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## Find Available Target Editions
DISM.exe /Online /Get-TargetEditions

## Convert Server Standard 2019 Evaluation to Server Standard 2019
DISM /online /Set-Edition:ServerStandard /ProductKey:N69G4-B89J2-4G8F4-WWYCC-J464C /AcceptEula

## How To Activate 
slmgr /ipk XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX
slmgr /skms [server]:[port]
slmgr /ato

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Disable:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

Enable:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

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Linux Desktop on Apple Silicon in Practice

I bought M1 MacBook Air. It is the fastest computer I have, and I have been a GNOME/GNU/Linux user for long time. It is obvious conclusion that I need practical Linux desktop environment on Apple Silicon.

Fortunately, Linux already works on Apple Silicon/M1. But how practical is it?

• Two native ports exist.

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10.3 (Panther):
https://swscan.apple.com/scanningpoints/scanningpointX.xml

10.4 (Tiger):
https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index.sucatalog
https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/index-1.sucatalog

10.5 (Leopard):
https://swscan.apple.com/content/catalogs/others/index-leopard.merged-1.sucatalog

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#!/usr/bin/env bash

# Install_USB_Maker.sh
# Copyright (c) 2020 - 2023 Dayo Akanji
# - dakanji@users.sourceforge.net
# Portions Copyright (c) Jeff Geerling
# - https://github.com/geerlingguy/macos-virtualbox-vm/blob/master/LICENSE
#
# MIT License

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# An overly complicated SIP config checker

# This is a technically interesting implementation because it does not rely on csrutil
# Instead it queries the kernel directly for the current configuration status
# This means, for example, in environments where SIP has been disabled and csrutil has
# been removed or modified (say, with DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH), as long as python can run you
# can still check status

# Additionally, checking the nvram csr-active-config setting isn't accurate now with
# 10.12.2+, since running "sudo csrutil clear" deletes the variable until reboot,

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#!/bin/sh

# Set the macOS installer path as a variable
MACOS_INSTALLER="/Applications/$(ls /Applications | grep "Install macOS")"
MOUNT_POINT="$MACOS_INSTALLER/Contents/SharedSupport"
echo "macOS installer is \"$MACOS_INSTALLER\""

# Set the target disk as a variable
TARGET=$(diskutil info "$(bless --info --getBoot)" | awk -F':' '/Volume Name/ { print $2 }' | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//')
echo "Target disk is \"$TARGET\""

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How to Sync A Forked Repo

One problem I had while practicing git was syncing up a forked repository. This can come in handy for open source projects and collaborating in teams without permissions to directly push onto an original repo. I'm interested in open source, so I figured it would be a good thing to learn, and a good thing to document (because I am sure the details will skip my mind later).

1. Make sure you are in the right place

   • That was my first mistake. I was in the wrong directory so I got this error when I tried to merge.

     fatal: refusing to merge unrelated histories

   • That happened because I was telling git to merge one repo (my dotfiles repo) with the other (my apprenticeship repo). Here's some documentation on that error

• An easy way to check where you are is the command:

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#!/bin/bash
# joevt Jan 31, 2023

#10.4 Tiger to 10.13 High Sierra
kextload=kextload

# Later macOS versions
command -v kextutil > /dev/null && kextload=kextutil

getkextidentifier () {

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#!/bin/bash
# by joevt Jan 22, 2023

#===================
if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
   echo "This script must be run as root like this:"
   echo "sudo $0"
   exit 1
fi
#===================