Tag: Linux
Server Setup 6: WordPress Pre-requisites
Server Setup 5: HTTPS
Secure websites have become the norm for almost everything. They protect your privacy when viewing public information, and are an essential security component with any website you need to log into – without it, an attacker might be able to snoop on your password, or any information the website sends…
Server Setup 3: Install Webserver
Server Setup 2: Initial tweaks
Server Setup 1: OS installation
Copy/Paste from Linux to Windows via SSH
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…
SpiderOak Purge Historical versions
I don’t like the default for SpiderOak’s –purge-historical-versions command, which does this: This allows you to remove historical versions of files in your backup set according to the following schedule, which is to keep one version per hour for the last 24 hours, then one version per day for 30…
Gimp Plugin – fixed crop
This is a simple script to crop a plugin with fixed dimensions – I used it to crop out the window border from a VNC Client connected to an industrial touchscreen. (script-fu-register “script-fu-crop” ;func name “Screenshot Crop” ;menu label “Crops an image to a fixed size” ;description “Sandy Scott” ;author…
Server Setup 6: WordPress Pre-requisites
Server Setup 5: HTTPS

Secure websites have become the norm for almost everything. They protect your privacy when viewing public information, and are an essential security component with any website you need to log into – without it, an attacker might be able to snoop on your password, or any information the website sends…
Server Setup 3: Install Webserver
Server Setup 2: Initial tweaks
Server Setup 1: OS installation
Copy/Paste from Linux to Windows via SSH
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…
SpiderOak Purge Historical versions
I don’t like the default for SpiderOak’s –purge-historical-versions command, which does this: This allows you to remove historical versions of files in your backup set according to the following schedule, which is to keep one version per hour for the last 24 hours, then one version per day for 30…
Gimp Plugin – fixed crop
This is a simple script to crop a plugin with fixed dimensions – I used it to crop out the window border from a VNC Client connected to an industrial touchscreen. (script-fu-register “script-fu-crop” ;func name “Screenshot Crop” ;menu label “Crops an image to a fixed size” ;description “Sandy Scott” ;author…