Here is a list of Linux cheats I just want to keep handy. They will be added to as time goes on. When creating OpenSource software, you have to develop and test on many different distros. No, you can’t “just do Ubuntu.” Given the medical devices I help create and the Yocto building I do, I’m constantly frustrated by differing package managers and such. List Installed Packages Fedora Ubuntu 90% of the time I’m looking … Linux CheatsRead more
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Cinnamon – Remove Launcher from Menu
It happens to everybody at some point. When you created a desktop launcher it asked if you wanted to add it to the menu and now you need to remove launcher from menu. Maybe you don’t need the app anymore? Maybe you learned you can’t edit the contents of that launcher? Reason doesn’t matter. What does matter is how Cinnamon hides removal. I will be using Cinnamon on Manjaro for this article. I’ve written about … Cinnamon – Remove Launcher from MenuRead more
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The Fall of Intel®
When I read the story about the massive shellacking Intel® stock was taking I cannot say I was surprised. AMD® has been mopping the floor with them for years. It’s a case of management shooting itself in the foot, knee, and twice in the gut. Wall Street analysts have been trying to put a spin on it to claim they know what is causing it, they don’t. Intel ignore their market responsibilities. You Have to … The Fall of Intel®Read more
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FDupes
We are all pack rats. “Safety copies” is how we justify duplicate files. Duplicate files used to require we kept stacks of floppy disks, remember those? Sony used to sell shrink wrapped bricks of 100 that I used to go through every few weeks. They were much nicer than the bails of 5 1/4 disks. How many of you had one of those big wood 3-drawer floppy storage cabinets for 5 1/4 floppies? I did. … FDupesRead more
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The Great Visa Worker Purge
Welcome to the Great Visa Worker Purge! Here we have corporate America running a fake cover story about a recession so they can purge well over a quarter million visa workers without going to prison. Why do they need a cover story? Because perjury comes with a prison sentence just like wire fraud does. More than 11 years ago the CEOs testified under oath in Washington that there was a “skills gap” in America and … The Great Visa Worker PurgeRead more