How to use ALT + Right Mouse click to resize windows. gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences resize-with-right-button true gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences mouse-button-modifier ‘<Alt>’
New tool: Outgoing port checker
Yesterday I created a new tool, that let’s you check the firewall configuration of your network and other networks for outgoing open ports. Many public networks do not allow the full port range to be used and figuring out, which ports can be used and which cannot be used, may give you a hard time.… Continue reading New tool: Outgoing port checker
Running Pyload in Docker
I created an image that allows to run Pyload in Docker: You can pull the image from Docker hub and run it by using docker pull janphi/pyload docker run -p 8000:8000 janphi/pyload Default username and password is “admin” / “admin”. Have fun. Github: https://github.com/janphilippi/docker-pyload
Automatic fix for Spotify scaling bad on HiDPI screens on Arch Linux using yaourt, hooks and pacman
Spotify scales pretty bad on HiDPI screens (like the XPS 13 with 4k screen). All the text is small and barely readable. Tangram mentioned a fix for this issue, but everytime you update Spotify from the AUR it will update and break the .desktop file. To make pacman fix this automatically there is a feature called Hooks. In… Continue reading Automatic fix for Spotify scaling bad on HiDPI screens on Arch Linux using yaourt, hooks and pacman
Fixing chown issues on Proxmox with OVH / SoYouStart NFS backup space
Update: I have merged this fix and it is applied to all Proxmox Installations at OVH. If you ever tried using the OVH / SoYouStart backup space, you might have had some issues with doing backups. The reason behind this is that Proxmox tries to use the backup storage as temporary directory, but setting ACLs and… Continue reading Fixing chown issues on Proxmox with OVH / SoYouStart NFS backup space
Using a Windows 10 Pro OEM license to upgrade Windows 10 Home
Usually you are not allowed to upgrade Windows 10 Home using a Windows 10 Pro OEM license. You can get a Windows 10 Pro OEM license for as cheap as 20 bucks (e.g. at Rakuten). Windows will not allow you to use that license to upgrade your system. However, there is a trick that allows… Continue reading Using a Windows 10 Pro OEM license to upgrade Windows 10 Home
Fixing backlight control & controls of (some) Sony VAIO laptops
In order to be able to use the hotkeys and to change the backlight brightness at all, it takes some further steps after installing Ubuntu / Linux Mint / any other compatible linux distribution. First you need to install nvidia-current from the repository (for me, it installed nvidia-graphics-drivers-304). sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install nvidia-current… Continue reading Fixing backlight control & controls of (some) Sony VAIO laptops