This gist shows how to create a GIF screencast using only free OS X tools: QuickTime, ffmpeg, and gifsicle.
To capture the video (filesize: 19MB), using the free "QuickTime Player" application:
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learncodeacademy
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SSH Basics - Getting started with Linux Server Administration
###SSH into a remote machine###
ssh [email protected]
#or by ip address
ssh [email protected]
exit: exit
###Install Something###
#If it's a new server, update apt-get first thing
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/ Spotify - How to reduce and limit the cache size (Windows - Mac).md
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[Spotify] How to limit the cache size (Windows/Mac OS)
Use your text editor of choice or if you don't have one use Windows Notepad
Opening with Notepad may or may not result in a fancy mess
- Close Spotify
- Open File Explorer and paste the following into the address bar
%appdata%/Spotify¤ - Open the file named prefs with your text editor
- Change the numeric value following storage.size= . If storage.size= doesn't exist add it manually to the end of the file and assign numeric value. This value represents megabytes. One gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes. In the end, it should look something like this
storage.size=1024 - Save the file
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Use a Git commit message template to write better commit messages
The always enthusiastic and knowledgeable mr. @jasaltvik shared with our team an article on writing (good) Git commit messages: How to Write a Git Commit Message. This excellent article explains why good Git commit messages are important, and explains what constitutes a good commit message. I wholeheartedly agree with what @cbeams writes in his article. (Have you read it yet? If not, go read it now. I'll wait.) It's sensible stuff. So I decided to start following the