Currently we are using Google Talk as messenger at our work place. Now we are supposed to replace it with some LAN based messenger. It should have at least following features chatting ( if logs are stored some where than it is good ), File sharing. Thanks. Solution: you could run openfire it uses jabber…
I would like to know a tool to enforce regular breaks from typing to avoid wrist pain. I have a preference for simplicity, unobtrusiveness (at least until break time comes), a small resource footprint, and, if possible, “non-ugliness”. Solution: Workrave. Cross-platform, simple, wonderful.
I have data and files on my system, running Windows, and want to make sure that I don’t lose all the data or information when it gets toasted, either by a power surge or corrupted medium. I’ve heard that I should look into some kind of archive tool. What should I be looking into here…
I can sort files and directories in Windows Explorer by date modified. I always let recent files display first. But when I sort by date modified, directories are always displayed after the files. Is it possible to sort files by date modified, but display directories before files? Solution: I’ve been trying to do the same…
I normally use WinRAR over 7-Zip simply because it’s faster and only a little less efficient with compression. I did a few tests on different file types and sizes comparing the 7-Zip and WinRAR default settings on their normal compression and their best compression, and in a lot of cases WinRAR was 50% faster and…
Is there a way to ignore spelling and grammar for certain text styles in Word 2007? Some of the stuff I’m writing is pre-formatted text that looks like this and usually has stuff like if (str.length() != 3) which will give me the squiggly lines on misspelled words like the str in there. Solution: Quick…
I’ve got a fresh Dell Inspiron 15R SE with pre-installed Windows 8, 1Tb HDD and 32Gb SSD on mSATA included by manufacturer specifically for caching purposes and advertised as such. The problem is that as far as I can see, no acceleration/caching is actually happening with my SSD acting as just another drive. In BIOS…
I’m looking for the best way to transfer files from my computer to another person’s computer. We both use Windows and I can use some external programs like TeamViewer for file transfers but I found the speed lacking. So I tried to find some other means of transferring the data. On Linux this is so…
Ansible uses OpenSSH as the bottomed network communicative implementation, but does it support multi-hop login? I mean, if Ansible can login a server directly, but can it log in server_a then from server_a login server_b for config the server_b? Solution: I do not know how Ansible uses OpenSSH. But OpenSSH itself supports "multihop logins". Since…
I’m using PuTTY to SSH from my PC at home to Linux computers at work, but some of the text (folder names) is dark blue on black, which is almost impossible to read. How do I change the colour-scheme? My computer at home has Windows 7 in case it makes any difference. Solution: In the…
