So I recently enrolled for a course from Coursera.org on Introduction to Interactive Python, After I received a certificate on Introduction to Python programming instructed by Prof. Charles Severance. https://www.coursera.org/course/pythonlearn My first mini-project is a simple Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock game. [sourcecode language="python" wraplines="false" collapse="false"] # Mini-project #1 - "Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock game" # Created by Mpho "!nerd" Mphego - Marion Island SANSA Engineer 2014-2015 # # 'Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python' Course #... [Read More]

How to install Gummi on ubuntu This post is trivial since Gummi has recently released an PPA (Personal Package Archive) for Ubuntu. btw, there are only 3 commands needed to get Gummi up and running: 1- First, add the PPA to your repository: $sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gummi/gummi 2- Then, update your repository to reflect the new changes: $sudo apt-get update 3- Everything is now ready to install Gummi: $sudo apt-get install... [Read More]

Latex is a document markup language for the Tex typesetting program. Due to its high quality typesetting capability, {\LaTeX}/TeX system is popularly used in academia and research communities to prepare professional looking documentations and research papers. To install/upgrade to TeX Live 2014: Open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T Add the texlive-backports PPA by typing the below (enter your password when prompted): [sourcecode language="bash" wraplines="false" collapse="false"] $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:texlive-backports/ppa $ sudo... [Read More]

Menu: Settings Manager -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts: xfce4-popup-whiskermenu and click the Windows Key (Super_L)

Menu: Settings Manager -> Keyboard -> Application Shortcuts: xfce4-popup-whiskermenu and click the Windows Key (Super_L)

Here is an example of processing your GMail IMAP email in Python. The script below will: login to GMail account using IMAP open your Inbox retrieve and print all messages close mailbox logout # Script adapted from Corey Goldberg# http://coreygoldberg.blogspot.com/2011/07/python-processing-gmail-imap-email.html#!/usr/bin/env python [Read More]

1. Open terminal. Install dpkg-dev ,apache2 and apt-mirror $ sudo su $ apt-get update && apt-get upgrade $ apt-get install dpkg-dev apache2 apt-mirror 2. Create a directory where you will keep your packages. For this example, we'll use /usr/local/mydebs. $ mkdir -p /usr/local/mydebs 3. Now copy your packages into the directory you've just created. $ rsync -truv /var/cache/apt/archives/* /usr/local/mydebs #tip: you can place that command on crontab to sync every... [Read More]

After searching throught the web, I eventually found a simple way to send emails via linux terminal, by using a simple package called Postfix. This guide is tested with Ubuntu 12.04.I use a Gmail account as SMTP server on Ubuntu-Linux server. Reason as to why I needed to be sending mails via terminal was for system checks, Server disk space monitoring, Server ping status and etc. Postfix via smtp.gmail.com. First,... [Read More]

First things first: Ive been encountering some serious internet problems,with either my gateway or the way the network was set. I always felt a huge drop in throughput. After some searching I found out, that netctl can handle custom mtu configurations as well. The 'ExecUpPost' entry in a connection profile handles this. Here's the simple ethernet-static profile that I'm using for my work network : nerd@trojan:/$ sudo nano /etc/netctl/my_lan Description='Science... [Read More]

I haven't been updating my blog for the past few months, But hey I finally got to Marion Island(-47.876404, 37.861019), when I got there I found out the internet was a bit crappy, (1mbps Satellite link). So i was set on a mission to optimize my internet experience - I finally found a way to optimize my browsing experience. By adjusting the MTU - Maximum Transmission Unit On Windows: Step... [Read More]