Xubuntu is my favorite distro, hands down and the default Greybird theme is just wonderful! There used to be a time when I liked Ubuntu-MATE too, but not so much since they took the road to GTK+3! Coming back to the topic, XFCE works great but it has a small usability issue in the default Greybird theme which annoys most ...
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Linux DIY: Creating a Multiboot USB Drive With ISO Images Of Multiple Distros
Though I’m not a distro-hopper exactly, I keep trying live versions of popular linux distros like debian and ubuntu every now and then, and while I generally use the “dd” command which works right out of the box, today I thought that instead of burning a new ISO image each time, why not create a single 16GB USB stick which ...
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Let’s say you need to install a Kubernetes cluster in your organization for development and testing purposes. Minikube looks like a perfect fit for that job. It was specially designed for users looking to try out Kubernetes or develop with it day-to-day. It runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster inside a VM on a standalone machine. So, you found a server for ...
Read More »How to check which Process is using port 8080 or any other port and vice versa on Windows
Hello Friends, In this tutorial, you will learn the following : – How to check which process/application is using a particular port on Windows – How to check which port is being used by a particular process/application on Windows How to check which process/application is using a particular port on Windows Step 1 – Find the process id of the process which ...
Read More »Windows Recipe: How to quickly track your active network connections using Resmon Utility
Windows 10 is a great operating system when its clean and well-maintained but once you start cluttering it with more and more apps, your Internet speed typically starts to slow down and it becomes increasingly difficult to find out which background app is consuming your bandwidth. One way of tackling this is to harden the windows firewall by restricting outgoing ...
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It happens because the docker client (on macOS or Windos 10) allows you to sign in with your email address and password. If you sign out and sign in with your Docker Username and password everything will work. So here’s a better description of the issue Description When trying to pull images from the Docker registry docker: Error response from daemon: ...
Read More »Multiple Derby Network Servers on the same Host
Abstract Suppose you want to start multiple Derby network servers on the same host. They need to be listening on different ports and ideally store their data in different locations. The listings below show Linux bash and Windows batch scripts to configure starting a Derby network server. In this example, the Derby network server will listen on port 1110. Each ...
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After writing more and more bash scripts for a client, I’ve decided to write down my thoughts about it. This assumes you have some knowledge about bash, as it is not intended as a beginner’s tutorial. Why bash scripts? Bash is present in almost every unix/linux-based stack, now some Windows as well. An exception is the ‘alpine’ docker images, which ...
Read More »10 Tips on working fast in UNIX or Linux
10 UNIX Productivity tips Have you ever amazed to see someone working very fast in UNIX, firing commands and doing things quickly? Yes, I have seen that a couple of times and I have always inspired to learn from those superstar developers. In this article or tutorial or whatever you call it, I have dedicated to sharing some UNIX command ...
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