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Tips on VirtualBox

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. If the graphics resolution is not correct and you cannot see the whole desktop when installing a Linux distribution in VirtualBox, quit the installation, enable the EFI mode for the virtual …

Tips on Linux

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

Tricks and Traps

  1. Use full paths of commands when you use a batch account or schedule a cron job. The reason is that batch account and/or cron might have different …

Tips on macOS

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

  1. Print Mac OS X operating system version information.

    sw_vers -productName
    
  2. You can use Homebrew to install applications in Mac similar to the command apt-get or wajig in Debian series of Linux …

Traveling Without Hassle

Things on this page are fragmentary and immature notes/thoughts of the author. Please read with your own judgement!

General Tips

  1. Have a good rest (especially the night) before long trips (especially road trips) .

  2. Check Google map and get familiar about the route for road trips.

  3. Download Google offline maps …