If you’re connecting two machines with just a single network cable, like we did with parallell and serial cables back in the days, you’ve no doubt used a crossover cable. But why is this?

Most linux kernels accept a “vga=” command line parameter, which will set the resolution to use during boot. This is a short list of video modes which can be used, given your kernel supports your video card well enough, and the video card can handle the resulution. My computer has the correct resolution all the […]

Short reference, but I always forget. Go here: opera:config#BitTorrent|Enable

To fetch Opera’s stored wand passwords, all you need is a new powerbutton. Don’t pay for this service! http://operawiki.info/PowerButtons#retrievewand Fetch that and use this new button instead of the wand when you want to recover a password you’ve saved with the wand.

A short reference on how to install Opera on Debian etch. Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, add: deb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free Then  import the public keys for the opera repository: gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net –recv-key 6A423791 gpg –fingerprint 6A423791 gpg –armor –export 6A423791| apt-key add – Then run “apt-get update && apt-get install opera” and live happily ever after […]

Stole this from http://www.fewt.com/2008/06/performance-tuning-vmware-server-on.html for personal reference. EDIT 2015: The link is now dead, so props to me for doing so. Damn you, Internet.

Sometimes it seems syslog is determined to spam the tty’s with useless information from the system logs. This happens on some systems, and I have yet to figure out why, because I do mostly the same install on all of them. Anyway, here’s how to get the damn things to stay in the log and […]