GIMP : increase friggin small fonts on menu

 This addon works! Just put it into your plug-ins folder. To find your plug-ins folder : run GIMP then  Edit > preferences > Folders > Plug-ins 

Solution works on windoze10 as well 

force dark theme ui on chrome/edge etc on linux - xfce

 as some 'dark' themes esp on XCFE don't give an F about srtting dark the UI of chrome/edge ...

run this

dconf write  /org/gnome/desktop/interface/color-scheme "'prefer-dark'"

each time you apply a dak theme... 

using raspbian as 'web server' on a Rpi zero W ? you are screwed..

php is effin broken ....

 https://bugs.launchpad.net/raspbian/+bug/2012833

[Atari STE] Suska-III-B

Interesting FPGA Atari STE clone, in fact a WIP project, def not a PnP device

/!\ HAS BUGS (see below)  - my advise so far: NOT recommended to buy!

This is not like MiST/MiSTer/Minimig etc FPGA :

* Project DEAD , stopped, probably will move on github.

* Just one "core" is loaded , you will need to re-program the FPGA (via cable)

currently supports 68000/68010 and I think 68030L (L=Lite no MMU/FPU)

* lack of OSD (to control eg scanlines, ROM, HDD)

* support for (virtual) floppies is way primitive : dd the floppy image on a specific location of the SD card - only 2 images / time (drive A + B) 

* You can't access the HD partition under Linux (big minus there) , I managed it with an ... XP box .. lolz

 This device has serious BUGS (will update if/when fixed)

- Works better with EmuTOS , on other TOS (eg 2.06) bombs and/or freezes

- Some games (goldrunner) have broken gfx

- RTC clock does not work 

- miniUSB power socket that is not supported properly == NOT good news ( fragile!)

- User Manual -> unacceptable

- Support ->  AVERAGE

[Win10] Unable to rename files mounted under NFS (invalid device error)

 Some solution (tested on ancient ReadyNAS) : mount using the "full" NFS share of the server - again in the case of ReadyNAS :  I used to mount the shares as  \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\data (xxx=IP of the NAS) the correct is : \\xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx\c\data (as on the NAS drive!) 

YMMV!

Notes: NT 4.0 with "ICH AC97" audio under VirtualBox

It was PITA to make the f NT 4.0 to have "ICH AC97" audio under VirtualBox*

No idea what helped but I did install the following:

* (post install M$ SP6a) 

* vbox driver CD - make sure the  "VBoxGuest Support Driver" is enabled on Boot not System

* Intel 440 Chipset driver

* AC97 Driver from RealTek

I have the feeling the last one is unnecessary, maybe too lazy to re-install that crap again :-}

* tested on OpenSUSE with Vbox 6.1.32 YMMV

Notes on upgrading the IDE2 (Primary Slave) SSD of the Asus EEE PC 901 mSATA to SATA Mini PCIE

The most easy way to upgrade the darn slow 8/16GB SSD on the IDE2 of the 901 is to get an  "mSATA to mini PCIe" and of course an mSATA SSD something like this (make sure it is for SSD not an adapter for WiFi/GPS etc card)

 

 The problem is that by installing this adapter you will "lose" the internal SSD (IDE1, aka Primary Master) and every time you boot the EEE PC you will see a message to press F1 as the Primary Master is "missing". There are two ways to bypass this :

1. The best one is to isolate some pins on the adapter - by using Kapton or very thin sticky tape - as per instructions on this site : https://apavlov.ru/zamena-ssd-v-asus-eee-pc-901/  , by doing this then the IDE1 will be active again.

2. The other way is to enable the "Boot Booster" on the BIOS, this option can be enabled if you setup a small eg 8MB partition on IDE2 SSD and setup it as "EF" (EFI type)  , this wont bring back the internal SSD but will bypass the F1 error.

 

BTW: Don't even think to replace the primary SSD or even the secondary one with an mSATA without using an adapter! They are NOT COMPATIBLE, please note that some mSATA SSDs are being sold as "mSATA miniPCIe" , total BS...

Left: mSATA , Right: the original mini-PCIe SSD