How to disable Ipv6 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian

So if ipv6 is not supported on your network infrastructure, it might be useful to disable it all together. Why ? It can cause issues like delayed domain lookups, un-necessary attempts to connect to ipv6 addresses causing delay in network connection etc.

Source: How to disable Ipv6 on Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian (BinaryTides)

(This is also applicable to a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian, or some other Debian derivative such as RasPBX)

King of Tweaks: Fix Acer Nettoop PC

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Several years ago I bought two Acer AspireRevo nettop PC, AR1600 and AR3610, because they are convenient and cheap, ideal for HTPC (NVIDIA ION graphics) and server (small and quiet). The AR1600 started to crash during or after boot about a year ago, later the AR3610 followed exactly the same behavior.

Source: King of Tweaks: Fix Acer Nettoop PC (King of Tweaks)

How To Install Webmin with SSL on Ubuntu 14.04 | DigitalOcean

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Webmin is a web-based system administration tool for Unix-like systems. It provides an easy alternative to command line system administration and can be used to manage various aspects of a system, such as users and services, through the use of the pro

Source: How To Install Webmin with SSL on Ubuntu 14.04 | DigitalOcean

Steorn’s Stunning Orbo Claims: Neverending Electricity Produced at Point-of-use | Free Energy Times

Is this legitimate? I don’t know, but one reason I think it just might be is that it’s not making a totally outrageous claim, such as “you can run your entire home off of one of our devices.” No, this sounds more like a “Wright Brothers demonstration at Kitty Hawk” type of thing – right now it can only generate small amounts of current and the price is far too high to be practical, but if it works, it proves that something that most people thought impossible (free energy) might actually be possible. Give it a few more years of research and development (assuming all the people who want to work on it aren’t bought off, scared off, or killed off by the fossil fuel interests), and who knows where this could go. I’d be happy if it could just make phone, tablet, and laptop batteries a thing of the past!

If Orbo turns out to do what Steorn claims it does, the technology is simply stunning. What CEO Shaun McCarthy talks about in this video — a webinar for Steorn investors that was somehow made public — is that they have managed to make a power unit that puts out a steady electrical current indefinitely (well almost, McCarthy said that theoretically it could run for 800 years), without any kind of energy input needed.

Source: Steorn’s Stunning Orbo Claims: Neverending Electricity Produced at Point-of-use | Free Energy Times

How to Burn Disc Images in OS X El Capitan Without Disk Utility

Apple removed the ability to burn disc images from Disk Utility in OS X 10.11 and newer, and while that makes sense for many Macs that no longer have SuperDrives, CDRW, and DVD burners, for those who use an external burner, use disc drive sharing, or who do have hardware with a built-in SuperDrive, may find it frustrating to lose such a feature. But not to worry, you can still burn disk images and data discs in OS X El Capitan, and you can start the process either from the Finder or from the command line on the Mac.

Source: How to Burn Disc Images in OS X El Capitan Without Disk Utility (OS X Daily)

ShellWrangler – FREE DIY monitoring tool and menubar application for OS X

Weather information, stock market trends, gmail unread emails count, battery charge level, Facebook unseen notifications and more can be at your OSX StatusBar. But the most important is that: you can build your own monitoring triggers by your self! And YES, it’s FREE!

Source: ShellWrangler – DIY monitoring tool
For further reading: DIY your menubar application! Don’t waste $ for what is already available for free. (Mac Rumors)