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Convert a vmdk to a raw device

Convert vmdk direct to an empty attached Storage qemu-img convert path_and_name_of_vmdk_file -O raw /dev/devicename

Set Gnome Calender App as default Application

Set org.gnome.Calendar.desktop as the default for text/calendar gio mime text/calendar org.gnome.Calendar.desktop

How to Find Directories Larger Than 1GB in Linux

du -h --max-depth=1 / | grep '[0-9]G\>' | sort -hr

Postfix Google as SMTP Relay

as a fix solution you can use google, as smtp relay for e.g. notifications. In this example I am working on a Fedora 27 Host. Install needed packages dnf -y install postfix mailx cyrus-sasl-plain R...

Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout CentOS7

common on recent harware changesFirst boot into the rescue mode, then change to the boot directory cd /boot perform a copy of the current files as security purpose cp -p initramfs-3.10.0-693.17.1.e...

Bash Windows 10 Linux Subsystem doesn’t open anymore

Open a regular command prompt (win+r then cmd)Right-click the title bar and select PropertiesDeselect “Use legacy console (requires restart)”

Setup Foreman locale issue on Centos 7

is about a locale issue during a foreman setup on CentOS 7. locale environment variables were bad; continuing with LANG=C In my case the output of locale -a showed en_US.utf8 but the output of env ...

firewall-cmd Webserver Access on the public Zone

short but sweet firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=httpfirewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=httpsfirewall-cmd --reload

Microsoft msdn blogs about Windows/WSL Interop with AF_UNIX

Starting in Windows Insider build 17093, a WSL application can communicate with a Windows application over Unix sockets. Back in December, we blogged about bringing AF_UNIX to Windows. Microsoft B...