Author: tom

The scenario is that your Enlightenment (e17) desktop has locked up, and your keyboard and mouse appear to be non-responsive. However you do not want to reboot as you will lose all of your open windows. It is possible to restart the Enlightenment engine without affecting the windows being currently displayed. Either switch to a

Often for testing purposes it is necessary to restrict the speed of a network connection. This can be achieved using the netem module to tc.

For example, to restrict the bandwidth on eth0 to classic dial-up speeds use the command:
tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem rate 56kbit

The compose key may be used to type unicode characters easily on Linux systems… All of these commands should be executed as a normal user, no root access required.Restart X and you will be able to use unicode: <Compose key> + " + u = ü<Compose key> + ' + e = é<Compose key> +

During our first trip to the Balkans in 2012, we found ourselves heading south from Montenegro through Kosovo and then on to Macedonia. When I was stood looking out over lake Ohrid from the Roman Amphitheater on the hill in Ohrid, I said that we should return and visit the once isolated country on the

Located literally on the border between Croatia and Bosnia is Željava Airbase. It used to be one of the largest airbases in eastern Europe outside of Russia. Since the wars of the 1990s it lies abandoned. Unmarked minefields surround the airbase.

The road (E022/SH4) out of Greece towards Albania is large, deserted and unsignposted. Neither Albania nor any of the major cities that are reached along the main road are sign-posted. Thankfully we were using the Satnav.

Albania features two cities which have been awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, Gjirokastër and Berat. Both are located in southern Albania and it would be highly recommended to include them in any tour of the country.

When debugging bash scripts use:
set -o xtrace
to print out each line along with the regular output, as it is executed.