Starting from Debian 10 ("Buster"), phpMyAdmin no longer exists as a package in the Debian repository. Instead, it needs to be installed manually. I found this article online which seems to explain the process very well:

https://linuxhint.com/install_phpmyadmin_debian_10/

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Occassionally, it may be necessary to perform disk consolidation. If you have a lot of VMs which need consolidation, it can be tedious to do this in the webclient. Fortunately, it's also possible to mass-consolidate via PowerCLI.

Install and log in using PowerCLI.

To show which VM's need consolidation, run:

Get-VM | ? {$_.Extensiondata.Runtime.ConsolidationNeeded}

To actually perform disk consolidation, run:

Get-VM | ? {$_.Extensiondata.Runtime.ConsolidationNeeded} | % {$_.ExtensionData.ConsolidateVMDisks_Task()}

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To successfully provision Snom phones using SRAPS, you'll need these access using these servers and protocols/ports.

• To secure-provisioning.snom.com (52.28.89.237), open outbound port HTTP and HTTPS (TCP 80 and 443).
• For XML-RPC API, also open outbound port 8080.

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If you need to perform packet captures on virtualized appliances, it can be useful to get a statically linked binary of "tcpdump" on hand, especially because tools such as a compiler or package repositories are not on hand on those appliances.

You can download the latest statically linked binary of "tcpdump" via Github:

https://github.com/yunchih/static-binaries/blob/master/tcpdump

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Completely hiding Quick Access from the navigation tree in File Explorer can be achieved via the registry:

1. In the registry, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
2. Create a DWORD 32-bit value named HubMode and set its value to 1.

You may need to re-logon for the changes to take effect. You can also use group policies to apply this setting in a domain.

Here's the direct streaming link for Aardvark Blues FM. You can use this link in your favourite streaming app (VLC, Apple Music, etc.):

https://streaming.live365.com/b77280_128mp3

A while back, most of the references on streaming sites such as Icecast were removed, leaving only the webplayer available. As I found this not to be very handy, I started looking to find the original streaming link used in the webplayer.

Remote Desktop Manager Mac sometimes has issues with stale cache, especially after an update. Below is a simple one-liner/script I like to use for deleting all the cache files in a Remote Desktop Manager Mac installation.

#!/bin/bash
find "$HOME/Library/Application Support/com.devolutions.remotedesktopmanager" -iname "*.mcdf2" -type f -delete

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You can easily trigger SCSI UNMAP in Windows via PowerShell:

Optimize-Volume -DriveLetter C -ReTrim -Verbose

On a Windows Server with GUI, you can use the traditional method of setting the display resolution but as there's no Control Panel nor Settings app on Windows Server Core, the only way is through Powershell with the Set-DisplayResolution cmdlet.

Set-DisplayResolution -Width 1024 -Height 768

The cmdlet above sets the resolution to 1024x768. It will prompt you to accept the change, if you don't want that, append -Force parameter.

To get the current display resolution, you can use the Get-DisplayResolution cmdlet.