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How to share applications between multiple OSs? [closed]
My goal is to have a triple monitor setup, each running a different OS (Linux, Windows and MacOS) and have mouse/keyboard sharing using something like Synergy as well as moving app windows from one to ...
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Sharing folders across the internet
I have a software project me and a couple friends are working on, and I have all the files hosted on an Ubuntu server. On the server, everyone has their own user and their own home folder, and there's ...
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What are the uses for all computer/host/dhcp names?
This question is meant to be specific to a home network.
Windows, Linux, and MacOS computers all have a host name. In addition, MacOS computers have a computer name and a local host name. And when a ...
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scp: ambiguous target when attempting to copy directory with an apostrophe and spaces in the name
I am trying to use scp to copy a directory by using ssh through windows terminal to connect to my mac and then use scp to copy a folder to my raspberry pi; I have tried many variations such as
scp -r &...
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Sort files into folders by file name according to a spreadsheet of names
I am a teacher and use Canvas-LMS for my course. The course is broken into smaller groups led by individual teaching assistants, who grade student assignments in their own section. Canvas only ...
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Linux - Show unsaved applications before shutting down
When you shut down a macOS system, it asks applications to exit one by one, and the system will not shut down unless all applications agree to exit (aka. there is no unsaved work) or until they are ...
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How can I delete a "content" box in a serially converted .odp file without LibreOffice Impress automatically resizing the "title" box
I have a .odp file with a single slide (representing a poster) that started life as "Title and 4 Content." The "Title" box has been resized, and the internal formatting changed. ...
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Why OS(s) take so much memory. Are they fully optimised?
Mac Os eating more than 3.5 GB's of Ram:
I have seen windows and mac os taking about 3-4 GB of ram space even in cleaned PC with no apps opened.
Can't developers further optimise operating systems to ...
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External Harddrive: Compatible Partitions types
I have an external harddrive, which has a partition of NTFS and 300 GB of unallocated space. Is it possible to use that unallocated space to create a paartition on Macos? The disk utility doesn't let ...
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Dead key behavior on Windows and Linux
When a dead key is pressed in Windows nothing is displayed. But in macOS, when a dead key is pressed the corresponding terminator is displayed and highlighted, awaiting another key to be pressed.
Is ...
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How to fix broken "newline" from Mac to Windows
I have been given a set of python codes (.py) which were written on Mac. Unfortunately, when I open them on windows (pycharm, notepad, even word), there are no line breaks. I asked for .txt versions ...
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How to use one external hard drive to back up Windows and Linux as well as macOS with Time Machine?
I have an external hard disk drive I use for all of my backups.
I created an NTFS partition that I backed up Windows 10 to.
Then I created an ext4 partition and backed up Linux Mint to that.
Now, I ...
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What is the max number of function keys for a keyboard?
Quick backstory:
I am looking at building a custom mechanical keyboard (custom case and firmware) I was looking around and found a site that gave me keycodes for javascript and it shows there are 32 ...
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Cannot format microSD card
My microSD card I have used in a MavicMini drone does not work anymore. Last time it worked was before the drone's crash. The drone did not break, but the microSD card that was used in the drone acts ...
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How do nested relative symlinks behave across operating systems and with git?
Across operating systems and when using git, I am trying to figure out how a relative symlink behaves when it is "inside" another symlink.
Here is an example:
a (file)
b (folder)
a (...
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