All Things Technology Related Thread

Here's something random I learned today. To open the task manager in Windows directly you can press Ctrl+Alt+Esc. Saves the hassle of going through the giant blue screen to get to the task manager. Can't believe I never knew that until now.

As an IT guy let me say:

A) yes duh
B) giant blue screen? Did you go through the control panel menu? An easier, but not as easy as CAE, is to right click on the task bar.

You can also right click on the task-bar and click "Start Task Manager".

You can also right click on the task-bar and click "Start Task Manager".

Lol, I think I'm starting to think studying Red Hat Linux has encouraged me to seek out the most difficult and archaic ways of doing things. Why click on a file or go to a website when I can just type

sudo apt-get -d -reinstall "blahblahPornHistorySuperBlockerblahblabhblah"
'Command not found'

4 tries later:
"Okay maybe I'm using apt-get wrong."

man apt-get
'No manual entry for apt-get

"Alright maybe if I use the help command"
apt-get -h
'bash apt-get: command not found

"Maybe I'm using the help command wrong"
wget -h
'displays help menu for wget

"Hmm what if I log in as the root user?"
su
'Enter Password:' 12345 (http://youtu.be/a6iW-8xPw3k)

sudo apt-get -d -reinstall "blahblahPornHistorySuperBlockerblahblabhblah"
'Command not found'

200 tries later

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

I really do enjoy Linux as a regular user but the certification I'm going for requires me to know my way around the command terminal.

Heck over the holidays I was showing off modded GTA 4 to my brother where at one point I was entering the cheat codes manually each time into the phone to show off various cars when suddenly my brother stopped me and said 'you know your phone saves the cheats after you use them right?'

FML

Windows button + D minimizes all windows at once. :(

LOL.

While we're talking about technology things, here's a really great app I've made part of the standard install for faculty/staff/students where I work: Xmarks | Bookmark Sync and Search (http://www.xmarks.com/)

Just a cloud based solution for favorites across browsers. SO nice when I've reformatted a computer and I'm like, "Aw shit. Forgot to back up favorites." Also awesome because when I'm screwing around at work and am bookmarking stuff for home.

What browsers do you all run standard?

FF28

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What browsers do you all run standard?

I've been using Chrome for about 4 or 5 years but over the last week I've considered switching back to Firefox. I've noticed more and more lag when switching back and forth between what I now understand Chrome considers 'inactive' tabs and its starting to drive me nuts. Antivirus turns up nothing. Incognito mode to disable my few extensions doesn't change it.

Theres a little bit of it on Firefox but not nearly as much. Heck I have a lot more extensions on Firefox and yet its starting to seem like I'm getting much better performance on Firefox. I guess I'll have to test it on my desktop to see if its just my laptop but it really is getting annoying. I suppose I could delete System32 to speed it up (https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+speed+up+computer+troll&espv=210&es_sm=93&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=BHdDU-GGHMjF0QG_qICwBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAg&biw=1746&bih=869#q=system+32+meme&tbm=isch&imgdii=_) but I think I'll hold off on that for a while.

Ironically the hardest part in using Firefox more lately is I'm so use to clicking on my Chrome shortcut that when I switch back and forth between browsing the web and other tasks I find myself clicking Chrome when I already have the pages I want open on Firefox.

i switched to chrome cause firefox got really bloated and slow as they kept throwing more crap in there.

if you need any help with linux, let me know.

I run chrome. I used to be a Firefox user but all of a sudden it started acting like internet explorer so I quit that bitch.