The .ova file format is a tar file with a .ovf file inside. tar xvf virtualboximage.ova

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As Justin Carmony points out, Mac OS Lion changed its behavior towards DNS and the usage of /etc/hosts (it quite...

Consider you have a file that uses improper encoding on special characters. Example: You see the latin1 version "ñ" for...

Sometimes you need to restart the Gnome panel, e.g. when you installed a new Gnome panel widget but the widget...

This describes all the steps you'll need to get Solr up and running for your project using the Sunspot...

Use the command geordi migrate to migrate your databases and to prepare them before running tests. The abbrevation geordi m...

Our gitpt script to generate git commits from Pivotal Tracker stories has been tweaked and polished and is now part...

Under XFCE keys like tilde are dead by default, which is impractical for programming and terminal work. To get rid...

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SkypeTab-NG (NG stands for Next Generation) is a tool that adds tabs to Skype for Linux. Besides providing a...

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Framework to write command-line apps in Ruby. Comes with a nice way of processing parameter options, some utility classes...

I have a pair of headphones connected to my desktop's back panel and a headset connected to the front...

If you want to use Require group $GROUPNAME on your default Apache installation like this: Order allow,deny Allow from...

You can group contacts using a mailing list in Thunderbird for easier access and less trouble when trying to find...

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Web fonts are awesome. After being restricted to Arial for two decades there is finally a cross-browser way to...

You must reconfigure the guest so it will get its own IP address: Shutdown the guest In the guest's...

When using the screen tool you may be unable to start a screen session but instead encounter an error:

You can convert git commits into patch files. Those can be used to apply to a different repository [1] or...