#How to change Permission file and folder in the Linux?

[technicalinformation]

How to change Permission file and folder in the Linux?

 Introduction 

Linux is renowned for its robust security features and the level of control it offers to users over their system. One fundamental aspect of this control is the ability to manage permissions for files and folders. Properly understanding and utilizing Linux file and folder permissions is crucial for maintaining the integrity of your system and ensuring that sensitive data remains protected. In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the process of changing permissions for files and folders in Linux, step by step.            

The Linux operating system uses access permission  to maintain security on files directories. When we create a file or directory, Linux assigns default permissions to them. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss different ways of changing permissions for directories and files within the directory.  Privacy is an essential part of someone’s life, whether social media or the workplace. Read More

[voroxpete]

I am gonna disagree with OP on something here; I don't thing that knowing how to fuck around in CMD.exe is a necessary prerequisite to playing around with Linux.

There's this presumption that understanding the guts of Windows is some kind of stepping stone to understanding the guts of Linux, and I'm gonna tell you as a professional sys admin who works with both Windows and Linux... I absolutely hate working with Windows.

Windows is a fucking nightmare. Microsoft changes basic design theory every five minutes. It has no unifying philosophy, and no real intention to ever be messed with outside of the UI (and even that is deeply hostile, with the 10/11 UI being comprised of hacked together layers of different interfaces from different eras of Windows design).

Linux is somehow more coherent than this, despite being built by hundreds of random contributors. Seriously, open the KDE settings window and fucking marvel at how everything is just there. Every setting you need, all easily searchable. It's still got its quirks, especially when it comes to theming, but given that Windows theming requires third party software I'd say it still wins that one. And no home user needs theming, it's just cool.

Linux has clearly understood standards for where things like config files go; /etc/ or your home folder. Easy. You have to learn this stuff, but once you learn it it mostly holds true. But God only knows where I'll find that shit on Windows. Maybe in my Documents just fucking cluttering up the place (because no one puts this stuff in hidden folders like they do on Linux), maybe in one of the various meaningless subfolders of AppData, maybe in the program's install folder, maybe somewhere else, who the fuck knows?

You ever install Hyper-V? Your default location for your VMs is in My Documents. On a server. Tell me how that makes any fucking sense.

The Windows permission system is a Lovecraftian nightmare. The Linux permission system can be boiled down to a fucking 3 digit code.

Yeah, learning this shit takes work, but kids learn fast when they're engaged by something and have some good resources to work from. If you're at a place of not knowing anything about how either OS works under the hood, I would absolutely rather throw someone at Linux. Get 'em to make a TryHackMe account and set them loose on the basics course, they'll have a great time.

I'm sure people are gonna yell at me for this, because "Oh well you're a linux nerd so of course you hate Microsoft" without remotely understanding that the reason Linux nerds hate Microsoft is nothing to do with ideology and everything to do with ease of use. Once you take the term to actually get past that barrier and learn the guts, Linux makes so much more sense than Windows. People think Windows is the stepping stone, but it's not; it's just the first rock you washed up on, so everything else looks far away.

Telling young zoomers to "just switch to linux" is nuts some of these ipad kids have never even heard of a cmd.exe or BIOS you're throwing them to the wolves

[avp-suite]

How Is Antivirus on Linux Different from Windows? Here’s What You Should Know

If you’ve used Windows before, you probably remember the constant pop-ups, scans running in the background, and antivirus apps that seemed to eat half your computer’s memory just to sit there. On Linux? It’s… very different.

You might have even heard people say:

“Linux doesn’t need antivirus at all.”

Linux is more secure by design, so there is some truth to that, but it's not the complete picture. There is antivirus software for Linux, and it works slightly better than the version for Windows you're used to.

Here is a simple explanation of antivirus software for those who are confused with Linux or simply want to learn more about it:

1. Linux Has Fewer Viruses—But That’s Changing

Windows gets hit with more viruses, a lot more.

That’s because:

It has the biggest desktop market share

It's been around forever

It supports a ton of third-party software (and some not-so-great security practices)

Linux, on the other hand:

Uses strong permission models

Requires authentication (sudo) to install or change core system files

Doesn’t run unknown programs by default

Linux isn’t invisible to threats. There are more Linux-specific malware and attacks now than ever before, especially for servers, IoT devices, and even desktop users who get a little click-happy with download links.

2. Antivirus on Windows Runs All the Time—Linux Is Usually Manual:

If you install antivirus on Windows, it typically runs all the time. It’s watching your system in real time, scanning downloads, checking USB drives, and quietly using your CPU in the background.

Linux antivirus, like ClamAV, works differently. By default, it doesn’t scan in real time. You run it manually when you want to scan a file, folder, or device.

That may sound like a hassle, but it’s nice for performance. You get control over when your scans run and avoid the sluggishness that some Windows users know all too well.

3. Antivirus on Linux Is Often About Detecting Windows Threats

Here’s something funny: many Linux antivirus tools are used to find Windows virus & malware protection.

Why? Because lots of Linux systems act as servers or file-sharing hubs. You might not be vulnerable to a .exe virus, but if you unknowingly send it to a Windows user, that’s still a problem.

In that sense, Linux antivirus software is often about device protection others and keeping your system clean just in case.

4. Linux Security Is More About Prevention Than Cure

On Windows, antivirus feels like a daily battle. On Linux, it’s more about keeping the walls strong so nothing gets in to begin with.

Linux users are generally more involved in their system’s setup and maintenance, so they tend to:

Keep their system and software updated

Use firewalls like UFW

Avoid running random software from the internet

Limit root access

This proactive mindset is a huge reason why Linux systems are more secure out of the box.

5. GUI vs. Terminal: Different Expectations

On Windows, antivirus tools come with sleek interfaces, dashboards, graphs, and notifications.

On Linux, many antivirus tools are command-line based. That’s normal here.

Take ClamAV,it runs from the terminal. If you want a graphical version, you have to install something like ClamTk.

This difference isn’t because Linux is stuck in the past. It’s just that the Linux community tends to value lightweight, flexible tools over flashy interfaces.

6. Paid vs. Free: No “Freemium” Gimmicks

Most Linux antivirus software is either:

Free and open-source (like ClamAV)

Enterprise-focused but free for home use (like Sophos)

There’s no constant upsell or trial countdown. 

You won’t be nagged to upgrade to “premium protection.”

That’s a refreshing change from Windows antivirus tools that lure you in with a free version and then drown you in pop-ups asking for payment.

7. You Don’t Need Antivirus on Linux—But It Doesn’t Hurt

Most Linux desktop users can get by just fine without antivirus software. But that doesn’t mean it’s useless.

Having something like ClamTk on hand is great for scanning:

Files from a USB stick

Downloads from unknown sources

Email attachments

Documents before sharing them

It is comparable to holding an umbrella. You will appreciate its presence even though you don't always need it.

FAQs

Q1: Is there real-time antivirus protection for Linux like on Windows?

Yes, but it’s less common. Tools like Sophos or ESET for Linux offer real-time scanning. Most others, like ClamAV, are on-demand only.

Q2: Can Linux get viruses?

Yes, but not the same way Windows does. Most attacks target servers, misconfigured systems, or users who install untrusted software with root access.

Q3: Is ClamAV enough to protect my Linux system?

It’s a good tool for manual scans, especially if you exchange files with others. If you want constant protection, consider pairing it with good security habits or using a real-time tool.

Q4: Will Linux antivirus slow my system down?

Not usually. Most Linux AV tools are lightweight and don’t run unless you ask them to.

Q5: What about malware in email or browser downloads?

That’s where it helps to scan suspicious files. Use ClamTk to scan your Downloads folder or USB drives when in doubt.

Conclusion

The biggest difference between antivirus software on Linux and Windows comes down to philosophy.

Windows antivirus tools are reactive,they watch everything and try to clean up messes after they happen. Linux antivirus is more optional, more flexible, and usually used when needed, not 24/7.

That doesn’t mean Linux is perfectly safe,it just means the approach to staying secure is different.

If you're new to Linux and want peace of mind, start with something light like ClamTk. Keep your system updated. Use common sense when installing apps. And you’ll be just fine.

[dianight]

In several years of searching I've seen a lot of ways of disabling windows updates but literally all of them either don't work or after a certain point will stop working even if they did before.

Also lots of third party tools which I've always been wary of trying for obvious reasons. Random people on threads going about bruteforcing their way through the files and just deleting folders left and right.

And I randomly found this one a while ago. I've been actually looking for it again because search engines are absolute fucking garbage since like 2020(?) so even knowing what I was looking for it took me too long. The comment with a youtube link takes you to the one video that shows a method that works, is permanent, reversible and does not require any other programs. Just changing some permissions so that updates and the services that restore them when disabled will not work.

Now a "problem" with this is the last time I did that my hard drive died that same month. It was unrelated, obviously. But there is a bit of superstition/paranoia and I don't "need" to do it yet. But as october 2025 gets closer I'll have to at some point because with 100% certainty microsoft will fuck up their final updates no matter what. No accountability at that point (or now), no consequences for it, they've done shit like that before. So obviously you can run a (very shortly to be) compromised system that will run worse than before, you can run a (very shortly to be) compromised system that runs as good as it will ever do if you disable them before that date (earlier better, I assume) or you switch to linux I suppose. There is no chance I run windows 11 on my pc and I can't even update if I wanted, which I've talked about before in regards to how much electronic waste will be generated when a shitload of companies get forced to update to win 11 and need new hardware.

Anyway.

[jaymes-baker]

General Device Maintenance for Windows

It is common for people to think they need a new laptop or desktop after a few years of use, and it is running slow. However, I’m going to show you a few tricks that I have perfected over the years to help a machine run in tip top shape. These are especially great to do after you have been uninstalling and reinstalling video games on them or just general use from office activity. These are, in my professional experience, the General Maintenance your company should be running on their Windows machines once a year, but probably is not…

-Work Machine-

Please note that for any commands I’m referencing to with quotes, you will not enter the quotes, it’s just the industry standard when specifying a string of data. We’ve all been there, on a work machine and it’s locked down on the permissions. Great news, you can run “gpupdate /force” (Group Policy Update) from Command Prompt. It’s pretty fast and either works or gives you an error that you can screenshot and send to your Service Desk, saving a ton of time. Fundamentally what it does is checks with your company’s server to make sure your computer follows the parameters of the domain. It’s typically the first thing your IT person will run and can be done with any account.

-Personal Machine-

If you haven’t already done it, you should uninstall any Bloatware. This is software that came on your computer when you got it, you don’t necessarily need or use it and it doesn’t seem to contribute to how your computer runs the way you are going to use it. Navigate to the “uninstall a program” area of your Control Panel and you will see the list, then just right click > uninstall (sometimes with stuff like Office there is a “Repair” option). If you see “Wave Browser” while in the control panel you will want to get rid of that at once and run a malware scan; actually, if you see any program you don’t recognize, Google it and/or the publisher to check that it’s legitimate or see what it does. (Note: modern browsers have Java built in, you no longer need it installed on your machine.) You may also have to do it from what we used to call the “Start” area and have no idea why they changed it, er the windows icon and “All Apps”.

-Light Clean-

Clearing your temp folders might seem like it’s not that important, but the closer your SSD drive gets to 50% the slower it performs. This is the random cache your computer stores during regular use of moving files, installing programs, error logs…etc. You’d be surprised at just how junked up they can get, I’ve seen them take up to 8GB worth of data.

From any account: Go to start > Run and type in “%temp%”. (The actual path is “C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp”)

With administrative rights, follow the same steps but instead type “temp”.(“C:\Windows\Temp”)

-Update Drivers-

If it’s not one thing, it’s the drivers. Easiest way you can check is to look for a caution mark on one of the listed items in the Device Manger; you might have to drop down the tree. These are the kernel code that binds your operating system and programs with the motherboard. You can set them to auto update, but sometimes the list doesn’t synchronize. Some laptops such as Lenovo have a program that you can download from their website or find in the Microsoft Store like “Lenovo Vantage” and it can be ran from a user account. If you want to look for them yourself the command is: “wmic bios get serialnumber”. The top two to look for and download if they have a newer version are the BIOS and Firmware/Chipset Management Engine.

-More in Depth Commands-

(You will need administrative rights)

Similar to Linux there are terminal commands that are native to the Windows environment that you can run to improve your system. To run these, go to start > Command Prompt > right click > run as administrator:

#1 System File Checker = "sfc /scannow"

This one will take roughly 10 minutes but it’s safe to use the machine while it runs; however, I wouldn’t install anything while it goes. It basically goes through your filesystem and makes sure everything lines up the way it should be, the right system files point to the correct location and there’s no junk files that shouldn’t be there linking to something else. This is just layman’s term, and feel free to look into it more but I assure you it’s perfectly fine to run even if you don’t know what you’re doing.

#2 DISM = "dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth"

It can take 15 to 45 minutes, depending on how bad your machine is, but again it’s safe to use while it runs. This connects with the Microsoft servers responsible for updates and ensures that your operating systems image matches the lines of code it should have. You can actually do a lot with dism commands.

#3 Check Disk = "chkdsk /f /r /x" (stands for: find, repair, dismount)

Please note that you will not be able to use the machine until it’s finished running and it can take up to an hour. It should automatically restart your machine after entering it so make sure to save and close everything beforehand. It sometimes gets stuck at “100%, please do not turn off or restart your machine”, but it’s safe to hard reset (press the power button or pull cord). This checks your hard drive for any irregularities and makes sure nothing is corrupt or damaged. There are several ways to run this, however this is the one I find most useful as it runs it at a very low level right after bios when it is loading the kernel (code that makes hardware talk to software).

#4 Cipher = "cipher /w:c:\"

This one will take a while, like up to 2 hours, and I wouldn’t plan on using it, so it goes faster. For when you drastically want to really clean your hard drive to sell or donate This command wipes the dark void of the strange quarks files turn into after the recycling bin. Basically, preventing anyone from restoring anything you deleted and maximizing the free space available in some parts per million way. — And that’s pretty much it! There are a few snazzy programs that I will leave below to help keep your computer stay in shape and safe. Other than that, Congratulations!!! You could be an entry level IT person now.

Noteworthy programs: ATF Cleaner, JRT Remover, Glary Utilities, CCleaner and Malwarebytes

[argentgames]

Ren'Py: Releasing Mac builds

Feels like every few weeks we have to update the way we prepare Ren’Py builds for Mac.

Ren’Py Mac builds

Mac OSX post-Catalina version requires software to be completely 64-bit. It also requires code-signing, which you usually need to create a developer account to do. Ren’Py can get around this by being signed itself, so when we make Mac builds, we need to package the game together with the Ren’Py launcher. You will know if a game does not launch if you go to launch it and see the game icon bounce for a bit in the doc before disappearing.

It is not the greatest user experience to launch a game, see the Ren’Py launcher, then select the game and hit “Launch Game” to get it to run. We discovered that instead of packaging the entire Windows/Linux folder inside Ren’Py and bundling it all up, we can include just the relevant game folder and launcher icons.

Previously, all the items with red arrows by them were wrapped inside another subdirectory Dead-Mans-Rest. By removing this nested structure, launching the game now launches the game directly, no Ren’Py launcher in site.

How do you launch the game?

Steam

If you are playing on Steam, then the game launches via the renpy.app file. If you are building the game on a non-Mac computer, then you need to make sure the entire folder has the necessary read and/or executable permissions. We do this by running chmod -R 755 dead-mans-rest-mac-final, which runs the permissions changing command on all files in the folder. You could also do chmod +x dead-mans-rest-mac-final, possibly running it directly on renpy.app and/or renpy.app/Contents/MacOS/renpy.

Itch

Doing the above process doesn’t work for itch.io downloads. Steam downloads have some magical ability to run (maybe Steam is doing some additional signing or passing along certificates telling Mac that the file is safe to run). Itch (or other platforms, such as Google Drive) does not come with this magical ability. To get the game to run, we have to make a symlink to the direct Ren’Py executable file and give it special permissions. Probably.

We haven’t tried only doing the chmod +x renpy.app/Contents/MacOS/renpy command, uploading, downloading, and running the game. Maybe that is enough.

Anyway, the current method to get a Mac Ren’Py game to run (when downloaded from not-Steam):

Build Windows/Linux

Move res/, icons/executable files, and game/ files into a fresh renpy-sdk download

Make a symlink to the direct Ren’Py executable file bash ln -s renpy.app/Contents/MacOS/renpy <YourGame>.app

Change permissions bash chmod -R 755 renpy-sdk-folder

Rename renpy-sdk-folder to something friendlier such as <YourGame>

Upload the folder (zip it up if required) to your distribution platform of choice

Download the game and try to run it to make sure it works

IMPORTANT NOTE IF BUILDING ON NOT-MAC. On Windows, you can run the chmod and symlink commands by installing Windows Subsystem for Linux. You can also make a symlink with a native Windows command mklink SymlinkOutput.app PathToRealFile.app (pay attention to how the arguments are backwards from the symlink command). HOWEVER, if you try to upload the game to Steam/Itch via command line tools (Steam command line tool, itch’s butler tool), the upload will fail, claiming the symlink file is inaccessible. The current “workaround” is to…make the build on Windows and upload it to itch (or elsewhere), then move to a Mac, download the game, do all the symlink/permissions changing, and reupload the game.

Questions or Comments?

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Find command is a pretty useful command for easily locating files & folders in Linux. What makes it a powerful command is that we can use a number of search criteria/options to refine the search.  

It can be found & used on almost all Linux distros by default.

Recommended Read: How to use NMAP command to test Server/Network Security

Also Read: How to create a free SSL certificate using Let’s Encrypt in Linux

Syntax for using Find command

To use the find command, the basic syntax is:-

# find  location search-criteria  search-term

Now that we have some understanding of what the find command is & how to use the find command in Linux. Let’s discuss some examples as well,

Examples of the FIND command in Linux

Finding files on the system

To find all the files in the ‘/’ folder i.e. root directory, use,

# find / -type f

To search for the file in a particular directory, use,

# find /etc/ -type f

Finding directories on the system

To find all the folders/directories in the ‘/’ folder i.e. root directory, use,

# find / -type d

To look for all the directories in a particular directory, use,

# find /etc/ -type d

Finding files based on the name

If you know the name of the file or folder you are looking for, then you can also use that to make search easy & fast with the following command,

# find /etc -iname “*.txt”

This shows all the files in the /etc folder with extension .txt. One thing to consider here is that it will ignore a case-sensitive file. It will show all the files ending with .txt but will ignore files ending with .TXT or .Txt.

To include all such files as well, we can use ‘-name’ instead of ‘-iname’, for example,

# find /etc -name “*.txt”

Invertive name search

Find command can also be used to exclude some files & only show the remaining files, use,

# find /etc -not -name “*.txt”

above command will list all the files & directories that do not have extension “.txt” at the end.

Finding files/directories with size

With the find command, we can also find files based on the file sizes. Use the following example as reference,

# find /etc -type f -size 2M

This will show all the files in the /etc folder with the size of 2 Megabytes.

Combining search criteria

We can also combine more than one search option to produce a more refined search,

# find /etc -name ‘test*’ ! -name ‘*.php’

here, it will find all the files with the name ‘test’ at the start in ‘/etc’ folder which does not have extension .php. “!” here is the equivalent of AND operator.

Also, we can combine two search criteria & produce results when any of the two search criteria are satisfied.

# find /etc -name ‘test*’ -o -name ‘*.txt’

Here “-o” is equivalent to OR operator.

Search based on file permissions

To find files based on their permissions, use,

# find /etc -type f -perm 0400

This will show all the files in the /etc folder with the permission of 0644.

# find /etc -type f -perm /u=r

The result for the above command will show all files for a user with only read permissions.

Finding files with user & group ownership

Similar to how we can locate files with particular permissions, we can also use find command to locate files with a particular owner,

# find / -user dan

Here, we are locating all the files that are created by user ‘dan’. Similarly, we can also search for files or folders that are owned by a group by replacing -user with -group.

# find / -group dan

Finding files based on their modification time, Access time & Change time

# find / -mtime 10

It will find all the files that were modified in the last 10 days. Replace mtime with -atime to find all the files that were accessed in the last 10 days.

# find / -cmin -60

It will find all the files that were changed in the last 60 minutes.

# find / -mmin -60

It will find all the files modified in the last 60 minutes.

# find / -amin -60

It will find all the files accessed in the last 60 minutes.

Listing all the found files

To get all files and present them in order as ‘ls command’ would, use,

# find . -exec ls -ld {} \;

This will show all the files in output as would be shown by ls command.

Finding & deleting the found files

We can also combine some options to locate files & then can also perform an operation to delete them, all in a single command,

# find /etc -type f -name *.txt -size -1M -exec rm -f {} \;

This command will find all the files with .txt as an extension with a size of less than 1 Megabyte & will execute the rm/delete command on found files.

Getting Help

Like with any other Linux command, we can also take help from the OS documentation to get more detailed information about the command. Use,

# find –help

With this, we complete our tutorial on how to use the FIND command in Linux.  These are only some examples, certainly, there are plenty of ways that you can use the find command to get what you need. If you run into any issues or have any questions, please do send us using the comment box below.

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Vmware Fusion Linux On Mac

Give it a few more minutes and finally you’ll see this delightful message: And that’s it. Fedora Linux is now installed into the virtual machine you’ve set up in VMware Fusion on your Mac system. All that’s left is to boot it up and log in! How to Install Linux (Ubuntu Server 18.04) on a Mac with VMware Fusion Introduction. VMware Fusion. is a desktop virtualization program that lets you run multiple different operating systems. Before we begin, you should have VMware Fusion. installed on your Mac and have downloaded.

When you create a Linux virtual machine, you can use the Fusion Linux Easy Install feature to install the Linux operating system you provide and to install VMware Tools in your virtual machine.

Unless you specify a file location for a virtual machine when you create it, Fusion saves the virtual machine package to a default location, which can vary. See Default File Location of a Virtual Machine.

You must obtain the operating system installation image. Fusion does not include any operating systems to install in virtual machines that you create.

Procedure

Select File > New.

A dialog box appears with the Select the Installation Method panel showing.

Insert the operating system installation CD into your Mac.

Fusion detects it and asks for confirmation that it is the operating system to install.

If it is the correct operating system, ensure that Install this operating system is selected and click Continue to go to the Linux Easy Install panel.

In the Linux Easy Install dialog box, select the Use Easy Install option, provide the appropriate information, and click Continue.

Enter your Display Name, Account Name, and Password.

Select Make your home folder accessible to the virtual machine to have Linux Easy Install configure your home folder as a shared folder, so you can share files between the virtual machine and your Mac.

(Optional) If you selected to make your home folder accessible, select either Read only or Read & Write for your virtual machine.

In the Finish panel, you can use default settings or customize the settings before powering on the virtual machine to start the operating system installation.

OptionActionTo create the virtual machine according to the specifications listed in the Finish panel

Click Finish.

Indicate the location to save the virtual machine to or accept the default, such as the your home directory/Virtual Machines folder.

(Optional) To share the virtual machine with other users on the Mac host, save the virtual machine to the Shared folder and select the Share this virtual machine with other users on this Mac check box. Deselect the check box to save to the Shared folder but not share the virtual machine with other users on the Mac host. See Creating a Shared Virtual Machine in Fusion.

To change disk size or other standard settings of the virtual machine

Click Customize Settings.

Save the new virtual machine.

Make changes to the virtual machine’s disk size, processor usage, removable devices, and other configurations on the Settings window.

Fusion starts the new virtual machine, installs the operating system, and installs VMware Tools.

You can install Mac OS X, OS X, or macOS in a virtual machine. Fusion creates the virtual machine, opens the operating system installation assistant, and installs VMware Tools. VMware Tools loads the drivers required to optimize a virtual machine's performance.

Mac OS X, OS X, or macOS virtual machines that you create in Fusion can run on any Apple-branded hardware that uses Intel processors. The Apple licensing agreement defines the situations when it is permissible to virtualize Mac OS X, OS X, or macOS. Fusion does not change these terms or enable macOS on non-Apple hardware. You cannot use a Mac OS X, OS X, or macOS virtual machine in another VMware product, such as Workstation Pro.

Fusion supports the following Mac server and client versions for the guest operating system:

Mac OS X Server 10.5, 10.6

Mac OS X 10.7

OS X 10.8, 10.9, 10.10, 10.11

macOS 10.12, 10.13, 10.14, 10.15

macOS 11.0

Vmware Fusion Mac Os

Fusion does not support the following features for Mac virtual machines:

Multiple displays

3D Accelerated graphics

Unity view

Vmware Fusion

To install the operating system, use the procedure for creating a virtual machine for any supported operating system. See Create a Virtual Machine for Any Supported Operating System.

[rozikfarrah]

How to Install PuTTY on Ubuntu Linux

Introduction

PuTTY is a popular terminal emulator for Windows, but it is not only limited to Windows operating system. Being free and open source, it is popular among Linux users too.

PuTTY supports a wide range of protocols such as serial, SSH, Telnet, rlogin, SCP, SFTP etc. PuTTY is used by seasoned sysadmins and hobbyists/maker-crowd alike.

PuTTY ships with a command line tool named “psftp”, the PuTTY SFTP client, which is used to securely transfer files between computers over an SSH connection.

Sysadmins generally use PuTTY as an SSH and telnet client whereas the Maker community widely uses PuTTY for interfacing with the serial ports on their hardware.

The simplest way to install PuTTY in Ubuntu Linux is via terminal i.e, the command line. 

Follow the steps below to install PuTTY on Ubuntu.

Step 1 

Login into Ubuntu Desktop. Press Ctrl + Atl + T to open GNOME terminal. If for some reason the shortcut didn’t work, run the Terminal from the Ubuntu Dash.

Step 2

 Run the following command in the terminal.

>> sudo apt-get update

This command updates the Ubuntu package list with latest one. If this command is skipped, there is a good chance that Ubuntu might install older version of the softwares instead of the latest version due to the fact that it only had the older list with older version of softwares.

So, whenever installing new software or intending to upgrade the software versions, it is a good idea to run this command first. 

The sudo prefix at the start of the command instructs the terminal to run the command as root since installing and upgrading softwares is a privilege operation and should not be performed by users which do not have sufficient access. 

Provide the user password when prompted by sudo and hit Enter.

Step 3

Install PuTTY using the command below.

>> Sudo apt-get install -y putty

Step 4

PuTTY should be installed. Run it from the terminal using “putty” as a command, or from the Dash. 

>> putty

As visible in the PuTTY screenshot above, it provides a range of connection types to choose from Raw, Telnet, Rlogin, SSH, and Serial. 

It also ships with command-line tools for SCP (pscp), SFTP (psftp), RSA and DSA key generator (putty keygen), etc, which can be run from the terminal.

Connecting to Ubuntu Server using SSH Keys and Putty:

This tutorial shows you how to connect to your Ubuntu server using ssh with keys. The advantage is that you can connect to your server without passwords. .

First, install an SSH server on the server if not already installed:

sudo apt-get install ssh Open SSH-server

For increased security change the SSH port to something else (Eg. 2222) by editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config (optional). The default port (22) would work as well. sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Save and restart the server:

sudo /etc/init.d/ssh restart

Then navigate to the following folder:

cd ~/.ssh

Generate a pair of keys:

ssh-keygen -t dsa

You could also use "RSA" instead of "dsa". When asked for a file name you may provide a file name for the keys (Eg. passkey) or just press enter for default naming.

 You may also choose to enter a passphrase for increased security (recommended). However, remember that you will have to enter this passphrase every time to connect to the ssh server.

Then create a key file as described below and set its permissions:

touch authorized_keys chmod 600 authorized_keys

Then add the public key (Eg. passkey.pub) to the key file:

cat passkey.pub >> authorized_keys

Then for security remove the passkey.pub from the server. Now login to your other computer and move the other key (Eg. passkey) to this computer. In Ubuntu, 

you can copy the private key (passkey) to the .ssh folder in your home directory. In Windows, you can copy it to any folder. 

In Ubuntu/Linux edit ~/.ssh/config file to use the private key for connections. 

In Windows, use PuTTYgen.exe to load the passkey to generate a private key file. Use this key file while connecting to a remote ssh server using Putty.

[stahl-tier]

My horrible Odyssey to install Git LFS on my Synology NAS

So this is a bit different content from what I usually post. But I NEEDED an outlet for this incredible buildup of frustration that I had to deal with for the past WEEK. The objective seemed easy when I decided to start this terrible journey:

Install Git LFS on a Synology NAS disk station.

The Status Quo

My friend and I wanted to work on a Unity project together, so "normal" Git, I was told, would not suffice. It had to be LFS. We looked into other options before, but I thought "Hey, why not use the readily available NAS I have? Why use external, even paid services if we can just use a homebrew solution?" And that's where the descent into madness started.

I have a DS418j, not the most advanced or expensive model. It is important to note that I went into this as a completely clueless person.

I never used Git via console commands. My knowledge of Git was generally very limited. Even at the end of all this, I still BARELY know how to set up a repository and interact with it.

I had no idea what LFS even really does.

I only had very rudimentary knowledge of how to operate my NAS via its user interface.

I never interacted with a Linux console before. It turned out that I would be doing that a lot.

A Walk in the Park?

At first, everything seemed pretty straightforward, to be honest. I googled the simple task of setting up Git on a Synology NAS. The first result was already pretty helpful.

It seemed like all I had to do was set up a new user on my NAS ("gituser"), also install the available "Git Server" from the NAS's user interface. And "WebDAV", another package that could be installed via the interface.

WebDAV, as I found out, was a key component in my journey. It was a bit of a struggle to set up, but it appeared to be important in the process of connecting to my NAS via HTTPS. And probably other things that I still have no idea about. I didn't even know why I'm installing WebDAV in the first place, because I intended to use Git via SSH. Which another setting in my NAS would provide - the Terminal setting in the system settings. That's where I enabled SSH via port 22.

Well, my friend then told me that we cannot use LFS via SSH. Okay, I thought, that's what WebDAV is for, after all.

The Git Server had very few options, which seemed fishy to me. It literally only has one window where you set permissions for users. I gave gituser the permission to access it. That was that.

Of course I also needed a shared folder for our repositories ("git"). Creating that was not hard either. Here I noticed that gituser needs to be part of the "administrators" group for Git Server to work properly. But I could not remove it from the "users" group, so things got a bit fucky with permissions. I ended up giving both the administrators and users group a lot more permissions than I was comfortable with. But I trust my friend to not wreak havoc on my NAS for the time being.

So, everything was set up. Or so I thought.

Hitting the first Bump in the Road

I was able to connect to my NAS via SSH only, but didn't think anything of it yet. Doing that, I used Sourcetree to create the first test repo. Went to the NAS interface, checked, it was there and looked good. I could push and pull files. Created a second repo, ran "git lfs install"... and it didn't work.

The lfs command was not known.

I quickly found out that... of course it could not be known. Other than github for example, my NAS did not have LFS pre-setup. So, I concluded, I had to go install LFS on my NAS.

...Easier said than done.

While it does support a console with most regular Linux commands... a package manager is not included. At least none that is easily accessible, or supports any common packages.

At this point I figured "Why deal with this myself?" and contacted Synology support. I asked them "how can I set up Git LFS on my NAS?"

And Synology Support said:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They told me they do not offer support for the console. They said I should go ask the community. Okay.

I did not ask the community, but I did a lot of googling and found out: I could not "just install" LFS. I had to get creative.

We heard you like package managers?

First, I figured out that I need to be able to use the "curl" command. All the binary files on LFS's package cloud were binaries that were apparently downloadable with curl. I did not know what curl was... but I knew I needed to get it working.

I found out that for curl to work, I needed to install PHP on my NAS. Luckily, that was possible via Synology's included package manager. But for PHP to DO anything, I also had to install the "Web Station" and configure my PHP version there. I figured... might as well!

After enabling a couple PHP commands, I felt ready to download LFS. But the question was... which version? What even was my OS?

As it turns out, Synology uses a custom Linux version for their diskstations. Of course, LFS does not "officially" provide a package for that version. I tried the nodeJS version, because I noticed I also have nodeJS installed on my NAS. I ran into the version issue as well, unfortunately, when I tried to install the package through nodeJS. Not even changing my nodeJS version helped. Many hours later, I tried the .deb and .rpm files randomly instead of the nodeJS ones. Those also didn't want to work, despite me eventually figuring out how to lie to them about which OS I'm using.

I was almost ready to give up at that point. I was at least 3 full days into my odyssey already.

But then I spotted something else... A thing called "GoLang". Apparently, it would be possible to download LFS via GoLang. However, to do that, I of course needed to get Go first.

An initial search got me on track to "ipkg", which promised to enable me to install Go. But after reading up on it a bit, it looked woefully outdated. I had it already downloaded and was about to install, but ran into errors and trouble again.

That was when I found "Entware". It's similar to ipkg, but uses "opkg", a similar package manager. I was able to install Entware on my NAS without much trouble, and it contained the Go package that I needed so direly.

While I was at it, I also installed the available "git" and "git-http" packages from opkg, just to make sure. Who knew if they'd come in handy. I don't know if they did, but they also didn't seem to cause any harm.

Now, with Go installed (which went surprisingly smoothly), I was able to access just about anything on the internet and install it on my NAS! Hallelujah!

But if you thought it was over... just look at the scrollbar.

The end of my odyssey was finally in sight. I thought that nothing could go wrong anymore, now! With the help of Go, I was able to install the LFS binary. I was able to run it in my console, too. I was finally able to run "git lfs install".

...and it didn't help.

I got a bunch of errors, again. Instead of getting closer to the solution, it seemed like I just managed to find more obscure errors. Here the important thing about the SSH came in, as well. LFS does not like SSH, from what I found out. But SSH was the only way for me to connect to my NAS from my PC!

In a fury of looking up stuff again, I found the "DDNS" option on my NAS. That would allow me to get a hostname and use it like a normal website address! I kinda rushed through the setup because I had no idea what I was doing.

Well, whatever I did, it seemed to be sufficient. My friend could now connect to my NAS over her Sourcetree client. But when she tried to upload LFS objects, it just didn't work. She got a "404" error.

It wasn't hard to figure out that 404 meant no access in this case - my NAS was simply refusing to show any directory to someone who doesn't have access to it. Cue a long journey into my NAS's interface to make sure the gituser had the right permissions. I also changed the password because I read something about WebDAV being particular about some passwords. I also made a new user to see if maybe I just messed up setting up gituser.

To test if I was making any progress, my friend and I tried to access my NAS via our web browsers. But no matter what we tried, no matter what I tried, we couldn't access. 403 Forbidden or 404 Not Found. Those were the results. I couldn't even access if I used my admin account.

I tried to hack my way into pushing anyway, and only ended up corrupting our repo's history with "missing" and "broken" files because they were never properly uploaded, but LFS thought they were.

It should be noted that I had just accepted that HTTPS won't let me connect on my PC. So I had set up a hotspot for my mobile internet via my phone and used my laptop to do these things. I was in denial about eventually having to fix this, because I'm on a tight data plan on mobile and uploading and downloading Unity projects of several GB size wasn't going to happen that way.

Synology Support to the Rescue! ...Or?

It seemed like we had finally narrowed down the issue with our LFS upload attempts when I also checked the WebDAV console and it reported that it denied our login attempts through browser and Sourcetree as an "authorization failure". So something was wrong with WebDAV.

I contacted Synology support a second time. I asked them, "Why can't my friend and I connect to my NAS via the internet when I have WebDAV enabled and everything port forwarded?"

And Synology Support said:

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

They told me WebDAV and web browsers don't use the same HTTP and HTTPS methods. They are simply not compatible. They told me I should download their WebDAV client or connect locally.

So it was known from the start that what I was attempting could never work... but it was also not mentioned anywhere on the web or Synology's help pages that this was the case.

We have a saying in Austria: "jemanden deppert sterben lassen". It translates to "to let someone die stupid". Essentially, it means that you have information and you watch someone else without this information struggle without ever telling them about it voluntarily. I felt this saying was very appropriate for my situation.

Time to give up, I guess... Except I didn't.

I was almost a week into my odyssey by now. Maybe it's a sunk-cost-fallacy, but I couldn't abandon all my work now. I refused.

A Light at the End of the Tunnel

I went back to open another browser tab (my average was 20 open tabs during this... normally it's 2 to 3). And I searched for a solution that works with WebDAV. And truly... there was ONE repo online that offered it.

A special thanks goes out to this fellow: https://github.com/mpotthoff/git-lfs-webdav

They straight up saved our project from collapsing into a pile of tears and rage. I installed this package on my NAS, which... sort of worked. It turned out I needed to install it locally (as well?). So I did. But I needed to install Git, LFS, and Go on my local PC as well for that.

So with the help of Go, I built an exe file for my laptop, which then gave me a 401 when trying to push to LFS. Luckily I expected that. And I was overjoyed, because FINALLY a different error.

I tried to run the steps in the git-lfs-webdav repo to fix it... but got a strange error in the console.

It cried, when trying to enter my username, that the "handle" for the password was wrong. But I hadn't even entered the password yet! Searching some more on the internet gave me no conclusive answer. Randomly, I tried a different console - my Sourcetree console apparently runs "MINGW32" while my Git console runs "MINGW64". Switching to the Git console fixed this problem for me, and switching to the Windows shell fixed it for my friend.

And then, it finally worked for my friend.

She could upload a test image via LFS, and I could receive it via LFS on my laptop.

The rest was me calling my internet provider about my PC being unable to connect. The internet provider said ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Luckily I did not attempt to mess with my DNS or Subnet Mask or anything of the sort, or buy a VPN/Proxy. All I had to do was create a self-signed SSL certificate on my NAS, download it, and feed it into my PC's trusted authorities files. My friend had to download and feed it too.

In Summary...

This was a horrible, terrible, awful journey. I would not recommend attempting this at home to anyone.

Even now, what we've got going on only sort-of works with our Unity project, because Unity is... Unity. We're still figuring out the details, for example why scene content is going missing and so on.

But I believe that the worst and most difficult part is over. Will I be able to recreate this in a year or two, maybe for a different repo, on a different PC?

Probably not.

[jimeb96]

ADB Driver for Mac

What is ADB Driver?

The (ADB Driver for Mac) Android Debug Bridge is a versatile command line tool to communicate and control, copy back and forth files, install and uninstall applications, execute shell commands, and more on a smartphone, a tablet, a smartwatch, a set-top box, or any other device that can even use a USB connection to run the Android operating system. In conjunction with the Android Software Development Kit (SDK), they feature other helpful tools and code. Some work by itself and some commands are integrated into the binary. It is a client-server program that includes three components:

A client sending commands. Client runs for development on your machine. You can call a client from a terminal on a command-line by sending an adb command.

A daemon (adbd) running commands on a device. The daemon runs on each device as a background process.

A server which manages client-daemon communication. The server is running as a background on your development machine.

Features of Universal  ADB Driver for Mac

Quick Installer - Just connect to your computer and run ADB Driver setup in seconds, and install Google ADB Driver quickly.

Supports Every Device - Every device is supported, from huge brands like Samsung, HTC, Sony, Nokia, Huawei, Vivo , Oppo, Xiaomi or from any other small brand like Amazon. The chipset is detected and the driver is installed automatically.

Detects Manufacture Name and Model - Automatically identify and show the name of the manufacturer and the model number in the manufacturer and description list.

Refresh Button - You can quickly update the list of devices attached to your computer. 

Supports Windows x86 and x64 Bit -  It detects your computer's BIT automatically and lets you easily install ADB Driver on Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 easily.

How to Install ADB Driver for Mac

Download the ADB Driver for Mac ZIP file for macOS.

Extract the ZIP to an easily-accessible location (like the Desktop for example).

Open Terminal.

To browse to the folder you extracted ADB into, enter the following command: cd /path/to/extracted/folder/

For example, on my Mac it was this: cd /Users/Doug/Desktop/platform-tools/

Connect your device to your Mac with a compatible USB cable. Change the USB connection mode to “file transfer (MTP)” mode. This is not always required for every device, but it’s best to just leave it in this mode so you don’t run into any issues.

Once the Terminal is in the same folder your ADB tools are in, you can execute the following command to launch the ADB daemon: adb devices

On your device, you’ll see an “Allow USB debugging” prompt. Allow the connection.

The Difference Between Windows And Mac/Linux

The difference between Windows and Mac or Linux is a small but essential one. On the latter two, every ADB and Fastboot command must be preceded by a dot-slash.

So, where you type ADB on Windows, you must type ./adb on Mac and Linux. And fastboot on Windows needs to be ./fastboot on Mac and Linux.

What can you do with ADB Driver for Mac?

Create a Full Backup of Your Phone

Reset and backup your phone with Android recovery mode. The backups can be saved only on your phone or on your SD card. With the help of ADB, you can create the full backup on your computer.

Backup a Specific App and Its Data

ADB can also help you save only a particular application and its data. This can be useful if you wish to play the game on a different phone from your previously saved one. It also saves the cache for applications like YouTube, which offline cache videos.

Install Multiple Apps

You can easily batch install multiple apps (apk files) in a folder on your phone with ADB. One thing you need to know is that your phone does not have a prompt screen. Please be careful with the apps that you are installing. Make sure they don’t contain malware (or a malware app).

Extract APK from Your Phone

ADB can easily remove APK from an app from your phone, for some reason.

Record Screen

There are a lot of apps available for this on the Play Store, but ADB always works coolly. This also saves your phone space because no other app for the task is needed for you to install.

Change DPI of the Screen

DPI (Dots per Inch) is a value used by Android to determine the perfect image and app icon size to display on the screen. Depending on your needs, you may change this value to a larger, zoom-in or smaller display.

Connect ADB Driver for Mac Over WiFi

Why not wirelessly connect to ADB Driver for Mac in the world today? Wireless, where everything is going. It's pretty easy to do that. But you first need to connect your phone via USB to allow it. Turn on the WiFi on your phone and computer and make sure you are on the same WiFi network on your phone and computer.

Get System Stats and Info

A shell command is provided which developers use when their app is running to check the system behavior. You can use this command to learn more about your phone system and check for various other hardware information in your knowledge.

How does ADB Driver for Mac work on Android?

ADB has 3 components (client, daemon and server), which first require the installation and execution of certain components. Thus if you freshly boot your computer, you will have to execute it before connecting to the Android device (and not to start a daemon). When a daemon is checked, this message appears in the command prompt. 

If the daemon does not work, the process will start and tell you about the TCP port that is running locally. The commands forwarded to ADB customers will remain listened to on that particular port once the ADB Driver for Mac service is started. It connects all operating devices ( e.g. emulators) connected to the computer. At this time, if your computer was not allowed, you receive a request for permission in your Android device.

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How To Convert MPC To MP3?

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A: Of us Convert MP3 data to MPC format for varied function, nevertheless, most of them Convert MP3 for the 2 common ones, first the MP3 recordsdata are too massive, they want to avoid wasting space, second their moveable units do not recognize MP3 format in any respect, but these gadgets are in a position to enjoying MPC information with none compatibility points. After you download and install the codec (assuming you may have already and downloaded and installed dBpowerAMP Music Converter first) you possibly can select your file to be transformed, choose "convert to" and from the menu that seems choose mp3 as your format and select the mp3 settings for the file you wish to create. If in case you have entire folders of mpc recordsdata to convert you may also need to obtain and set up the File Selector module. DO NOT OBTAIN THIS UPDATE. THAT IS NOW MALWARE!!!. DO NOT DOWNLOAD. Like the earlier reviewer, I used to be tricked into an replace by software I had previously trusted. It seemed instantly sketchy, trying to alter my browser to Yahoo! and all that b, but I endured. After I put in the software, it stop out Chrome, and once I rebooted, there was a brand new Extension installed WITHOUT MY PERMISSION - some b referred to as PremierOpinion. Additional, All2Mp3 had buried PremierOpinion as password-protected software in my Functions folder, and had set it up to run in the background all the time. Audacity is audio enhancing and mpc to mp3 converter multitrack recording software and there is a lot you are able to do with it. It's a superb free software for these stepping into podcasting or dwelling music recording. But here we're simply looking utilizing it for one simple perform. First, Www.audio-Transcoder.Com download Audacity - word that it's cross-platform and out there for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Whilst you can convert a number of audio formats, to avoid wasting to MP3 you also want to put in the LAME MP3 encoder However don't be concerned, if you do not have it put in at first, Audacity will provide a link to get it.

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If you've ever tried to search for software program that can convert audio and video recordsdata on Home windows, you might know how exhausting it can be to find devoted options which can be truly free and function as marketed. FLAC and ALAC are two lossless audio codecs broadly used amongst 1000's of music fans. Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) was developed in 2004 and became open-supply in 2011. FLAC has some inner differences from the ALAC format, however from the angle of an finish-consumer the one actual distinction is that ALAC could be simply performed on iOS units, whereas FLAC - can not. So converting FLAC to ALAC is a typical job for iPhone and iPad users. Here is how one can run this conversion with minimal efforts, maximum efficiency and with out high quality loss. 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After I installed the software program, it give up out Chrome, and once I rebooted, there was a brand new Extension installed WITHOUT MY PERMISSION - some b called PremierOpinion. Further, All2Mp3 had buried PremierOpinion as password-protected software program in my Purposes folder, and had set it up to run within the background all the time. FLAC file format is the audio codec that's basically a lossless musical format, in different phrases, it retains sound quality with none loss. But on the opposite side, it's bit house capturing after we speak about MP3 format, which refers to digital audio coding format. MP3 follows an ordinary technology that ends in better compatibility at a fairly small measurement when compared to FLAC format. Thus, if it's good to get an audio format that captures less size in addition to supplies compatibility to most of the media participant companies and totally different gadgets, then changing FLAC to MP3 through a FLAC to MP3 converter freeware can be a good suggestion. FLAC, short for Free Lossless Audio Codec, not solely presents the identical high quality as the unique audio file, however takes up a lot much less area in your laborious drive. Nonetheless, its restricted compatibiliy usually push individuals to transform FLAC to MP3 or different extra broadly-used audio format. Such inconveniences seem to be exaggerated for Mac users as Apple machine can't recognize nor play it. That can assist you out, we accumulate 6 FLAC converter so that you can convert FLAC to Mac supported codecs without any hassle. There's simple, after which there's extremely simple. If you happen to don't need to obtain something and prefer to get this whole factor finished in just a few seconds, cease by the On-line Audio Converter. Open your recordsdata—this works from native storage, URLs, Google Drive, or Dropbox—after which choose what format you need. The Advanced Settings button helps you to modify bitrate, sample fee, channels, and other features, whereas the Edit Monitor Info button is self-explanatory. Then hit convert, and you're accomplished. The free fre:ac (for Home windows, macOS, and Linux) supports a wide variety of codecs from FLAC to MP3. In addition, you get several different options that allow you to tinker with the audio high quality. Load up your tracks utilizing the Add audio information button on the top left, then choose your output format on the Basic settings a part of the Choices menu. To set the output choices in additional detail, select Options and Configure selected encoder. When you're happy with the settings, click the green play button on the toolbar to start the conversion (encoding) process. Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) is a file format for lossless audio data compression. Being lossless, FLAC to MP3 converter freeware FLAC does not remove information from the audio stream, as lossy compression codecs reminiscent of MP3, AAC, and FLAC to MP3 converter freeware Vorbis do. FLAC's major writer is Josh Coalson. FLAC reduces bandwidth and storage necessities without sacrificing the integrity of the audio source. A digital audio recording (corresponding to a CD observe) encoded to FLAC will be decompressed into an an identical copy of the audio knowledge. Audio sources encoded to FLAC are usually shrunk forty to 50 % (forty six% in line with their own comparison). FLAC is suitable for on a regular basis audio playback and archival, with help for tagging, cover art and quick searching for. FLAC's free and open supply royalty-free nature makes it well-supported by many software program purposes, but FLAC playback assist in transportable audio devices and devoted audio techniques is proscribed presently. Audio converter packages, like Audials Tunebite , are a legal solution for taking part in DRM-protected audio or video recordsdata on any gadget. As a substitute of removing the DRM encryption, Tunebite data the audio or video file and converts it to a format you need to use on any media participant. If you happen to legally purchase films, music, audio books and podcasts, making DRM-free copies for personal use on a number of units is legal. Nonetheless, if you happen to resolve to share the unencrypted file on a file sharing platform or distribute the file with the intent of making a living, you cross the authorized boundary. Carefully learn the terms of service for the platform you employ to purchase digital media before you use audio converter software to make copies of DRM-protected information as a result of each country's copyright laws are completely different.

Certainly, if you happen to nonetheless buy music online, it normally comes as an MP3. However what if that you must convert FLAC audio recordsdata to MP3? While FLAC offers higher high quality than MP3 How Audio Compression Works, and Can You Really Inform the Difference? How Audio Compression Works, and Can You Really Inform the Distinction? In this article, we'll check out how music compression works, and whether or not it has any real impact on how your music actually sounds. Read Extra , it does not get pleasure from its universal compatibility.

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Merge GPX Tracks Without Losing Information?

If you would like to merge a bunch of audio tracks into one file, AVS Audio Editor is all the time ready to help, even if your enter recordsdata are of different formats. A small replace - since final time, GlobiFlow is now part of Citrix Podio and no longer an extension. You need to use GlobiFlow to verify for duplicates and subsequently easier avoid the need to merge data. In 2013, Ballance introduced that she would now not be touring with Superchunk as a result of hyperacusis, a hearing situation of oversensitivity to sure frequency and quantity ranges of sound, however she continues to carry down the fort at Merge Information. After we spoke on the cellphone from her office in Durham, North Carolina, we talked about touring within the ‘90s, running a report label, and the power of Superchunk followers. Audacity is among the many finest sound editor software program for Home windows 10. You can too merge separate audio recordsdata with Audacity by overlapping two various music tracks. Comply with the steps under to mix music tracks with that software program. First, I can't appear to merge two MIDI tracks to one. If the consumer declines to delete the supply coverage after a merge, any gadgets that had been copied to the goal coverage throughout the merge operation (e.g., policy relationships, advisors, insured contacts, and so forth.) are deleted from the supply policy. Any gadgets that weren't copied to the target remain within the source coverage.

The filename1.mp3" half defines the provision listing of your recordsdata. As well as, I've not at all misplaced any elements of my files after doing a merger, and I've been merging with this app for numerous years. The interface is very simple, and merging data is super fast. It regarded like Merge MP3 may work, and the truth that it doesn't re-encode was a plus for low bit rate streams. Moreover, this system was used just a few occasions prior to now. Then - VOILA - as we speak (12-12-12), I decided to strive again and see if maybe that toolbar had been removed, and it had, so I downloaded the app, and WOW - I'm so completely happy to have this little fella again again!!! Needless to say, almost definitely, is that I now have tons of merged information to catch up on, but it will likely be a joy to do so with this quick little app. When you have successfully uploaded the recordsdata to be merged, just drag them now from the Person's Album" to the Timeline positioned at the backside. Ensure that you drag them one after the other and in addition don't put one file over the other because you would threat splitting them. The dragged recordsdata would be arranged depending on the play order. By dragging them to the position of your alternative on the Timeline, you would be capable of prepare them in your order. Use the software I advised above, MP3 to iPod Audio E-book Converter, to merge the new MP3 tracks and create an audiobook. Audacity is also a very talked-about MP3 merger which might run on Windows, Mac and Linux. You should use it to split any audio into as many pieces as you need, or you can also merge mp3s as many MP3 information as you need with Audacity. It additionally has different video modifying features like audio filters and results which might help you to cope with music files that are problematic in a roundabout way. Moreover, Audacity is a broadly-used open-supply audio modifying and recording program. Normal trimming rules apply; a merged clip can only be trimmed to the purpose where there's at the least one body remaining in any of the part clips. Per the other comments, I used the "direct obtain" to avoid the extra, optionally available, software program that Cnet offers by clicking the "Download" field. It's unfair to seek advice from those packages as "malware", since they're benign and optional, and have nothing to do with Merge MP3. Audio Convert Merge Free can also be a powerful audio changing instrument which helps you exchange audio codecs among WMA, WAV, MP3, OGG files and you should utilize them as ringtone & get pleasure from in your transportable gadgets. The loss of sound quality might be minimized as high quality encoder and decoder is offered. Click the SmartMerge link in the suitable sidebar on a listing view page. This can discover information with the very same title. Click on Download Now on this webpage to save MP3 Merger to a folder. Record Merge uses a special record-matching algorithm to research the source and target data. If the supply document incorporates info that isn't within the goal file, that knowledge is moved into the suitable fields of the target report. If the supply and the goal comprise totally different data in the same fields, the data in the goal record remains unaltered unless the user specifies otherwise. You may merge one or a number of audio clips to a single video or AV clip. The total number of audio tracks permissable in a merged clip is 16, together with any mixture of mono, stereo or surround 5.1 clips. A single mono clip counts as one observe, a single stereo counts as two tracks, a 5.1 clip counts as six tracks. View detailed details about MP3 information to be merged, together with MPEG header info and ID3v1 and ID3v2 data. As soon as created, the merged clip can't be re-synchronized, or adjusted. To re-snyc or adjust your clips, make a new merged clip. Official music video for "Would That Not Be Good" by Divine Fits, taken from the album A Thing Referred to as Divine Matches, out now on Merge Information. Apowersoft Free On-line Audio Editor is an effective software which designed for editing audio recordsdata rapidly. It lets you lower, trim, cut up, merge, copy and merge mp3s paste audio with great ease. Using it, you additionally will be capable of append, mix, overwrite audio or add various results into it. It helps numerous media file codecs which embody MP3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, WAV, M4A and lots of other more, so just import the audio and re-create it immediately. mp3splt works properly. How properly depends on what you must start with and what you expect for results. Extra inputs = more outputs. If you recognize the number of songs contained in the massive mp3 recordsdata, this helps to let you know the variety of output recordsdata is right. You SHOULD have silence sections between your songs within the large mp3 file. The key for mp3splt is to search out the right value for "th". If "th" is just too low, merge mp3s you will have too many outputs, so all of your songs are fragmented. If too excessive, your songs won't be cut up, and it's possible you'll may have more than 1 tune per split. Let's assume you could have a large file and nothing else: eg no index for titles or instances.

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Announcing Emby Server 4.0

At long last we're pleased to announce Emby Server 4.0. This new release will begin rolling out over the next 24 hours, so please be patient. This has been our longest release period ever, and going forward we intend to get back to a more frequent release schedule. This release is packed with improved performance, updates to existing features, as well as several brand new features.   Important Upgrade Information After installing the update, the server will begin a database upgrade operation. If you attempt to open the web app during this time, you'll be given a friendly message informing you about this. This operation could take a little time, so please be patient with it.   After this is complete, any plugins you may have installed will require updates, so please check the status of this on your server dashboard. If any plugins are updated, remember that Emby Server will need to be restarted. After all updates have been applied, we recommend that you run a library scan. The first scan following the update could take longer than usual, so please be patient.   With that out of the way, let's go over the highlights of this release.   No Telemetry or Anonymous Usage Reporting   If you're wondering why the anonymous usage reporting setting has been removed, it's because not only have we removed the setting, but we've removed the function altogether. We know our audience pretty well thanks to this community, and because of that we've decided we no longed need any data reporting.   New Emby Live TV Guide Data   As previously announced, Live TV Guide Data is Now Included with Emby Premiere, if you're in the USA, Canada, or the UK. What does this mean? This means if you're in the USA, Canada or UK, you'll no longer need to setup an account with another website nor pay someone else for this data. You'll simply enter your zip code into Emby, select your channel lineup, and we'll handle retrieving your guide data.   We believe this will provide a better experience for Emby users with fewer setup steps. The new data is also quite a bit richer, and we will be looking at how we can take advantage of that to bring new Live TV features to Emby. Going forward, Live TV will require Emby Premiere in the web app, where previously this was not the case.   How to Migrate From Schedules Direct If you are setting up the server fresh, then you should use our new Emby guide provider, which will be the default. If you are already using Schedules Direct, then you can continue to use it through the remainder of your Schedules Direct subscription. Schedules Direct has pledged to continue to honor your subscriptions, and we thank them for that.   New Levels of Performance   A database re-structuring brings your Emby Server and apps to new levels of performance that were previously not possible. Screens will load faster, videos will start quicker, and more. This will also manifest itself in other areas, such as improved library scan performance, and faster live tv guide refreshes. Please Note: The first scan after the update may take quite a while depending on your library contents and exactly what features you have enabled. Please be patient as subsequent scans will be much faster.   New and Improved Hardware Acceleration   This has been rebuilt from the ground up and is better than ever. We now have sophisticated hardware detection that runs on server startup to determine what your system can support. This allows us to provide you with an "easy mode" setting:     And if you enable advanced control, you'll be able to see what was detected:     Our hardware transcoding has been rewritten to take better advantage of each of the major GPU platforms, whether it be QuickSync, Nvidia, DXVA, VAAPI, MediaCodec, or others. This will allow hardware transcoding performance to perform better than ever.   Best of all, you can now monitor this on the server dashboard. The green bar indicates the current playback position while the orange bar designates the range that has been transcoded so far.     Important: Hardware acceleration has been truly a major effort for us, and because of this, it will now require Emby Premiere on all platforms except for Nvidia Shield and Western Digital.   Transcoding Throttling is Back   This feature has returned after a two year hiatus and is better than ever. What is transcoding throttling? Sometimes your server can transcode content much quicker than you're actually watching it. When the transcoding process gets a big enough lead on your watching position, we can slow it down on the fly in order to reduce the load on your server. Then as you're watching, if we need to speed it back up, we can do that too.   And best of all, your server dashboard will show you when transcoding is being throttled:   Emby Server Now Available for Android and Nvidia Shield   Stay tuned for separate announcements.   Improved Search   Search is now faster and now supports fuzzy search! This means you don't need to type your searches perfectly in order to see the matches you're looking for. For example, if you accidentally enter "Bad Breaking", instead of "Breaking Bad", you'll still be able to see Breaking Bad in the results.   Multi-Resolution TV Shows   Without requiring any changes to your file names, we now support having multiple versions of episodes. This doesn't require any special setup and you'll now see the friendly version selection on the episode screen:     Revamped Grouping Into Collections   This has now been moved from a server setting to directly onto the Movies list screen where it can be easily toggled.     Expanded Filtering   You can now filter on more fields such as container, video codec, audio codec, subtitle codec, and more. This filters are also remembered !   Expanded User Library Access   User library access can now be controlled for sub-folders, providing you with even greater flexibility than before.   Other Improvements * Update to .NET Core 2.2 * Update to Sqlite 3.26.0 * Improve library scan performance * Improve performance of live tv guide refresh * Improve subtitle delivery performance * Support Brotli http compression * Display video size on detail screens in Media Info * Significantly reduce dlna related network traffic * Add More Like This On Live TV section * Add tabbed layouts for music videos and home videos * Add network browsing to directory picker for Linux, Android and MacOS. * Change new indicators for programs to match guide data * Rework mobile context menus * Rework tv tabs to be consistent with Emby Theater * Downloaded subtitles are now saved using the two-character language code * Improve transcoding of low bit rate hevc * Add Moviedb season image provider * Show favorite people * Support tvg-chno with m3u tuners * Support tvg-shift with m3u tuners * Allow a library to be named "backdrops", a previously reserved name * Improve server dashboard display with blue radiance theme * Improve mobile server dashboard with bottom navigation * Added live tv channels to search feature * Improve layout of live tv channels tab under live tv * Add audio books content type * Use es-MX with MovieDb when Spanish language is selected along with Mexico as the country * Improve metadata with absolute episode ordering * Cloud sync upload improvements * Support launching android server on device startup * Add container, video codec, audio codec, and subtitle codec filters * Improve multi-resolution naming recognition * Improve automatic refreshing in the web app * Improve resiliency with iptv streams * Improve Windows sleep prevention while server is being used * Improve Chromecast volume control * Improve xmltv parsing of European characters * Support multiple images with xmltv * Use transcode=none profile for HD Homerun when appropriate * Support splitting musicbrainz id's on both slashes and semi-colons * Make alpha pickers dynamic based on content * Improve identify feature * Improve manual refreshing when replacing existing images * Improve database cleanup procedures of removed content * Improve automatic refreshing of recordings * Restore user permission to change password and profile image * Prevent syncing of in-progress recordings * Improve authentication failure logging for Fail2ban support * Add API to find item by provider id * Update new user defaults to not allow deleting media * Make news notifications configurable * Reduce size of Windows and MacOS installers by 30 MB * Support user subtitle download permissions * Defer collage image generation until images are needed * Move AudioDb and Omdb to pre-installed plugins * Move fanart.tv to pre-installed plugin * Move MusicBrainz to pre-installed plugin * Move MovieDb metadata provider to pre-installed plugin * Move nfo saver to pre-installed plugin * Move tvdb to pre-installed plugin * Support per-library resume settings Bug Fixes * Fix issue of changing password in Firefox when Firefox password manager is used * Fix repeated Visual Studio C++ install prompts when VS2017 is already present * Fix favorite artists page showing empty list * Fix search by accent characters * Fix web access by ipv6 ip address * Fix More Like This for artists always showing same content * Fix xmltv programs not being marked as new when they are also a Premiere * Fix recording image file names for shows containing a period in the name * Workaround .net core crashes on network availability changes * Fix collection and playlist separation per library * Fix hardware transcoding options being reverted to defaults * Fix cloud sync upload throttle not being applied * Fix xmltv failures with SMB paths * Fix audio books getting immediately marked as watched * Fix intermittent crash associated with log file rotation * Fix windows task scheduler entries not getting cleaned up * Fix typo in Exynos spelling * Fix remote URL showing with remote access disabled * Various DLNA bug fixes http://dlvr.it/QwgNpv