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Install Pylint 0.19.0 on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)

ShareUbuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) provides version 0.18 of Pylint by default. Unfortunately, this version of Pylint cannot be used to scan code that includes any module from PyQt4. The problem is described in this post and has been fixed in … Continue reading

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Reading BIOS information in Linux

ShareA lot of information about a personal computer is stored as part of the BIOS and can be retrieved using data structures defined in the SMBIOS specification. On Linux operating systems, this information can be easily viewed using the dmidecode … Continue reading

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Check if a TCP port is in use on Windows

ShareA combination of  netstat and findstr commands can be used on Microsoft Windows to check if a specific TCP port is being used by another application. For example, to check if any application is accepting connection on port 80 use … Continue reading

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Preventing RDC Timeouts

ShareSo, a client provides you with remote access to their network via (ughh) Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. As a die-hard Linux user, you launch tsclient to connect to their network and all is good. Right? Alas, when you start doing … Continue reading

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Putting date and time into Linux clipboard

ShareWhile entering notes on Trac or during meetings or commenting code, I find it useful to quickly enter a time stamp in the text. Some text editors have built-in support for entering a time stamp using a keyboard shortcut while … Continue reading

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