With NMap it is quite easy to scan a subnet for active IPs. $ nmap -sP 192.168.10.0/24

Minicom is the hyperterminal for Linux. Minicom is by default not installed. Install Minicom with the following command sudo apt-get install minicom Find your serial port dmesg | grep tty $ dmesg | grep tty [    0.001251] console [tty0] enabled [   72.953237] usb 6-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 I use a USB serial port, my laptop doesn’t have a build in serial port. So the name of the serial port is...

Tired of login in into the Virtual Center Client?  Try this… A very useful, yet very undocumented feature of the Virtual Infrastructure Client is that it can be configured to automatically pass your Active Directory credentials without you typing them in. To use: create a shortcut to the Virtual Infrastructure Client, then right-click on it and edit the shortcut properties. You’ll need to pass the program two arguments when...

I used Tightvnc today but didn’t remember how to send Ctrl-Alt-Delete to the server. It was easy. Just hit F8 and click on Ctrl-Alt-Delete in the pop-up.

Download OpenOffice 3.2 in you desired lanquage from http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#tested-full Extract the OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_nl_deb.tar.gz Open Terminal and remove OpenOffice 3.1 completely with this command sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.* Install OpenOffice with this command sudo dpkg -i Download/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_nl.9483/DEBS/*.deb Integrate OpenOffice 3.2 in your desktop sudo dpkg -i...