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Xming - X Server for Windows

August 14th, 2008
Occasionally you find an application that can only run in an X windows environment, which is a problem if your computer has a Windows installation on it. The best X Server you can get is Hummingbird's Exceed but it is a bit pricey. There is an open sourc… more »
Tags: display, putty, x-server

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Configuring LS_COLORS

April 11th, 2008
The directory lister under UNIX is called 'ls'. In the deep and distant past this was a very black and white affair. GNU has changed all that by introducing an environment variable called LS_COLORS which allows you to set the colours of files based on ex… more »
Tags: configuration, ls_colors, putty

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