How to export my Google Chrome password on Linux to a human-readable text file? In newer versions of Chrome, the passwords are stored using the encrypted password storage provided by the system, either Gnome Keyring or KWallet. We need to force Chrome to use a temporary profile folder with unencrypted password storage. Step 1. Connect
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Skype crashes because it cannot read data from “C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemp”
Posted onOn my laptop, I install windows xp because it is user-friendly for me. However, Skype cannot be open because “The system is not unavailable”. At last, I find the “Skype” directory under “C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemp” cannot be accessed. “C:Documents and SettingsAdministratorLocal SettingsTemp” is like temporary directory for specific user under Linux OS. Actually, for
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How to enable SSH service on Fedora Linux?
Posted onHow to enable SSH service on Fedora Linux? By default, it seems ssh is not enabled. Fedora may not have sshd service installed/enabled by default. You will need to install and configure it by yourself. The following instructions is for Fedora 22 as an example. First, install the sshd server by # dnf install openssh-server
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Windows 7 repetitively tried to update but failed every time I boot Windows 7
Posted onWindows 7 repetitively tried to update but failed every time I boot Windows 7. It will reboot automatically several times itself. How should I fix it? First, you need to identify which update causes the problem. You can find this in the Updates control panel tool as follows. After identifying the failed package (e.g. KB3033929
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How to move all the files under Users for a user to another drive on Windows?
Posted onUnfortunately, my C: drive is almost full. Most of the space are used by the user home under C:Users. How can I move the home directory to another drive while not affecting the user’s usage of Windows. On Linux/Unix, moving the directory to another drive/partition and then keeping a softlink is enough. But how to
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Maximum allowed file path length for C programming on Linux?
Posted onWhen programming in C on Linux, it is common to allocate a buffer for storing the full path of a file. How to get a safe maximum size for allocating buffers for file paths? The header <linux/limits.h> includes macros for the path and file name length limits. On my system (Fedora 21), it is located
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Good open-source and free scanner software for Windows?
Posted onAny suggestions on good open-source and free scanner software for Windows? NAPS2 (Not Another PDF Scanner 2) is my favorite opensource scanner software on Windows: http://naps2.sourceforge.net/ Scan documents to PDF and other file types, as simply as possible. NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. Scan your
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Get error message on usb2 stick – READ ONLY FILE SYSTEM. What should i do?
Posted onCant read or write to files on usb stick or move or copy them. Could you provide the dmesg output? It will help to understand your question. If it is formated on Windows, you may need to install the ntfs-3g package to write to the usb disk.
Simple and Basic Image Editor in Linux
Posted onWhich simple and basic image editors are good on Linux like the paint program on Windows? GIMP is great but too high weighted for normal usage like resizing, cropping, image annotation with text. Pinta is a free and open source drawing/editing program that is easy to edit images. It is available on many Linux distros.
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How to kick off a user on a Linux box?
Posted onI want to kick off a user such as “bob” on a Linux box which I managed remotely. How to do this? bob may log on the Linux box by various ways: Log on the screen on the Linux box (locally) with a X server. Log on remotely by a ssh shell. Log on by
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How to find which package can be installed for a file, like “yum provides”?
Posted onHow to find which package can be installed for a file, like “yum provides”? That is, the package is not installed yet and I do not know the package for a file that I want. The apt-file tool can do the similar things as yum provides. You may need to install it first by sudo
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How to view .mbox files on Linux?
Posted onHow to view .mbox files on Linux? Thunderbird can read mbox files well. You can drop your mbox files to the Local Folders directory of Thunderbird and restart Thunderbird. It will index the emails and show them. To find the Local Folders directory of Thunderbird: Open “Account Settings” and click on “Local Folders” to see
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How to backup iPhone on Linux?
Posted onHow to backup iPhone on Linux? Not using iTunes or Windows. You can backup iPhone using libimobiledevice. By the time I replied here, it supports up to iOS 7. Please check this post for a tutorial. Actually, the methods introduced can be used on Linux systems with the libimobiledevice installed. Backup iPhone: idevicebackup2 backup ~/iPhoneBackups/
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How to un-trust a computer that I have trusted with iOS 7 device?
Posted onHow to un-trust a computer that I have trusted with iOS 7 device, such as iPhone? You can delete the Lockdown folder to reset the trust/un-trust status of iPhones. Apple provides tutorials for Max OS X and Windows at: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5335 (archived) . If you are using Linux, the Lockdown folder is: /var/lib/lockdown Answered by Lucy.
How to turn a BIOS-based Linux Mint 17 installation to UEFI booting?
Posted onI installed Linux Mint 17 in the traditional BIOS mode. However, Windows 8.1 on my computer can only boot in the UEFI mode. I do not want to reinstall the Windows or erase it. How to turn a BIOS-based Linux Mint 17 installation to UEFI booting? You may refer https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEFIBooting for some information.
How to run programs in different languages from Windows’ language
Posted onHow to run programs in different languages from Windows’ language? For example, some non-unicode programs in Chinese on English version of Windows will display some garbage characters. You can use the AppLocale util provided by Microsoft to run legacy applications without changing language of non-Unicode applications (system locale): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppLocale You may check this link for
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How to adjust the system partition (C:) size of Windows?
Posted onThe disk management tools of Windows can adjust it to some level. But there are more space available as far as I can tell. How to further adjust the system partition (C:) size of Windows? You may check these tools: EASEUS Partition Master (free) Includes Partition Manager, Disk & Partition Copy Wizard and Partition Recovery
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Fix the Grub issue with Windows 8 UEFI after installing Fedora 20
Posted onGrub fails to boot with Windows 8 UEFI after installing Fedora 20. The Grub entry for Windows 8 is: menuentry ‘Windows Boot Manager’ { chainloader /EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi boot } How to fix it? The set root= is missing. You probably can fix this by specifying the root manually: menuentry ‘Windows Boot Manager’ { insmod part_gpt set
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How to erase disk partitions on U disks on Windows?
Posted onHow to erase disk partitions on U disks on Windows? Check the HDD LLF low level format tool: http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/ It is free for personal usage. Run it as Adminiatrator and you can choose to erase partitions and MBR on the U disks. Be careful that the operation is is recoverable.
How to set up a VPN over SSH?
Posted onSSH tunnel and port forwarding is great and convenient to use. But is it possible to set up a VPN like connection over SSH? If you are on Linux or Mac, you can use sshuttle: https://github.com/apenwarr/sshuttle If you are on Windows, you can use ProxyCap: http://www.proxycap.com/index.html Both are great software.