Author: johayek
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how to create a Debian package from an RPM package? “rpm2deb”
I moved the content to a wiki article, so this article is a little obsolete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rpm_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_(software) https://www.howtoforge.com/converting_rpm_to_deb_with_alien : alien -k … https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/modules/packages/libdbd-oracle-perl/blob/master/debian/README Open questions: how to deal with dependencies specified within the RPM package? …
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some of my cygwin utilities started yielding exit code 127 — resolved by a proper reinstallation of cygwin base
https://superuser.com/a/987617/894039 CAVEAT: Always do a cygwin update outside cygwin: c:…\Downloads> .\setup-x86_64.exe –no-admin I do my cygwin set-up with command line option –no-admin, as I do not have admin rights on that Windows box, so that’s the only way to achieve my personal cygwin installation. I download the file setup-x86_64.exe to the above directory from https://cygwin.com using…
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prepositions in the English language: “I replaced my car *with* a newer model”, “compare”, …
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/replace The right preposition here is “with”, not “by”, which I am always tempted to use. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/compare#Verb (transitive) The right preposition here is “with”, but it can also be “to”.
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Microsoft Visio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Visio VSDX = “OPC/XML drawing” – looks like my new preferred diagramming exchange format. It is at least OOXML-flavoured: http://Jochen.Hayek.name/wp/blog-en/2017/01/18/your-docx-or-your-xlsx-file-and-its-modified-timestamp/ Draw.io is able to import and export diagrams as VSDX.
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PACKT Books: JIRA 7 Essentials (also on SafariBooksOnline.com)
https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/jira-7-essentials-fourth-edition https://www.safaribooksonline.com/library/view/jira-7-essentials/9781786462510/
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draw.io: features, …
https://about.draw.io/features/ https://about.draw.io/features/examples/: mind maps, network diagrams, … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Diagramming_software Draw.io is able to import and export diagrams as VSDX (Microsoft Visio’s OOXML-flavoured exchange format for drawings): http://jochen.hayek.name/wp/blog-en/2017/01/18/your-docx-or-your-xlsx-file-and-its-modified-timestamp/ On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0D96ZikMkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZXPBf5UOrQ … Draw.io Online User Manual: https://support.draw.io/display/DO/Draw.io+Online+User+Manual https://support.draw.io/display/DO/Part+2%3A+Working+with+Diagrams: has a couple of short tutorials … Update 2018-04-17: I like the diagrams I created using draw.io. The intention…
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If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em!
If you go home with somebody, and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em! https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/17366.John_Waters
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unsuccessful installation of DSM 6.1.6-15266 on my Synololgy DiskStation DS713+
https://www.synology.com/en-uk/releaseNote/DS713+ I do not succeed installing DSM 6.1.6-15266 on my DS713+: Unknown error occurs (21). This has happened repeatedly since Thursday/Friday midnight. Update: rebooted, re-downloaded the update, update succeeded.
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how to open excel files in separate windows
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2010-excel/i-want-to-open-2-excel-files-in-separate-windows/f7588d9a-3c41-466f-8f01-3b6ab9661ae3