Rename your TV Series Files
For those of you who use their computer for watching TV-Series, the following problem must sound familiar: Filenames are inconsistent, odd characters in the filenames, missing titles, weird numbering,...
View ArticleHow to edit Crontab under Linux, MacOS X, QNAP, etc.
In this article I’ll show you how you to edit the schedule of the job scheduler (Cron) on of your Linux/Unix based computer or NAS, for running certain tasks unattended. Cron is a job scheduler and...
View ArticleHow to put your signature on PDF documents …
In this article I will demonstrate how to put your signature on computer documents (PDF) without the need to print the document first, sign it with a pen, and scan it back to a PDF file. Most modern...
View ArticleHow to convert PDF to ePUB documents
Most mobile devices can display PDF documents just fine. Some mobile devices, or at least the apps on these devices, show things just tad nicer when the document is formatted in the ePUB format. In...
View ArticleHow to use xRDP for remote access to Ubuntu 14.04
To remotely control my Windows machines, I always prefer to use RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) as it performs much nicer than VNC (Virtual Network Computing). VNC has this streak of “JPEG” quality and...
View ArticleUEFI – Dual boot Windows 8.x and Ubuntu 14.x …
I usually work on a Mac, and when working under Linux or Windows, I resort to Virtual Machines (VMWare Fusion / Parallels Desktop). Sometimes however, a virtual machine is not up to the task. For this...
View ArticleRemove Ubuntu from Ubuntu/Windows Dual boot (UEFI)
Some of you may have read my article on how to Dual Boot Windows 8.x and Ubuntu 14.x … which works great, but what if you want to undo this; remove Ubuntu Dual Boot and remove the boot manager? For...
View ArticleLinux System Specifications from the Command Line
In the past few weeks, I’ve ran into the need to find out what the hardware or system specifications are of one or the other Linux machine. I use it every now and then, either on my QNAP, HTPC, Ubuntu...
View ArticleRemotely Wake up your Computers with Wake On Lan
Wake On Lan, the Ethernet standard for waking up (switching them ON) network enabled devices remotely, has (again) gained popularity, especially under NAS/Server users, who use their server or NAS only...
View ArticleChmod Calculator – Set file permission with chmod
For most of us, working in Linux or in a shell is not necessarily a daily activity, and that’s totally OK. I’m not daily working with it either, but occasionally I use one of those funny commands to...
View ArticleRename My TV Series 2
Rename My TV Series, a tool to rename tv series episodes, has been around for a while now, and it’s time for an update (the “old one” can still be found here). So I proudly present: Rename My TV Series...
View ArticleminiWOL v2 – Quick and Easy Wake On LAN Utility
Waking up devices that are network connected, can be done with the so called “Wake On LAN” feature provided by certain devices (like for example a NAS, FileServer, or even a PC). A while back I created...
View ArticleBash Script – Press Any Key To Continue
In this article I’ll describe what I have used to create a “Press Any Key to Continue” in a Bash script (Linux/MacOS X). Working with scripts in Bash (Terminal or Shell) isn’t what I do daily. The day...
View ArticleXTerm Color Cheat Sheet
For those who need a cheat sheet on XTerm colors, here a quick and short reference overview. These colors should work for anything that supports the XTerm color-scheme, so this includes several...
View ArticleHow to Customize Z-Shell Prompt (zsh – macOS, Linux)
When using Terminal under a recent macOS version, you’ll most likely will be using Z-Shell (zsh) – a quite common Shell found under Linux as well. This used to be Bash, but Apple moved to Z-Shell...
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