Installation Download the Citrix Workspace app from the official website.Install using dpkg: $ cd Downloads $ sudo dpkg -i Citrix-Workspace.deb Installing a CA Certificate The pre-installed certificates might work for you. If you get errors when trying to use Citrix, then you'll likely need to install a CA certificate. Go to the VPN website you … Continue reading Installing Citrix Workplace on Ubuntu Linux
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bash: TOTP From the Terminal With oathtool
TOTP is Time-based One Time Password. Most people use applications on their phone for TOTP, such as andOTP, Google Authenticator, and related apps. But, as we move from using a phone as a second factor for what we are doing on a computer to a phone being the primary way we interact with the Internet, … Continue reading bash: TOTP From the Terminal With oathtool
bash: Number of Days Between Today and Some Future Date
#!/bin/bash printf -v date '%(%Y-%m-%d)T\n' -1 echo $(( ($(date -d $1 +%s) - $(date -d $date +%s)) / 86400 )) days Above is a bash script to output the number of days between today and some future date. Copy it into a file, e.g., diffdate.sh, into a directory, e.g., ~/bin/scripts. Then, enter the directory you … Continue reading bash: Number of Days Between Today and Some Future Date
Fun With Fortune in Linux
Fortune provides a random quote or aphorism every time you open a terminal in Linux. I wanted to have a personalized fortune using zuihitsu quotes posted on this site come up whenever I opened a terminal. If you want to do something similar, here's the procedure. To check if you have it installed, simply type … Continue reading Fun With Fortune in Linux
GOG Games on Linux, Featuring Blade Runner
"Blade Runner is a point-and-click adventure, a genre that was still very popular on PCs at the time of its release. Games like Beneath a Steel Sky had already used the format to tell Blade Runner-inspired cyberpunk stories. Given the usual state of movie adaptations, a Blade Runner adventure game wouldn’t necessarily have been anything … Continue reading GOG Games on Linux, Featuring Blade Runner
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) on StarDict on Ubuntu/Debian
So, after reading "You’re probably using the wrong dictionary," I thought I would give installing Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) on a Debian-flavor of Linux a try and write it up the process and some observations of its use. Installation on a Debian-flavor of Linux is straight-forward: $ sudo apt-get install stardict$ cd Downloads$ wget … Continue reading Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) on StarDict on Ubuntu/Debian
Setting DNS Manually on Ubuntu Linux
Introduction: Domain name servers (DNS) provide the numerical addresses for sites on the Internet. When you type cafebedouin.org into your browser, your computer queries a DNS name server to get a numerical address. This numerical address is then used to contact the site. Normally, configuring DNS is handled behind the scenes by Dynamic Host Configuration … Continue reading Setting DNS Manually on Ubuntu Linux
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