Best ssh setup for windows

I’ve tried quite a few different setups for administering my various linux boxen from Windows, and this is currently my favourite: Mintty for WSL (aka WSLtty). Here’s how to set it up. Install Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL): Open Powershell as an administrator Enter this command:Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux When…

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QGIS 3.0 Map tips

I’ve been playing with QGIS, and it’s an awesomely powerful piece of software for map making an analyzing geographical data. It has the ability to show HTML map tips when you hover over certain features, but with some restrictions. The containing box (which you can’t style, AFAIK) has white background…

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Draftsight Units

  I was a little confused by how units work in Draftsight, so now I think I’ve figured it out i thought I’d share. The Model They key thing to understand is that that the model, ie. the lines you’ve drawn, isn’t in mm or inches or feet, it’s just…

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Copy Folders without Files

If you want to copy a complete folder structure, but not the files contained in it, use robocopy from the command line: robocopy “A:\Source folder” “B:\Destination folder” /e /xf * This is lifted straight from https://superuser.com/a/873585/178934, I’m just putting it here for my quick reference.

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Wiring colors

A quick reference, this is far from authoritative or exhaustive but intended to be used a go-to unless you have better information: L1 (Hot 1) (Hot 2) L2 L3 N PE Europe Single Phase Brown – – – Blue Green / Yellow Three Phase Brown – Black Grey Blue (if…

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