Linux

Trick: Bulk Download 100+ Wallpapers from Microsoft Website

Microsoft Website has a good selection of HD Wallpapers. However, it’s hard to click on each image and download individually. There are some ways to bulk download images using some software tools or browser extensions but either those tools are confusing to me or require purchase to download files without any limitations. So, I was determined to find a better way. You’ll need Linux. In my case I used my Ubuntu Server. The page where all the …

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Installing Webmin on Ubuntu 12.04

Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your system and add the lines : deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib   deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib You should also fetch and install GPG key with which the repository is signed, with the commands : cd /root wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc   apt-key add jcameron-key.asc You will now be able to install with the commands : apt-get update apt-get install webmin All dependencies should be resolved automatically. Reference: http://www.webmin.com/deb.html

Adding a user to the sudo file

Configuring SUDO1. Open a terminal.2. In the terminal enter the following: su –login -c ‘visudo’ 3. Press enter, at the password prompt enter the password for root, then press enter.4. A display similar to the following will be displayed: # sudoers file.## This file MUST be edited with the ‘visudo’ command as root.## See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.## Host alias specification# User alias specification# Cmnd …

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Installing Ruby on Rails on Fedora 16

I had somewhat of a hard time setting up a machine for my Ruby on Rails experiments but fortunately I was able to set up one after banging my head on the wall several times and with the help of several internet articles. So, here’s what I did: 1. First make sure you have apache, curl, git, mysql, sqlite and node.js installed (You might not need all of them). For this simply run the following command: …

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