I’m connected to a Windows VM from Ubuntu via SSH. As some processes can disable Ctrl+C from sending an interrupt (see here; it seems in particular Python does this) Ctrl+Break can be used instead. However, while the Pause/Break key works locally on Ubuntu and on the Windows VM through VNC, […]
Daily Archives: August 11, 2025
Why does my HDD keep spinning and seeking when I power off the computer? I have two identical usb HDDs, namely the 1Tb model WD Elements 2621. And both were connected to the usb-ports of my Lenovo T480. If I shut down my laptop, one of the usb HDDs acts […]
I am planning to get rid of Windows 10 due to all the slowness artificially created by billgates to extract more money from users. I am planning for “Qube OS” but it has requirement that, the CPU and board should support: VT-x and VT-d. When I run HWInfo app It […]
I was using Rebex Tiny SFTP Server for some simple file transfer but that program locks its “data” folder inside the exe folder as its shared root. Using symlink, I can manipulate the real folder I’m sharing (tested), not having the trouble of really copying/moving files everytime I change my […]
I’m trying to write a program that extracts the first audio track from a video and saves it to a separate file using ffmpeg-wasm. The problem is that I’m trying not to re-encode the audio stream (e.g use -c:a copy) mostly for performance reasons, but I don’t know what video/audio […]