Image index notes

Image index generator(s).

Imageindex:
http://www.edwinh.org/imageindex/

Image index web extensions
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Command line weather reports

curl http://wttr.in/anaheim
 

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Facebook Video Downloader

Facebook video downloader
unfortunately a web site, but it works.

Once you have the video, you have to click till you get the URL link to it.

Paste it into the box on this site.  It will present a page with two options, one
for high def video and one for normal.  You click on them like they are video
links and save them.  MP4 files are the result.

http://www.fbdown.net/index.php?error=1

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Installing Remastersys

installing remastersys on Ubuntu

Site now active is

https://launchpad.net/~kranich/+archive/ubuntu/remastersys

sudo add-apt-repository  ppa:kranich/remastersys
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install remastgersys

for trusty 14.04

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kranich/remastersys/ubuntu trusty main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kranich/remastersys/ubuntu trusty main 

Signing key:

4096R/0CF0CF25 (What is this?)

Fingerprint:

6457C908249A259B4274F6CE4B9202C60CF0CF25

When running Remastersys, unmount all nfs or cifs mounts.  A find from / will be

performed and will take a terribly long time to complete (or not) if there are

large remote mounts. 

Startup disk creator will create a USB live boot from the ISO or cd / dvd if it is mounted.

https://apps.ubuntu.com/cat/applications/usb-creator-gtk/

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Linux dmidecode command

dmidecode info

works on intel platforms with bios, won't probably on arm, as this is finding and decoding a "bios" table.

http://www.computerworld.com/article/3025958/operating-systems/digging-into-your-linux-systems-hardware.html

Some handy commands:

sudo dmidecode|grep Vendor
sudo dmidecode -t system|grep Product
sudo dmidecode |grep "Serial Number" |head -n1  (only works on assumption the system s/n is first)
sudo dmidecode|grep CPU (might give a lot of extra crap on vmware, which has 32 sockets)
sudo dmidecode|grep RAID  shows raid controller if configureed

google seaarches for file types

filetype:ppt "document.name"

will search for a specific file in Google.

Stop Windows 10 update on Windows 8

remove windows update KB3035583 from windows 8 if installed.

Windows 8 Setting-> Windows Update-> Installed updates -> search for kb3035583 ->  click on update and say remove update.

http://winsupersite.com/windows-10/how-stop-windows-10-upgrade-downloading-your-system

There will be many people very excited about the prospect of upgrading to Windows 10 on the 29th of July.
At the same time there are other users on Windows 7 and 8.1 who do not want any part of the upgrade for a variety of reasons.
Microsoft has confirmed that the new OS, currently in its final stages of development, will be made available for download/install on eligible systems on 29 July 2015.
In preparation for that, back in April, Microsoft released an update (KB3035583) for Windows 7 (Optional) and 8.1 (Recommended) that is called the Get Windows 10 app. It provides the prompt that started appearing on users systems (Windows 7 and 8.1) yesterday and gives you the option to reserve your copy of Windows 10.
But what if you are one of those users with zero interest in the Windows 10 upgrade?
Since KB3035583 was released as an Optional or Recommended update based on your OS it might not be installed if you avoid those types of updates. If that is the case then you have no further action to take.
If however, you did install that update then it can be uninstalled through Windows Update.

The system may need to be restarted to complete the removal.
If you do not want to see the update any more be sure to hide it by right clicking on the KB3035583 listing in Windows Update and selecting Hide this update.
H/T to @EdBott who clarified the updates status between Windows 7 and 8.1 for me.


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