In Firefox URL box enter about:config to view | edit your default locale search and language settings:
- general.useragent.locale
- browser.search.countryCode
- browser.search.region
- browser.search.isUS
UK values for above = en.GB, GB, GB, False
Create ISO file from CD/DVD using DD
In Linux/Ubuntu to create an ISO from a CD/DVD is simplicity itself using the DD command
Use lsbk to determine the CD device name
lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 1.8T 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 50G 0 part / ├─sda2 8:2 0 10G 0 part [SWAP] ├─sda3 8:3 0 1.6T 0 part /home └─sda4 8:4 0 50G 0 part sdb 8:16 0 1.8T 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 100G 0 part ├─sdb2 8:18 0 20G 0 part ├─sdb3 8:19 0 250G 0 part ├─sdb4 8:20 0 1K 0 part ├─sdb5 8:21 0 50G 0 part ├─sdb6 8:22 0 1000G 0 part /media/NTFS_DATA └─sdb7 8:23 0 443G 0 part sr0 11:0 1 25.6M 0 rom /media/mike/NEW loop1 7:1 0 25.6M 1 loop /media/iso
Create ISO file with DD
dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/mike/Downloads/test.iso
Create Mount Point
sudo mkdir /media/iso
Mount ISO file
sudo mount -o loop /home/mike/Downloads/test.iso /media/iso
Unmount ISO File
sudo umount /media/iso
Remove Mount Point
sudo rmdir /media/iso
How to remove Home screen Google Search widget
Here’s to remove the Google Search widget from your Lollipop v5.1.1 Home screen.
- Press and hold on any free space on the Home screen to bring up the desktop customiser
- Tap the Settings cog in the bottom right corner to bring up Preferences
- Within “Home Screen Settings” turn off “Show search bar”
Resources
Change Yosemite Mail Default Message Font Colour
This is a work around for setting the Message default font colour.
Create a signature with Mail -> Preferences -> Signature selecting the mail account and + button like the one below in blue or desired colour:
Hello
Regards,
Joe Bloggs
Now when you send a new message this signature will appear. If you insert your message between Hello and Regards it will be blue.
System Rescue Tools
- SystemRescueCD
- Memory Test
- Wipe Drive
- Reset Windows Password
- Recover data from unbootable drive
- Quick Disk Test
1. SystemRescueCd is based on Xfce (cholesterol free Linux) OS provided as a bootable CD or USB for administrating or repairing desktop systems after a crash. It aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks, such as creating and editing the hard disk partitions,
Display Ubuntu Version
To display the version from the terminal:
- Open a terminal
- Execute the following command: lsb_release -a
Eliminate slow Broadband due to faulty BT Line
If you have a slow ADSL broadband the first thing to do is eliminate a faulty line coming to the building. The best way to test this is to run a Quite Line Test. This test is not the most scientific and relies on the sensitivity of the human ear. However your ear is very good at picking up noise interference when it is supposed to be dead quiet.
This test pin-points interference between the Exchange and Master socket (the demarcation entry point into the building).
Use Windows Check Disk to Repair Your Drive
Sometimes, your computer is noticeably slower or programs “hang” when you access certain files or upgrades fail or programs just won’t run. This odd behaviour might occur because there is corruption of within the files system on your hard disk drive.
You can troubleshoot the problem by using the Windows Disk Check tool called CHKDSK. Check Disk can identify and automatically correct file system errors and make sure that you can continue to load and write data from the hard disk. You can use Check Disk in all versions of Windows not only for local hard drives,
Windows Image Backup
Insert your portable USB drive into a free USB port. If you have USB 3 port (marked SS Super-Speed and blue inside) use this in preference to a USB 2 port to get a much faster backup.
Windows 10
Click Start button (Bottom LH corner) and select Settings Cog just above Power icon. In Settings select “Update Security” > “Backup” > “Go to backup and Restore (Windows 7) “. This will bring up the “Backup or restore” window below.
Windows 7
Click the Windows 7 Start button (bottom left corner) and type “backup”
Terminal History Manipulation
BASH (Bourne Again SHell) is the default command line shell used in Ubuntu and Kubuntu and many other Linux distributions. BASH allows you view and manipulate the command line history.
The following examples are from Kubuntu Konsole
List History
user@hostname:~$ history 1 sudo restart 2 sudo restart --help 3 reboot 4 sudo reboot . .. ... 709 history user@hostname:~$
List last 10 lines of history
user@hostname:~$ history 10 700 dmesg | less | grep error 701 sudo nano /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf 702 history 703 ls 704 cd Annex 705 cd Annex 1 706 cd Music 707 cd ..