Disable touchpad when typing – syndaemon

Does your palm hit your touchpad when you type? Syndaemon momentarily disables touchpad when typing, with many extra features.

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Students Get Root to Haaga-Helia Servers

Haaga-Helia provides Debian virtual servers to students. Haaga-Helia Proto servers give students root access, run day and night for months and can be visible to the Internet.

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Change MySQL Password on Ubuntu – dpkg-reconfigure mysql-server-5.1

Update: Fix forgotten MariaDB password on Ubuntu 18.04 and newer. Update: This method does not work on Ubuntu 16.04, and I have not tested it with newer versions either. Forgot MySQL server root password? It’s trivial to change it in … Continue reading

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Create deb metapackage in 5 minutes

How to install your 200 favourite programs automatically? Latest versions with bug fixes, please. Create a metapackage. Install requirements $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get -y install equivs Create source file Create a skeleton file. Use only small caps … Continue reading

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Multiple Encodings on One Server

Table of Contents Multiple Encodings on One Server Short Version for Gurus Character Encodings UTF-8 – the Best Encoding Other encodings Character Encoding Should be in Document Problem Solution Testing Advanced Stuff Links Multiple Encodings on One Server Character encoding … Continue reading

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Dell Optiplex G270 with Linux – i865 on Fedora and Debian

Dell Optiplex G270 with Linux – i865 on Fedora and Debian Successfully installed Fedora Core (1 and 2) to Dell Optiplex G270. Also the integrated display adapter Intel 82865G (i865) works on all display modes with a Free driver. New: … Continue reading

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