Unanswered Questions
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Following the Linux from Scratch guide, can a Darwin distro be made by substituting the right kernel, or are there more steps?
I have read through and undertaken Linux From Scratch (and BLFS) and I was wondering, can I follow this guide to create a Darwin Distro by substituting the xnu kernel? Would the process be vastly ...
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Is there any way to turn on my “Out of Office” automatic replies when an event in the calendar is marked “out of office”?
I have recurring events that cause me to be out of the office on a regular basis. I have updated my calendar to reflect that I will be out of the office.
Currently I use the "Out of Office" ...
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2answers
339 views
Is there a way to force the mouse to act like a touchscreen?
I'm getting very annoyed at the way Windows behaves differently depending on whether or not it thinks you have a touch screen.
Using the mouse is very clunky and I would like to get the mouse to ...
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Why is rendering multibyte character sequences unbelievably slow?
About a week ago I realized that the file list in µTorrent would hang for less than a second whenever a file with a long Japanese file name was visible. I found it curious, but I didn't really have ...
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Changing the default power button action to Disconnect in a remote desktop session
I am remoting into my work computer from my computer at home. At home I have Windows 7 Ultimate while at work I have Windows 7 Professional, both 64-bit and with admin privileges.
I would like to ...
8
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Linux - Creating Virtual Audio Device
My question here is rather simple. How does one create a purely virtual audio device in ALSA that would be capable of:
being used as an audio output destination,
being used as an audio input source, ...
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How to prevent email refresh while viewing email in Windows 8?
I am running Windows 8 Enterprise in VMware 8.0.3 and the VM has 5GB of RAM.
When I am reading Gmail in the WinRT Mail app, the list of emails and the preview/view pane will frequently disappear ...
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How can one make the title bar text/buttons have better contrast on dark colors in Windows 8?
When Windows 8 color setting are set to a very dark color, such as black or navy blue, the title bar text and the minimize/maximize buttons are nearly invisible. This makes dark colors difficult to ...
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mysql command line color prompt
mysql command line color prompt:
I want to add colors to my MySQL prompt:
I have so far in a script (database.sh):
mysql -uroot -hlocalhost -A --prompt="\u@\h:\d> "
I would like root to be ...
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Why does TortoisePlink.exe show “No supported authentication methods available” where plink.exe works fine?
I have both TortoiseHg 2.3 64 bit and TortoiseGit 1.7.7 64 bit installed on Vista 64 bit.
Both TortoiseHg (ssh = "C:\Program Files\TortoiseHg\TortoisePlink.exe" -ssh -2 -C -batch entry in ...
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1answer
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How can I remap a tablet hardware key to alt-tab?
My issue is that there's no way to alt-tab on a tablet running W8 Pro (NOT RT) when I'm in a full screen desktop application. I want to remap my screen orientation hardware key to Alt-Tab. However, ...
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Why is Adobe Configurator 3 not creating a .zxp file when I `File->Export Panel`?
I have an InDesign Panel I made with Adobe Configurator 3. I have made modifications and I'm trying to intall the new version in InDesign to try them out. The way I used to do this was to ...
7
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1answer
697 views
Meaningful thumbnails for a Video using FFmpeg
FFmpeg can capture images from videos that can be used as thumbnails to represent the video. Most common ways of doing that are captured in the FFmpeg Wiki.
But, I don't want to pick random frames at ...
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4answers
560 views
Is it possible to find out which upstream DNS server my router is querying? (just using dns tools)
Ok, here is the setup:
I have a local router which advertises itself as the DNS server over DHCP. The DNS resolver on the router just forwards the requests to the ISP nameservers and caches the reply.
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Set Ethernet Network as Metered Connection in Windows 8
Windows 8 introduced a new feature which allows users to set any Wi-Fi network as metered so that they can check their bandwidth usage:
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But, it doesn't allow users to set any Ethernet ...
