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Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. This is an updated posting from my older German Article. **I don’t want to give a rating of the Subsystem for Linux; for some, it is very useful; others may not be so happy about it, but let’s get straight to the point. The most pain I had was having my private key in the Subsystem and needing to re-authenticate every time by entering the key. I’m used to using the Keepass integrated (plugin) Agent, and that’s why my key has a password that’s too long to type. ...

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: I heard about Munich’s LiMux switch to Linux and possible return to Microsoft. Politicians blame Linux for typical IT issues, but many problems are internal, regardless of OS. My Linux attempts recur; past Ubuntu (around 8) had driver issues. Now I’m trying Linux Mint, staying in the Debian world. ...

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: After updating to NetBeans 7 final, I get “JVM creation failed” at startup. Cause: on 64-bit systems with >4GB RAM, NetBeans memory detection fails. Fix: edit netbeans.conf in /etc/, in netbeans_default_options add: -J-Xmx512m inside quotes. If it still fails, lower the value. ...

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Game keeps crashing, girlfriend back in 3 hours, Vista acts up, so I’ll install the Windows 7 RC via USB. No DVD, my Corsair Voyager is faster anyway. Steps: use diskpart to clean, create primary partition, format FAT32 “Windows 7” quick, set active, exit. ...

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: I expanded my RAID and removed an old Linux partition and drive E:. GRUB remained and blocked Windows. Vista’s automatic repair didn’t fix it. Booted from Vista DVD, used manual recovery console and bootrec to rebuild the Windows boot sector and MBR. Result: Windows bootloader restored, GRUB removed. ...

Hey, just a heads-up that this content is based on an automatically imported version from our old CMS. If the formatting isn’t perfect, I’m sorry about that. Translation This original post is written in german 🇩🇪, a rough Translation: Timeouts in the NAT table: With higher session limits, reduce connection hold times so timeouts hit faster and the table stays clean. Lower UDP/DNS timeouts strongly; keep TCP timeouts higher to avoid drops. ...