If you’re trying to ping your windows instance and you cannot, one of the likely reasons is that ICMP is blocked by the firewall. Here is how you can enable ICMP in your Windows Firewall. To allow ICMP (ping) through the Windows Firewall, follow these steps: Open the Windows Firewall GUI Open the Windows Start menu and type “Windows Firewall” into the search box. Click on “Windows Firewall with Advanced Security” in the search results....

ACSM stands for “Adobe Content Server Manager” and refers to a file format used by Adobe Digital Editions, a piece of software used for managing and reading ebooks. What is an ACSM file really? ACSM files are used to download and activate ebooks from digital libraries and online bookstores such as the Rakuten Kobo Store. When an ACSM file is opened with Adobe Digital Editions, the software contacts an Adobe server and uses the information in the ACSM file to download and unlock the corresponding ebook, which is then saved in the EPUB or PDF format....

Sometimes you need a particular version of python, in this guide we will go over how to install python 3.8 on Ubuntu or any other specific version of Python on Ununtu. First install the prerequisites sudo apt update sudo apt install software-properties-common Add the official source for python to your sources list sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deadsnakes/ppa Run the python 3.8 install command sudo apt install python3.8 Verify python 3.8 is installed...

How to resolve Permission denied (publickey) for SSH into an AWS EC2 instance The solutions are detailed in this article, but in summary you must ensure you’re using the right key, the right username, and the correct address. There are 3 main solutions for Permission denied (publickey) aws ec2 instance: Check you are using the right key to resolve Permission denied (publickey) Make sure you are using the right key. Check the Check you are using the right key via the EC2 console....

How to resolve ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils.cmd’ Check which version of python you are using Run python –version Check if pip can find dist tools for you version of python Python 3.9 example: python3.9 -m pip --version Install dist tools for your version of python Example for python 3.9 on Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install python3.9-distutils I got this error today with AWS SAM: ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘distutils.cmd’, here is how I fixed it....

Linux battery life on laptops is known not to be great. Due to the need to test on so many types of hardware, it isn’t feasible for distros to be optimized for it out of the box. Here are my notes on what I’ve done to optimize Ubuntu battery life on my laptop, while some of the install commands will be specific to Ubuntu / Debian derived distros, the tips will work on any distro....