VirtualTam's bookmarks

21. neilpa/cmd-colors-solarized: Solarized color settings for Windows command prompt 2018-01-13

    tags: linux/ubuntu, microsoft/windows, programming/shell/bash, solarized, theme

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    • https://superuser.com/questions/1128269/bash-on-windows-10-is-there-way-to-apply-themes-like-solarized-to-cmd
22. slacka/WoeUSB: a simple tool to create a USB Windows installer from an ISO image 2018-01-07

    tags: boot, installer, microsoft/windows, serial-communication/usb

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23. GRUB dual-boot considerations 2018-01-05

    tags: boot, bootloader/grub, linux, microsoft/windows

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    • https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dual_boot_with_Windows
    • https://askubuntu.com/questions/88384/how-can-i-repair-grub-how-to-get-ubuntu-back-after-installing-windows
    • https://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/29504-bios-mode-see-if-windows-boot-uefi-legacy-mode.html
24. Windows - Locate & fix the MBR 2018-01-05

    tags: boot, microsoft/windows, partition, storage

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    • https://superuser.com/questions/510485/how-to-tell-which-physical-disks-have-bootable-mbr
    • https://neosmart.net/wiki/fix-mbr/
    • https://neosmart.net/wiki/reboot-and-select-proper-boot-device/
    • https://askubuntu.com/questions/859685/how-to-delete-the-bootable-flag-of-a-partition
    • https://superuser.com/questions/596919/how-to-set-boot-disk-flag-with-diskpart
25. Babun - a windows shell you will love! 2017-10-18

    tags: emulator, microsoft/windows, programming/shell, terminal

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    • https://github.com/babun/babun
26. Boxstarter - Repeatable, reboot resilient windows environment installations made easy using Chocolatey packages 2017-10-13

    tags: automation, microsoft/windows, package

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27. Git Symlinks in Windows - Stack Overflow 2017-10-05

    tags: file, microsoft/windows, source-code-management, source-code-management/git, symlink

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    • https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links
28. What's the Windows equivalent of "/etc/hosts"? - Super User 2017-08-31

    tags: host, microsoft/windows, network, network/dns

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29. windows - How to add current date/time to clink/cmder prompt - Super User 2017-07-06

    tags: cmder, conemu, microsoft/windows, programming/lua, programming/python, programming/shell, prompt, terminal

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    • https://superuser.com/questions/1108063/python-virtualenv-not-activating-in-windows-10-cmder
    • https://www.lua.org/pil/22.1.html
    • https://github.com/AmrEldib/cmder-powerline-prompt
    • https://github.com/virtualtam/dotfiles/tree/master/cmder
30. Python 2 and 3 in Powershell - Stack Overflow 2017-07-06

    tags: command-line, microsoft/windows, programming/python, programming/python/virtualenv, programming/shell, terminal

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    • https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20364207/how-do-i-add-python-3-3-to-powershell/20371084#20371084
31. Controlling Windows via Ansible - Fedora Magazine 2017-06-21

    tags: configuration-management/ansible, microsoft/windows

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    • https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/win_dsc_module.html
    • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa384426(v=vs.85).aspx
    • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/wmf/readme
32. How to change the font in Emacs for Windows? - Super User 2017-06-13

    tags: editor/emacs, microsoft/windows, text/font

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33. Windows Workstation - Survival Kit™ (2017) 2017-05-18

    tags: command-line, cygwin, microsoft/windows, mingw, package, pacman, posix, virtualization/vagrant, virtualization/virtualbox

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    Chocolatey package manager

    • https://chocolatey.org/

    Cmder terminal emulator and shell / cmd / msys session manager

    • http://cmder.net/
    • https://chocolatey.org/packages/cmdermini
    • https://conemu.github.io/

    MSYS2 POSIX / MinGW collection

    • http://www.msys2.org/
    • https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki
      • https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/Using-packages
      • https://github.com/msys2/msys2/wiki/Packages
    • https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-pacman
    • https://chocolatey.org/packages/msys2

    Vagrant VM provisioning

    • https://www.vagrantup.com/
    • https://chocolatey.org/packages/vagrant

    VirtualBox VM engine

    • https://www.virtualbox.org/
    • https://chocolatey.org/packages/virtualbox
34. NSIS Wiki | Nullsoft Scriptable Install System 2017-05-12

    tags: installer, microsoft/windows, package, setup

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    • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Simple_tutorials
    • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/

    Conditionals:

    • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/LogicLib
    • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Examples/LogicLib.nsi
    • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/How_can_I_use_conditional_execution_%28If_..._EndIf_equivalent%29

    UI extensions:

    • http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Modern%20UI/Readme.html
    • http://ultramodernui.sourceforge.net/
    • https://github.com/SuperPat45/UltraModernUI
35. Python: What OS am I running on? - Stack Overflow 2017-05-11

    tags: apple/macos, linux, microsoft/windows, operating-system, programming/python, system

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36. UPX: the Ultimate Packer for eXecutables - Homepage 2017-05-10

    tags: apple/macos, binary, compression, executable, linux, microsoft/windows, package

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    • https://github.com/upx/upx
    • via http://pyinstaller.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html
37. Windows - Dynamic-Link Library Search Order 2017-05-02

    tags: microsoft/windows, path, programming/library, shared

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    • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2463243/dll-search-on-windows
    • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/7d83bc18.aspx
    • https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms682586(v=vs.85).aspx
    • http://stackoverflow.com/questions/518228/is-it-possible-to-add-a-directory-to-dll-search-path-from-a-batch-file-or-cmd-sc
38. tomerfiliba/plumbum: Plumbum: Shell Combinators 2017-05-02

    tags: linux, microsoft/windows, process, programming/python, programming/shell, wrapper

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    Cross-platform shell wrapper

    Alternatives:

    • pbs (discontinued) - https://github.com/amoffat/sh/tree/pbs
    • sh (*nix only) - https://github.com/amoffat/sh
39. Microsoft SAM sings about Windows XP 2017-04-30

    tags: fun, microsoft/windows, song, wtf

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40. Autotools - A Practitioner's Guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool (article series) 2017-04-27

    tags: autotools, build, linux, microsoft/windows, programming/c, programming/c++, system

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    Updated published book: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781593272067.do