Change config

Uncomment the following lines in /etc/gai.conf

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precedence ::ffff:0:0/96  100

scopev4 ::ffff:169.254.0.0/112  2
scopev4 ::ffff:127.0.0.0/104    2
scopev4 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96       14

Check If IPV4 is Preferred

curl ‘https://ip.seeip.org/jsonip?'
or
curl -s https://www.google.com/search\?q\=my+ip |grep ‘Client IP’

Reference

Prefer A (IPv4) DNS lookups before AAAA(IPv6) lookups

• Linux
  • Ulauncher
• MacOS
  • Alfred
  • ueli
• Windows
  • ueli

Launch Command Prompt to run the following commands to disable or enable.

• Disable:
  • reg add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
• Enable:
  • reg delete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f​

• Press Win + R to open Run
• Enter xxx.cpl and Press enter

Example Options:

• Network Connections: ncpa.cpl
• Region (convenient for setting language for non-Unicode programs): intl.cpl
• Sound(Multimedia properties): mmsys.cpl

Reference

Description of Control Panel (.cpl) Files

Save the following content as xiaohe.reg and double click to add to registry.

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\InputMethod\Settings\CHS]
"Enable Double Pinyin"=dword:00000001
"DoublePinyinScheme"=dword:0000000a
"UserDefinedDoublePinyinScheme0"="小鹤双拼*2*^*iuvdjhcwfg^xmlnpbksqszxkrltvyovt"

1. Use Settings app to configure the display settings after login and save.
2. Copy your user’s monitors.xml file into the home folder for gdm user to make it take effect before login.

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sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml ~gdm/.config/monitors.xml
sudo chown gdm:gdm ~gdm/.config/monitors.xml

References

Is there to make the login screen appear on the external display in 18.04?

• Markdown All in One
• Matlab
• LaTeX Workshop
• OCaml and Reason IDE
• Python
• C/C++

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ISO_PATH="~/ubuntu_18_04.iso"
UBUNTU_CODE="bionic"

sudo mkdir /media/apt
sudo mount ${ISO_PATH} /media/apt -o loop
sudo echo "deb file:/media/apt/ ${UBUNTU_CODE} main contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-get -o Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true update
# sudo apt-get -o Acquire::AllowInsecureRepositories=true install bcmwl-kernel-source

Reference

How to use a .iso image as a CD-ROM Repository?
How do I bypass/ignore the gpg signature checks of apt?

mosh

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sudo apt-get install automake protobuf-compiler zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libprotobuf-dev

tmux

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sudo apt-get install automake libncurses5-dev libevent-dev pkg-config bison

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sudo vi /Library/Preferences/VMware\ Fusion/vmnet8/dhcpd.conf

Add the follwing settings outside the “DO NOT MODIFY SECTION”.
Be careful:

• the “LinuxMint” must match the name of the virtual machine and contain no space.
• the MAC address must match the MAC address of the net card
• the fixed-address should be outside the range in the “DO NOT MODIFY SECTION”, e.g. 172.16.214.100 (range 172.16.214.128 172.16.214.254)

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host LinuxMint {
    hardware ethernet 00:0C:29:B6:22:3E;
    fixed-address 172.16.214.100;
}

Shutdown the virtual machine and execute the following commands

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sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/services/services.sh --stop
sudo /Applications/VMware\ Fusion.app/Contents/Library/services/services.sh --start

Reference

Set a Static IP Address in VMware Fusion 7