Vim-(logiciel)-console
(Another, but simpler) VIM Cheat Sheet

Modes i or Insert – Enter text editing mode v (Ctrl-v) – Enter visual mode (or visual block) : – Enter command mode (tip: you can scroll through your history by using the up/down arrow keys and auto-complete works too! Try using the tab key) Esc – Exit any mode Exiting and Saving :w – […]

Hay
Alternative Search Engines

Gibiru (gibiru.com): I find this to be a very solid search engine and I have made it my default search engine. It appears to have issues processing special characters in searches, so it seems to be less effective than google at finding exact log messages or programming syntax, for instance. I have otherwise seen it […]

Openstack Guacamole
Openstack + Guacamole = A simple, opensource VDI solution (2/2)

This is the follow-up to part 1 of this VDI project. Previously, we took a look at the basics of connecting a Guacamole gateway server to Openstack compute nodes via VNC. In this part of the guide, we will examine one way of automating and scaling the idea to achieve a fully-functional VDI. Project notes […]

Openstack and Guacamole
Openstack + Guacamole = A simple, opensource VDI solution (1/2)

This guide serves primarily as a proof of concept for the project. In part one of the guide, I am just introducing the elements of this Openstack-based VDI implementation. In part two of the guide, we will look at how to automate most of the operations to have our VMs automatically show up in Apache […]