This is the release notes for linux release v2.0 (source code: linux-2.0.tar.gz) with format adjusted by removing/replacing tabs/spaces/new lines/formatting marks. This notes document can give us an understanding of the early development of the Linux kernel. The original ASCII formatted version is at the end of this post. Intro This document contains a list of
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Generating RSA Private and Public Key Pair in Go Lang?
Posted onHow to generate a pair of RSA private and public key in Go lang? Go lang has a rich set of standard libraries. Using Go’s standard libraries, we can generate RSA private and Public keys. The Crypto standard libraries in Go lang Go lang standard libraries has a rich set of cryptography functions. Here are
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Printing Google Doc with Comments in Page Margins
Posted onGoogle Doc documents support comments which is useful for collaborative editing of files with comments to each others. But when we print the document from Google Doc, the comments are not included. How to print the document with comments in page margins? In this post, we will introduce a method using the opensource and free
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How to Migrate RSS Feed Readling List from Feedly to Follow.it
Posted onHaving a reading list from RSS feeds is a convenient way to organize and aggregate various information source from the Web. After Google Reader was retired, many different readers services are available. Feedly and Follow.it are two good choices among those RSS feed readers. Different readers have different features. Follow.it provides features like keyword filtering
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Installing R and RStudio Server in Ubuntu Linux 20.04
Posted onR is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, providing a wide variety of statistical and graphical techniques. The R environment is open source software under GPL. R has rich software packages and is widely used for statistical analysis. RStudio Server is an R integrated development environment (IDE) that provides many useful features
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4 Features of Python 3.9 That You Can’t Take Your Eyes Off
Posted onPython is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. It is widely popular for a plethora of tasks due to its flexible nature and ease of use. Python has also managed to beat other programming languages such as Java, which were once upon a time, the world’s favorite. In fact, the extent
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Redirect Feed Links to follow.it using .htaccess
Posted onFeedburner used to a powerful tool for RSS feeds publishing and subscriber management. However, feedburner will unlikely leave its maintenance mode because there has been no new features yet less features for quite some years. But RSS feed is still an important part of the Web supported by many software such as WordPress. follow.it is
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Dynamics 365 Developer Extension is Now Working in Visual Studio 2017
Posted onI don’t know why Jason Lattimer’s D365DeveloperExensions no more working after VS 2017 release? It seems D365DeveloperExtensions anymore supported for newer Visual Studio version. I am pretty much sure, some of you may be still struggling with installing Dynamics 355 Developer extension for your Visual Studio 2017 community or professional edition. Not sure why this tool has been
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What can we expect in Java update 2019?
Posted onJava is the most regularly used programming language for the creation of web applications. This high-level programming language develops by the Sun Micro-system. This language was designed for use in the world of internet and known for fastest, secure, and most reliable language of the computing platform. One interesting fact is that Java programmers are
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How to enlarge root partition and filesystem size of cloud Linux VM at runtime without rebooting Linux
Posted onIt is common that the root disk space is not enough when running a Virtual Machine in the cloud such as Amazon Web Service (AWS). The cloud storage usually provides tools or facilities to enlarge a virtual disk size. However, to make the Linux recognize and and use the enlarged disks without rebooting the OS,
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How to disable PHP short open tags?
Posted onSome of my pages has XML tags like ‘<?xml ?>’ which are considered by PHP as short open tags ‘<? ?>’. How to disable PHP short open tags? In PHP, to disable the short open tags, you can set the variable short_open_tags = FALSE; in your php.ini. Reference: short_open_tags in php.ini
What are the best academic citation tool
Posted onWhat is the best academic citation tool does anyone help? Here, we list 2 choices that are open source, or free, or have free plans. Zotero Zotero is open source and developed by an independent, nonprofit organization. Zotero can help you collect, organize, cite, and share research. Zotero can automatically senses research on the web.
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How to embed a Map image from Google Map in a website?
Posted onGoogle Map has APIs. But the requirement is that the Map image should be static and uploaded to the website only. No request or dependency on Google’s website should be needed so that the website can run without Internet. Is it possible or allowed (like a screenshot of the Google Map)? If not, any suggestions
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How to set Zimbra web service’s hostname and port?
Posted onIn Zimbra server, how to set Zimbra web service’s hostname and port? Set Zimbra Web service’s host and port (to mail.domain.com:80 as an example) for a mail domain domain.com: zmprov md domain.com zimbraPublicServiceHostname mail.domain.com zmprov md domain.com zimbraPublicServicePort 80 Reference: https://wiki.zimbra.com/wiki/When_using_a_proxy,_the_’change_password’_box_doesn’t_load
How to do a good research in system field?
Posted onWe may need to check some materials about how to do good research in system field if you a Ph.D. focusing on system research. Some references: 1, How to write a good systems paper 2, How to be a good graduate student 3, Doing a System Ph.D. 4, Giving an Academic Talk Welcome to add
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Where to download an old release package of Hadoop?
Posted onThe download page of Hadoop http://hadoop.apache.org/releases.html only contains several recent release packages. I would like to download some old release packages such as Hadoop 2.5.0 which is not available anymore on the release page. Where to download a copy of the old release? You can download the old release packages of Hadoop on the http://archive.apache.org
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How to generate a CSR from a private SSL key?
Posted onI am renewing my SSL key for my websites. The CA requests a CSR. I have my private key. How to generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) from a private SSL key? You can generate a CSR from your private key with openssl: openssl req -new -key ssl.key -out req.pem Here, ssl.key is your private
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How to debug media print view of Web page in Firefox?
Posted onHow to debug the media print view set by @media print {} in CSS of Web pages in Firefox? In firefox, after opening the Web page, First, hit “Shift + F2” to open the “Developer Toolbar” at the bottom. Second, in the “Developer Toobar”, input media emulate print and Firefox will show the print view
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Firefox: how to sync bookmarks saved on iOS devices to Firefox on PC?
Posted onFirefox on iOS can view bookmarks from PC. But how to sync the bookmarks made on iOS to PC? It seems the bookmarks made in Firefox on iPhone is local only. No, you can’t yet. Bookmarks saved on your iOS devices will not sync to your PC at current (by Nov. 25, 2015) version of
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Where to search and download free images?
Posted onWhere to search and download some free and nice images to be used on my websites? The best one for searching the free images is still Google. Google Image Search has a “Advanced Image Search” where you can choose the usage rights. Choose the “free to use, share, or modify, even commercially” option will lead
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