Windows Tips, Fixits and Hacks
How to calculate MD5 hash on windows
In command prompt or powershell certutil -hashfile filename.zip MD5
Android
Fix: Android emulators not starting in Ubuntu
Often this happens when for some reason or the other your OpenGL config is broken. This is often an issue on Ubuntu 17.04. To confirm this is your problem, (Assuming your Android SDK lives in ~/Android/Sdk) Step 1 Get your Read more…
Android
How to fix gradle in Intellij IDEA
When starting a project in Intellij IDEA if you see an error around the lines of Gradle sync failed: The newly created daemon process has a different context than expected. It won’t be possible to reconnect to this daemon. Context Read more…
Virtualization
Virtualization: Should I assign CPU’s or Cores
TL:DR Cores Cores Cores (but no more than pCPU count) When creating a new virtual machine in VMware ESXi or VMware Workstation, it asks you how may processor cores you wish to set and gives you the option to set Read more…
Virtualization
How many cores to assign to vmware virtual machines
TL:DR Even with Hyperthreading enabled, do not exceed the amount of PHYSICAL cores your machine has. The General rule for assigning CPU’s is to keep your virtual cpu count at or lower than your physical cpu count. (VMware blog) . Read more…
Linux
Best linux distro for daily use in 2017
A new year has begun. Time to format my disks. New windows install and more importantly, new Linux install. With windows, the choice is easy. Windows 10. With Linux, it’s a bit more complicated….
Here were the candidates
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Here’s a little history about my relationship with Ubuntu. Ubuntu was my first distro and all was right with the world, I would never have left… that is.. until the fire nation att… until unity. It was a bit of a messy breakup, something about it just didn’t resonate with my soul. A year or two ago I tried it again but I remember seeing amazon search results integrated by default and was instantly disgusted. But time has passed, seasons have changed and I believe people learn from their mistakes..so I wanted to give it another shot. so I did… (more…)
Linux
How to speedup (stop lag) in Fedora 25
With Fedora 25 (as you probably already know) X was replaced with Wayland as the default display server. Now while I applaud Fedora for taking that giant step forward. The fact remains that X11 just performs better. With Wayland i’ve noticed Read more…
Windows Tips, Fixits and Hacks
How to disable Cortana and Web Search in windows 10 anniversary update (2016)
With the newest update, windows has hidden the option “search online and include web results” and therefore has made it difficult for users to disable Cortana and Web results completely. Luckily for us there is a relatively easy fix. Type Read more…
Windows Tips, Fixits and Hacks
How to stop a Windows 10 update in progress
Open cmd as an administrator and net stop wuauserv net stop wuauserv net stop bits net stop dosvc net stop wuauserv is written twice as the first attempt tends to fail. To make it easier in the future, copy those Read more…
Windows Tips, Fixits and Hacks
Windows 10 Ninja Cat wallpaper
To celebrate one year of the Windows 10 insider program, Microsoft sent out this email to its insiders with exclusive Ninja Cat Windows 10 wallpapers as well as a Ninja Cat GIF.
The wallpaper zip below contains multiple files in various sizes for both phones and PC’s alike.
You can download the official files using the links below:
- Insider-exclusive wallpaper package > Download it here
- Insider-exclusive Ninja Cat animated GIF > Download it here