Install some Japanese fonts: apt-get install ttf-kochi-mincho ttf-kochi-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho Install ibus and anthy: apt-get install ibus ibus-anthy anthy-common Configure: ibus-setup R...

As root: adduser yourusername sudo

As root user, create a credentials file. Note that and should be entered without “<>” brackets. root@Erebus:~# cat > .smbcredentials username=<user> password=<password> ...

Backup with default language: HandBrakeCLI –main-feature -i /dev/cdrom -o movie.mp4 -e x264 -b 1000 -B 192 Backup with 2nd language: For example English language DVD with additional Japanese audi...

First ensure that apt has access to the relevant sources. My /etc/apt/sources.list is as follows (please update to reflect your local mirror – I’m in Japan, hence the “jp”): deb https://ftp.jp.debi...

Install prerequisite packages for the build: sudo apt-get install subversion yasm build-essential autoconf libtool zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libxml2-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libsamplerate-dev libf...

After 132 hours and 934 deaths – roughly once every 8-9 minutes, DS2 is finally finished 🙂

First create the certificate for upload to the Azure account via the Azure web page: jonas@nyx:~$ openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout privateKey.key -out certificate.cer It ...

By default it’s not possible to run executables (install software) from a client drive which has been mapped to a XenDesktop VM. A work around is to copy the files to a network share and run the in...

Handy command to use when disabling the Windows firewall – especially for Windows core servers which lack the GUI: netsh advfirewall set allprofiles state off