Getting the most from GNU Screen

Via gnu.org Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells. Each virtual terminal provides the functions of the DEC VT100 terminal and, in addition, several control functions from the ANSI X3.64 (ISO 6429) and ISO 2022 standards (e.g., insert/delete line and support for multiple character sets). There is a scrollback history buffer for each virtual terminal and a copy-and-paste mechanism that allows the user to move text regions between windows.
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Google Chrome PDF reader

With this effort, we will accomplish the following: PDF files will render as seamlessly as HTML web pages, and basic interactions will be no different than the same interactions with web pages (for example, zooming and searching will work as users expect). PDF rendering quality is still a work in progress, and we will improve it substantially before releasing it to the beta and stable channels. To further protect users, PDF functionality will be contained within the security sandbox Chrome uses for web page rendering.
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Identification and resolution of Volume Shadow Copy Service errors

Identification and resolution of Volume Shadow Copy Service errors Identify the problem writers using vssadmin vssadmin syntax: vssadmin list {shadows [/set= [shadow copy set GUID]] | writers | providers} vssadmin delete shadows /for=<ForVolumeSpec> [/oldest | /all | /shadow=<ShadowID>] [/quiet]`</pre> Let’s start off by checking the state of the VSS Writers C:\vssadmin list writers vssadmin 1.1 - Volume Shadow Copy Service administrative command-line tool (C) Copyright 2001 Microsoft Corp. Writer name: 'System Writer' Writer Id: {e8132975-6f93-4464-a53e-1050253ae220} Writer Instance Id: {449e12cf-6b8f-4d75-a821-bc869d6612c4} State: [1] Failed Last error: No error Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter' Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a} Writer Instance Id: {de3b2861-77f6-43f8-8619-64dc9ea2fbcf} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'MSDEWriter' Writer Id: {f8544ac1-0611-4fa5-b04b-f7ee00b03277} Writer Instance Id: {9036fdfa-05ef-4f7d-9c2f-84fa2f06560a} State: [1] Stable Last error: No error Writer name: 'WMI Writer' Writer Id: {a6ad56c2-b509-4e6c-bb19-49d8f43532f0} Writer Instance Id: {f9f92826-a3d4-486c-ade3-a4201deb8ad2} State: [7] Failed Last error: No error The output above is showing the System and WMI writers in a Failed state.
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Identify CPU architecture on Linux

Using lscpu is a quick and easy way to determine your CPU architecture. 64bit AMD processor example $ lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s): 32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order: Little Endian CPU(s): 6 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-5 Thread(s) per core: 1 Core(s) per socket: 6 Socket(s): 1 NUMA node(s): 1 Vendor ID: AuthenticAMD CPU family: 16 Model: 10 Model name: AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor Stepping: 0 CPU MHz: 800.000 CPU max MHz: 2800.
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