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SQL Server: How To Find Duplicate Records

When checking the integrity of your data, it may be necessary to check your tables for duplicate records. By grouping these records, you can eliminate the unique records from your result set so that you can view just the records that contain duplicated values, making it easier to remove them.

OS X Lion: Remove Safari’s Reading List Icon from the Bookmarks Bar

Safari’s Reading List allows users to read web pages later. If you don’t want it taking up room on the Bookmarks bar or you want it on the Toolbar because you don’t use the Bookmarks bar, here’s how to remove it.

Determine Linux version

When visiting a new Linux system, it may not be known which of the many flavors and versions the system is. This recipe describes a couple of techniques for determining the version of Linux running on a host.

Mount an ISO file in Linux

It is convenient to mount an ISO file directly instead of burning it to a CD first. This recipe describes the command used to mount an ISO image on a Linux system.

List files in an RPM package

RPM is a popular software packaging format. Originally named as Red Hat Package Manager as it was developed by Red Hat for their linux distribution. Since then it has been ported to more that 20 operating systems. If you have an RPM file, the only way to get its contents out is to use the rpm utility. This recipe describes how to list the files contained in an RPM. To be honest, I don’t do this often enough to remember the simple command and always have to go through the really big man page to figure it out again.

Ubuntu: Optimize Font Rendering for Viewing on LCDs and Laptops

By setting Ubuntu’s font rendering to utilize subpixel smoothing so that text is displayed clearer on LCD screens and laptops. To change Ubuntu’s font rendering:

Ubuntu: Install the KDE Desktop

Being a Windows user, the KDE desktop is much more appealing than the Gnome interface. You don’t have to reload your computer with Kubuntu to get the KDE desktop, just follow these steps instead:

Kubuntu: Change the Default Email Client

By default, kubuntu uses KMail as the default email client. Since I installed the KDE desktop on top of my Ubuntu installation, I wanted to keep Evolution as my default email client. I used the following steps to make this happen, but they will work for changing the default client to whichever email application you have installed.

Kubuntu: Access Google Talk with Kopete

Kopete is the KDE instant messenger client that can be used to chat with the Yahoo, AIM, MSN, ICQ and Jabber protocols. You can also utilize Kopete to chat using Google Talk by following these steps:

Kubuntu: Use Shade Instead of Maximize when Double-Clicking the Titlebar

Change the double-click action for window titlebars from maximize (which there is already a button for) to Shade. Shade pulls the window up into the titlebar to free up room on the desktop. To change the double-click setting, do the following:

Ubuntu: Restore Restart and Shut Down to the Log Out Button

Have you customized your Ubuntu computer and ended up finding that both Restart and Shut Down are missing when you click the Log Out button? Here’s how to restore them back to their rightful place:

gOS: Modify the Size of the Shelf for Better IBar Visibility

The default settings for gOS cause the icons to be quite large and require lateral scrolling to see all of your applications. You can resize the shelf to a smaller size and which will shrink the size of the icons. This will allow you to see more icons at one time.

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