NCDU is a text-based user interface, it allows you to visually see how and where disk space is being used via an easy-to-use interface. Simple run the command in the current directory to see a directory tree of folders & files and their space usage. I use this tool mainly for analysing why a server
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Manage your system better with the ability to kill processes on Linux easily with killall command, kill those unwanted processes freeing valuable resources.
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Easily backup a windows based MySQL server using a scheduled bat file, including archiving and removal of older backups.
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Today I was asked by a client how they open a .Pages files using a windows. Their computer didn’t recognise the file. What is a .PAGES file? A .PAGES file is an archive technology created by Apple for use on its Mac OS, it is very similar to .zip files. They are normally created when
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Combine multiple files into a single file is very simple on Windows as long as the files you are wanting to combine are text (binary). Its not possible to merge multiple images, videos and other none binary related content using this method. Here is the Command Prompt (cmd) command we will be using to achieve
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Google is one of the biggest search engines with billions of pages, you enter in some keywords and it will find related pages. Google has some advanced search commands which allow you to refine your search results, I will be showing you how to refine your search results down to just blogs which you have
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Eclipse is a brilliant programming interface for many languages but when using a Windows 7 based PC you may have issues when pinning the shortcut to the task bar. As you can see below when I launch eclipse via the shortcut instead of using the pinned icon it creates a new one. If you right
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Well its about time I writen the Windows installation proccess guide this guide will help you install most Microsoft windows operating systems as they all follow the same process, Vista and Windows 7 installation process is much cleaner and simpler to use as it has a step by step walkthrough but this guide will help
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With internet speeds increasing and the users expecting fast and more responsive websites the technology we use has to adjust to these changes, when a user requests a website from a web server the server replies with the website content let’s say the website is my blog, last time I checked it was around 53,929
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There are a variety of operating systems available but most users don’t know this and believe Microsoft Windows is the only one but there are hundreds available. It quite easy to understand why most people believe there is only Windows due to the way it is forced upon us (you buy a new computer it’s
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