool.exe
3. Click "Driver control"
4. If the "Install Driver" button is available, click it. Navigate to the %systemroot%\system32\drivers folder, select VCdRom.sys, and click Open.
5. Click "Start"
6. Click OK
7. Click "Add Drive" to add a drive to the drive list. Ensure that the drive added is not a local drive. If it is, continue to click "Add Drive" until an unused drive letter is available.
8. Select an unused drive letter from the drive list and click "Mount".
9. Navigate to the image file, select it, and click "OK". UNC naming conventions should not be used, however mapped network drives should be OK.

You may now use the drive letter as if it were a local CD-ROM device. When you are finished you may unmount, stop, and remove the driver from memory using the driver control.

[Thomas A Watson] update unbuntu 14.10 FAIL. update-manager xv repository below I attempted to r...

Thomas A Watson — 6/18/2015 8:08:58 PM

update unbuntu 14.10 FAIL. update-manager xv repository below

I attempted to run update-manager from a command line in a root terminal. I always set a root password and create a root account. A style I prefer over sudo this and sudo that.

The process kept failing, Finally figured out that some repository I had used no longer existed.

geekconnection.org karmic/ domain was inactive.

did the usual search trying to find someone who had had the problem and someone gave the answer.
arrrrgghhhh!

Finally found PackageManagerTroubleshootingProcedure help.ubuntu.com

From this and executing the various commands and looking at the files found file /etc/apt/sources.list
this file is the list of repositories where update are found.

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
edited out the offending bad repositories and all now works.

##deb geekconnection.org karmic/
## deb-src geekconnection.org karmic/

Sell message Message 29493901 xv repository
dumb me I had found name of the sources list back when .....

[Thomas A Watson] Thank you for the heads up. I downloaded a pdf version. 360 pages. Looked...

Thomas A Watson — 2/28/2015 8:30:25 AM

Thank you for the heads up. I downloaded a pdf version. 360 pages. Looked at the index and looks like a lot of good content.

[FJB] This book on Linux shell scripting is FREE for the next 23 hours or so. =====...

FJB — 2/27/2015 7:19:38 PM

This book on Linux shell scripting is FREE for the next 23 hours or so.

===========================================================

Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook

Sarath Lakshman
January 2011

Get straight into writing scripts with this recipe-packed cookbook. Ideal as an end-to-end beginner’s guide or as a "dip-in" reference for experts, it helps you gain control over Linux through the powerful shell scripting language.

packtpub.com

[FJB] Torvalds: 'People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly' Volu...

FJB — 2/18/2015 5:46:35 PM

Torvalds: 'People who start writing kernel code get hired really quickly'

Volunteer contributions to Linux reached their lowest recorded levels, report says

[Thomas A Watson] Do no recall how I came across this link. But this how it works dd command is ...

Thomas A Watson — 2/2/2015 7:56:53 PM

Do no recall how I came across this link. But this how it works dd command is exceptional good stuff/

linuxquestions.org

[Thomas A Watson] I upgraded my linux ubuntu 13.10 to U14.4 On 13.10 I found running firefox w...

Thomas A Watson — 12/5/2014 11:27:02 AM

I upgraded my linux ubuntu 13.10 to U14.4 On 13.10 I found running firefox would cause the CPU to go crazy and the system would in effect spin up to total CPU usages and in effect freeze. So I switched to using chrome exclusively. After I upgraded after some number of days my sytem would freeze, keyboard was dead and no remote login. Could ping but only reboot by hardware reset would bring back system.

With upgrade both chrome and firefox were updated to latest versions.

I found if I minimized a chrome window it would not return to full size. It would in effect disappear from view.
So I am again trying the latest version of firefox as my browser of choice. I invoke independent firefox processes.

I have a script called mfirefox
watson@xen1[35]cat `which mfirefox`
#!/bin/tcsh
#/usr/local/bin/mfirefox
# preconfig script to allow multiple independent firefox sessions
set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1
set LIBPATHSTRICT=T
set MOZILLA_HOME=
set BEGINLIBPATH=
firefox -no-remote $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 &

I have created different profiles for each of my desktops. In my fvwmrc file I have a dropdown menu
for each profile names are for desks 1 to 12.
AddToMenu Mfire "Mfire" Title
+ "===============================" Nop
+ "watson sys1" Exec exec mfirefox -P watson
+ "taw sys2" Exec exec mfirefox -P taw
+ "toms3d-5873" Exec exec mfirefox -P toms3d-5873
+ "home-8590" Exec exec mfirefox -P home-8590
+ "" Nop
#+ #"feedback" Exec exec mfirefox -P feedback
+ "PHOTO A" Exec exec mfirefox -P PHOTO_A
#+ #"bestoffer" Exec exec mfirefox -P bestoffer
+ "EBAY SALES" Exec exec mfirefox -P PHOTO_Z
+ "listings" Exec exec mfirefox -P listings

+ "" Nop
+ "audiobook" Exec exec mfirefox -P audiobook
+ "torrents A" Exec exec mfirefox -P torrents
+ "torrents Z Dman" Exec exec mfirefox -P dargtorrent
+ "SEARCH1" Exec exec mfirefox -P SEARCH1
+ "SEARCH2" Exec exec mfirefox -P SEARCH2
This directory has screen grabs of all 12 desk captured using u13.10
U14.4 is basically the same.
toms.homeip.net

[Greg from Edmonton] I installed Linux Mint 17 64-bit Cinnamon Edition onto the HP laptop this weeken...

Greg from Edmonton — 11/12/2014 10:34:36 AM

I installed Linux Mint 17 64-bit Cinnamon Edition onto the HP laptop this weekend. Was very impressed overall. Everything worked out of the box.... Wi-Fi drivers, suspend / resume, even the keyboard function keys for screen brightness and speaker volume. The one thing that stumped me initially is that the Wi-Fi did not seem to work, but then I found out that the Wi-Fi indicator on the laptop also acts as a button.... press it once to toggle the Wi-Fi on or off!

My Dad had been using a Windows XP netbook up to this point, and the HP laptop with Linux Mint will be a good upgrade for him. I installed the latest Chromium browser for Linux, which included the DRM to even watch Netflix content!

[Thomas A Watson] Annotate image bash script using Version: ImageMagick 6.7.7-10 2014-03-06 Q16...

Thomas A Watson — 11/3/2014 11:57:34 AM

Annotate image bash script using

Version: ImageMagick 6.7.7-10 2014-03-06 Q16 imagemagick.org
Copyright: Copyright (C) 1999-2012 ImageMagick Studio LLC

watson@xen1[54]cat `which annotate`
#!/bin/bash
# /user/local/bin/annotate
# ver .9
# arg1 image
# arg2 text
# arg3 gravity east west south north default north northeast northwest ....
# default point size 48
# arg4 pointsize

if [ "$1" == "" ]; then
echo usage: annotate image annotation [ gravity ] [pointsize "48"]
echo usage: annotate image annotation [east west south "north"] [pointsize "48"]
exit
fi

if [ "$3" == "" ]; then
gravity="north"
else
gravity="$3"
fi

if [ "$4" == "" ]; then
pointsize="48"
else
pointsize="$4"
fi

echo convert $1 -pointsize $pointsize -draw "gravity $gravity fill black text 0,12 '$2' fill white text 1,12 '$2' " $1

convert $1 -pointsize $pointsize -draw "gravity $gravity fill black text 0,12 '$2' fill white text 1,12 '$2' " $1

# convert DSC00275.jpg -pointsize 48 -draw "gravity north fill black text 0,12 'Date/Time : 2014:08:16 17:06:56'fill white text 1,12 'Date/Time : 2014:08:16 17:06:56'" DSC00275.jpg