See here:
Press Alt+F2 and run dconf-editor. Then org -> gnome -> desktop -> background and check show desktop icons. For more information see here…
Use the following commands:
# lscpu
And:
dmidecode -t cache
If this happens:
$ man g++ No manual entry for g++ See 'man 7 undocumented' for help when manual pages are not available.
Fix with:
# apt-get install gcc-doc
Found this article: How to install or upgrade VirtualBox on Ubuntu or Debian…
Followed HOWTO: Use Shared Folders…
Today I learned about extensions.greasemonkey.fileIsGreaseable… a way to get Greasemonkey to process file-system documents… for scripts to work with file:// paths, you need to open about:config and set extensions.greasemonkey.fileIsGreaseable to true.
Reading about network sockets…
Today I ran into this warning from iceweasel when I tried to access a web service on port 101:
This address is restricted
This address uses a network port which is normally used for purposes other than Web browsing. Iceweasel has canceled the request for your protection.
I found this article which said:
See How to Disable Password Authentication for SSH.
vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Then:
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no PasswordAuthentication no UsePAM no
Then restart the SSH server:
service sshd restart