Tips and Tricks

openRC on debian

linux

This post shares my experience in replacing systemd by openrc on my debian.

Emmanuel Jeandel

Namespaces (part 2) : Solaris

namespaces

This is the second post in a series of posts about namespaces, and how OS other than Linux implement some form of namespaces.

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Namespaces (part 1) : Plan 9

namespaces

This is the first posts in a series of posts about namespaces, and how OS other than Linux implement some form of namespaces.

Emmanuel Jeandel

Using sagemath with docker/podman

docker

podman

sage

Sage is typically the kind of program that should be executed in a container, as it requires a lot of libraries with very precise versions, and you might not use most of…

Emmanuel Jeandel

Accessing Windows machines from UL

univ-lorraine

Université de Lorraine provides the personnel and students with virtual machines with Windows that you can access for a few applications, among which Microsoft Office. This…

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How TikZ works - How angles are converted to Bezier curves

tikz

This is the first of possibly (?) a series of articles on how tikz and PGF work.

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List of Publications in HTML

pandoc

There are many ways to obtain a bibliography in HTML, to include in a webpage.

Emmanuel Jeandel

Configuring your workstation at loria

univ-lorraine

loria

This post will explain how I configure my workstation at loria to use all services I deem necessary (printer, mail, etc).

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How to transform html tables into org-mode tables

pandoc

emacs

Sometimes for my work, I find tables in HTML files on the web that I need to process.

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Using adb to transfer files between your computer and your android phone (no root)

android

Transferring files between your computer and your phone/table is a fun activity, for which you will find many solutions on the net.

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Sandboxed network interfaces using unshare

networking

namespaces

linux

Unshare is a linux command that is used to execute commands (and shells) in new namespaces. This can be useful to isolate this command from the main namespaces. Among…

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Sandboxed network interfaces using unshare, part 2

networking

namespaces

linux

This is a follow up to this post and assumes you already read it.

Emmanuel Jeandel