Author: johayek
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i3 (window manager)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I3_(window_manager) https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-use-i3-window-manager-ubuntu/ – how do I get my Ubuntu to use i3 instead of Gnome? https://www.addictivetips.com/ubuntu-linux-tips/beginners-guide-i3-window-manager/ – also: which packages to install https://i3wm.org/docs/ https://i3wm.org/docs/refcard.html https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html#_default_keybindings i3 is a minimalistic tiling window manager designed for X11 – it supports virtual desktops.
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“ShellCheck finds bugs in your shell scripts” – shell script analysis tool
https://www.ShellCheck.net/ https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck “You can cabal, apt, dnf, pkg or brew install it locally right now” “already packaged for your distro or package manager” “written in Haskell, if you’re into that sort of thing”
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The Jews Who Fought for Nazi Germany – Tablet Magazine
Traitors or survivors, cowards or brave men—fools or wise heeders of Jewish parables on the sanctity of each individual life? https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/ellen-feldman-nazi-germany
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robots / web harvesters eating up my Internet traffic volume
https://wiki.hostsharing.net/?title=Traffic – recognise, analyse, block, … … My 2 top volume killers: … wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron … $HOME/var/web.log That is functionality of my own WordPress site(s) – rather suprising, that my own software “kills” me. It is actually my “top volume killer”. The problem gets described here: https://kinsta.com/knowledgebase/disable-wp-cron/ … … wp-content/themes/twentytwenty/assets/fonts/inter/Inter-upright-var.woff2 … $HOME/web.log That’s a font file, that…
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my Ubuntu VirtualBox virtual machine
https://pragprog.com/titles/bhcldev/ – “Small, Sharp Software Tools” – I followed the instructions in chapter “Creating an Ubuntu Virtual Machine with VirtualBox” my host OS: macOS … I chose to use the current Ubuntu LTS release (20*) as opposed to the 18* one mentioned in the book – on my 2nd try I surfed to kubuntu.org and…
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automating & scraping the Web with JavaScript and Puppeteer
https://codeburst.io/a-guide-to-automating-scraping-the-web-with-javascript-chrome-puppeteer-node-js-b18efb9e9921 https://developers.google.com/web/tools/puppeteer/ https://github.com/puppeteer/puppeteer/
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Apple MacBook Pro 2009 17″ – new battery, new screws – and the MacBook and its touchpad work properly again
https://www.cyberport.de/apple-und-zubehoer/apple-zubehoer/zubehoer-mac/akkus/lmp/pdp/1b17-00a/lmp-batterie-macbook-pro-17-alu-unibody-early-2009-mid-2010.html – comes with a one-year-guarantee https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00Y3KT0P4/ https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B01HXA02FM The old battery (505 cycles, manufacturer: DP) had swelled considerably and had disrupted normal operation of the touchpad for years. Now I can work on the new battery (manufacture: LMP) for at least of couple of hours; I can unplug the MacBook at least overnight; I can…
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Apache SpamAssassin
http://spamassassin.apache.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_SpamAssassin https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SPAMASSASSIN/UsedViaProcmail https://wiki.hostsharing.net/index.php?title=Procmail https://wiki.hostsharing.net/index.php?title=Spamfilter https://www.hostsharing.net/features/spamassassin/
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comparison of project management software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project_management_software Features: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart … Software systems: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redmine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis_Bug_Tracker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odoo … Some of the systems support Gantt charts natively, some through extensions. Redmine hosting: http://www.hostedredmine.com https://wiki.hostsharing.net/index.php?title=Redmine_im_Webspace as Docker image / instance on Synology “diskstation”
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what are pros and cons for MacPorts, Fink and Homebrew?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/32724/what-are-pros-and-cons-for-macports-fink-and-homebrew