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nice ssh option for tunneling - 07 Jun 2010

didn’t know about this so i always used a little http proxy (tinyproxy) on my server, but this is not needed as i just learned;
see here: http://dltj.org/article/ssh-as-socks-proxy/

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strange n900 pricing - 10 Apr 2010

i’ll probably buy a nokia n900 to (finally!) replace my nice htc touch hd which is broken because of windows mobile (how could htc do this, after all?!).
i was quite surprised about the price differences between digitec.ch and mobilezone and swisscom-shop;

price with extending my contract another year at swisscom shop: about chf 750.-
price with extending [...]

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updating windows 7 rc to final - 24 Jan 2010

just wanted to create a little post about the possibility and my experiences with the upgrade;

to allow the update, steps as described on this howtogeek post are needed.
the upgrade must be run from your running windows 7 rc installation, not from the cd or usb-stick
it will take around 30 minutes to complete

there were only a [...]

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getting hp w2216 to work with ubuntu 9.10 beta on ibm z60m (radeon x600mobility) - 05 Oct 2009

this was strange;
usually, when xrandr outputs the following:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1680 x 1050, maximum 1680 x 1680

VGA-0 connected 1680×1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 465mm x 291mm

   1680×1050      60.0*+

   1600×1000      60.0  

   1280×1024      75.0     60.0  

   1440×900       [...]

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vmware workstation on ubuntu 9.10 beta - 03 Oct 2009

just installed the new ubuntu beta ond my notebook which i use for work. i need vmware on it for the xp vm that i have to use at work.
as always with new kernels and x-servers, vmware doesn’t just work even when using the newest version (6.5.3). in order to get it to work more [...]

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compression using fifo’s - 28 Aug 2009

little problem, smart solution;
i’m backing up my citrix xenserver vm’s using the command

xe template-export

i write the backup directly to a cifs-mounted share on the network. however, i need to compress those images, ideally before i send them over the network. the problem is that the template-export command doesn’t support writing to stdout, which would allow [...]

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problems with enigmail after update/reinstallation of ubuntu - 15 Aug 2009

just had a little problem to fix;
when i opened an encrypted or signed message in thunderbird, the error “the enigmime service is not available” was shown. however, enigmail and thunderbird were installed and even setting the path to the gpg binary manually doesn’t fix the problem.
however, it’s not too difficult to fix;

apt-get remove –purge enigmail

this [...]

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System Administrators Day - 31 Jul 2009

well, not much to say, just read it.

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HP Universal Print Driver with Citrix on Windows 2008 x64 - 15 Jul 2009

seems like there is a quite bad problem with HP Universal Print Driver 4.7 (and older) when used on a Citrix Server. According to some forum threads, the issues were resolved in version 4.7.2, however, this version is not available for public download, one needs to contact HP support to get it.
as I did this, [...]

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new computer - 31 May 2009

hi everyone!
i’m still there, and of course, from time to time, i need a new pc =)
this time i replaced my core2duo e6600 (2.4ghz) on a msi p965 neo-f with 2gb memory on it with my new:

core i7 920 (2.66ghz)
gigabyte ga-ex58-ud5 (with heatpipes, onboard power button, debug leds and everything…)
3x 2gb kingston ddr3 hyper-x
and a [...]

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something about not having a central package-management system - 03 Dec 2008

http://secunia.com/blog/37/ …. i thought it was a terrible situation, however i still was shocked.
would be interesting how the situation looks with various linux distributions which have a central update mechanism for software.

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keeping ssh-sessions open - 02 Oct 2008

i was experiencing a new problem (well, it isn’t really a problem, it’s just annoying) when i opened an ssh connection to my server at OVH and i wasn’t active for let’s say about 10 minutes. when i wanted to enter a new command, the session always closed with the error:
Read from remote host xxx: [...]

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ccsp certification - 17 Sep 2008

i managed to achieve another certification, this time i may call myself “Citrix certified Sales Professional”. however, this certification seems to be easier to achieve and less important than the CCA (Citrix certified Administrator), which i’m going to achieve in summer 09.
the test for CCSP is solely consisting of online courses and tests which are [...]

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dont implement pageup and pagedown in your applications - 28 Aug 2008

…or you theoretically have to pay royalities to microsoft. it’s hard to believe, but they managed to get a patent for
A method and system in a document viewer for scrolling a substantially exact increment in a document, such as one page, regardless of whether the zoom is such that some, all or one page is [...]

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lpic-1 certification achieved - 16 Jul 2008

Dear Pascal Schwarz
LPI ID: LPI000115726
Congratulations on obtaining your LPIC-1 certification and joining the
world’s largest community of Linux and Open Source professionals.
LPIC-1 is globally recognized as the leading entry-level certification
in Linux skills and knowledge.
In completing your LPIC-1 certification you are also eligible to take
our LPIC-2 exams.  We encourage you to consider pursuing this higher level
certification.  For [...]

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