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Getting rid of vmmem

Getting rid of vmmem

A while ago I noticed in Task Manager that there is a process called Vmmem running and it's using about 5-15% CPU constantly. A quick duckduckgoing revealed [https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180717-00/?p=99265] that it's a virtual process that represents the total system usage by VMs. Alright, so

My operating system journey

My operating system journey

Getting started with Linux Ten years ago [https://rolisz.ro/2010/10/23/dicotomia-mea/] I was writing how I'm a big fan of Windows (and Android). I would regularly get into friendly debates with Cătălin [https://laseratrest.com/], who was a staunch supporter of Linux. I kept dipping my toes

Repairing Linux and Windows boot partitions

Repairing Linux and Windows boot partitions

My Windows installation was on a 120 GB SSD and I decided it was time to upgrade that to 256 GB. Because I didn't want to reinstall my Windows, I copied it with CloneZilla. Everything seemed to work fine, until I formatted the old partition. Then the

Automating using Python

Automating using Python

A friend of mine who has a restaurant kept asking me to update the menu on his site. Each week he would send me the new menu, in .doc format, I would upload it to Google Drive (I don't have Office on my computer), I would take 3 screenshots

State of IM on Windows

Cum mi-am reinstalat Windowsul recent [https://rolisz.ro/2013/11/10/laptop-refreshing/], am decis să îmi văd dacă există alternative mai bune pentru unele programe pe care le folosesc. În primul rând mi-am automatizat [https://rolisz.ro/2013/11/21/cmd-line-batch-installer/

Command line batch installer for Windows

Command line batch installer for Windows

O chestie super tare la Linux îi că poți instala foarte ușor toate aplicațiile de care ai nevoie din terminal cu sudo apt-get install (pe Debian-like distros). Pui comanda asta într-un shell file pe care îl execuți la reinstalarea sistemului (sau mutare pe unul nou)

Laptop refreshing

It's that magical time of the year when the stars align, you realize you have too much garbage on your computer and you need to reinstall it, and you actually have the time to do it. Or you think you have the time to do it. Because something that should

Redirecting Python output from the command line

Today I needed to write a quick script that does some operations on colors. Because I'm trying to learn Vim and I'm trying to master the command line (not the standard Windows one, but Console2 [http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/] + PyCmd [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pycmd/]), of course I wrote

Windows 8 - part 2

Windows 8 - part 2

După ce în postul [https://rolisz.ro/2011/09/22/windows-8-developer-preview-part-1/] anterior, unul din cele mai comentate posturi de pe acest blog (și cu comenturi lungi, gândite și pline de fanboy-ism, nu doar ceva gen „k thx bye”), am descris interfața Metro UI de la Windows 8, acum voi

Windows 8 Developer Preview - part 1

Windows 8 Developer Preview - part 1

Săptămâna trecută a apărut Windows 8 Developer Preview. Această versiune este pentru dezvoltatorii de programe, ca să aibă timp aceștia să treacă pe noul API și să integreze programele lor cu Metro UI. Deocamdată are câteva chestii un pic enervante care îl fac neplăcut pentru folosirea de zi

Windows 7 Take Ownership

Atunci când customizezi ceva la Windows 7 (LiteStep [http://www.litestep.net/] ftw), destul de des ai nevoie să preiei controlul unui fișier din sistemul de operare. Din start, și dacă ești logat cu drepturi de administrator, la anumite fișiere nu ai drepturi depline și

Windows Visual Styles

Windows Visual Styles

Azi am vrut sa imi schimb Visual Styleul la Windows 7 si dupa multe cautari pe DeviantArt am gasit cateva care themeuri care imi placeau. M-am hotarat sa incep cu Appows2010 [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=appows#/d2lhrrb] de neiio. Dupa jumate de ora de incercari de a