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# install java7 first
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

# switch to java7
$ update-java-alternatives -l
java-1.6.0-openjdk 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk
java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 1051 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64
$ sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64

# reference

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CREATE USER 'username'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON *.* TO 'username'@'%' WITH GRANT OPTION;

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# 1. Get Apple Font Tool Suite from http://developer.apple.com/fonts/

# 2. Call the following to extract the font config file
ftxdumperfuser -t hhea -A d Bold.ttf

# 3. Edit the file named Bold.hhea.xml, fiddle with ascender

# 4. Call the following to put the config back to the font file
ftxdumperfuser -t hhea -A f Bold.ttf

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# 1. authorized_keys does’t work.

chown user ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
chmod go-rwx ~/.ssh/authorized_keys

# 2. shorter ssh to frequently used hosts
# eg. instead of "ssh -i ~/.ssh/somefile.pub mygoodness@somereallylongname.com", do "ssh daserver"

# add following to ~/.ssh/config
Host daserver

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# 1. Generate a .csr and a .key
openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -nodes -keyout server.key -out server.csr

# 2. Submit the csr to SSL Certification Issuing Agent and get back two .crt files.

# 3. Tell apache2 where to find those certificates
<VirtualHost *:443>
...
SSLCertificateKeyFile /www/certs/server-key-generated-in-first-step.key
SSLCertificateFile /www/certs/ssl-certificate-for-your-domain.crt

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## vim /etc/X11/xorg.conf and add
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "0"
Option "StandbyTime" "0"
Option "SuspendTime" "0"
Option "OffTime" "0"
Option "DontZap" "false"
Option "dpms" "false"
EndSection

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# install a bunch programs
sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-pinyin libm17n-0 m17n-lib-bin m17n-db m17n-contrib

# add the following to .xinitrc
ibus-daemon -rd &

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sudo visudo

# add following
%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:NOPASSWD:ALL

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svn propedit svn:ignore <ParentFolderOfTheFilesToBeIgnored>

# If svn:ignore property hasn't been set yet
svn propset svn:ignore "some_regex" <ParentFolderOfTheFilesToBeIgnored>

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# 1. Create Snapshot of Old Volume

# 2. Create Volume from Snapshot

# 3. Attach to instance

# 4. Call
sudo resize2fs /dev/xvda1