SciTE is a minimalistic, extendable editor with syntax highlightning for more than 30 programming languages.

Of course SciTE also supports UTF-8 - but doesn't use it by default. If a UTF-8 encoded file is opened, umlauts are displayed erroneous. The used encoding can be selected from a menu - anyway, this trick needs a …

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It is quite possible that a brand-new Raspberry Pi only comes with 256 MB memory after the first boot:

1$ dmesg | grep -i "MB total"
2[    0.000000] Memory: 256MB = 256MB total

A misdelivery does not necessarily have to be the reason for this effect. It is rather important which of the following codes is noted …

For the first time, a dedicated package for the NSCA agent is added under Debian Wheezy (before there was only a package which combined agent and daemon). The package version is 2.9.1 - which leads to syslog error messages in combination with a NSCA server in version 2.7.2:

1# cat /var/log/messages
2...
3nsca[30772]: …

Raspian is a special customized version of Debian for the Raspberry Pi. By default, this image includes a graphical user interface and some tools like media players and web browers. For some use cases (e.g. servers) this might be not needed. It's also a security breach if you run a server.

I want to use a Raspberry Pi …

This week the annual "OpenVMS Technical Update Days 2012" has been taking place at HP. Like every year the event's focus was the technical progress of OpenVMS.

I'm quite new to OpenVMS and recently discovered the operating system. For me it was the first time I've been to the OpenVMS TUDs.

The agenda was …

Since I got my T420s my old Thinkpads R500 and X200 are waiting for new owners. A few days ago I discovered a screen issue on my X200. Its display is badly lighted when the brightness is dimmed down -  in addition to this the screen is squeaking high-frequently.

Working in dark and silent environments is nearly …

If you establish a connection to a HP-UX host using PuTTY and SSH you might have the problem that the backspace is not working with the standard settings.

Characters are not deleted, a control key is added - the solution is quite simple:

You need to modify the settings under "Terminal > Keyboard > The …