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Sat, Jul 06, 2024 10:07 pm

Installing Private Internet Access (PIA) VPN software on an Ubuntu system

To install Private Internet Access (PIA) Virtual Private Network (VPN) software on an Ubuntu Linux system, download the .run file from Download the Best VPN for Linux in 2024 — Set Up in Minutes. Change the permissions on the file with the chmod command to make it executable then execute the .run file.

$ chmod +x pia-linux-3.5.7-08120.run 
$ ./pia-linux-3.5.7-08120.run 
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing Private Internet Access  100%  

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Private Internet Access Installer
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Installing PIA for x86_64, system is x86_64
[sudo] password for jim: 
 Added group piavpn
 Added group piahnsd
 Copied Private Internet Access files
 Allow non-root /opt/piavpn/bin/pia-unbound to bind to privileged ports
 Created var folder
 Installed icon
 Created desktop entry
 Set wgpia interface to be unmanaged
 Created piavpn service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/piavpn.service → /etc/systemd/system/piavpn.service.
 Started piavpn service
$

You will then see a window where you can establish a VPN connection or take a tour of the software.

PIA Login

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Fri, Jul 05, 2024 8:57 pm

Selecting an Audio Track Language When Playing a Video with Windows Media Player

If you have a video file with multiple language audio tracks stored within it and need to change from the default audio track, say Italian, to another track, e.g., English, you can do so on a Microsoft Windows system, such as a Windows 11 system, using the default audio-video application that comes with the Windows 11 operating system, Windows Media Player (WMP) 2022. To change the language for a video that contains multiple language audio tracks, move the mouse pointer to the first icon on the right at the bottom of the Windows Media Player window (it is a rectangle with a few short horizontal lines at the bottom of the rectangle); you should see "Languages and subtitles (Ctrl+L)" appear when you move the mouse pointer to it.

Languages and Subtitles icon

Or you can just hit Ctrl-L, i.e., the Ctrl and L keys simultaneously, to bring up the option to select the language for the audio associated with the video.

Select Audio Language Track

The menu that appears that allows you to pick a language also allows you to choose a subtitle file, such as a .srt file, if you have one for the video.

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Mon, Jul 01, 2024 9:01 pm

Calculating a date x number of days from a specified date using Excel or Calc

If you wish to know the day, month, and year of a date in the future or past that is x number of days from before or after today or some specified date, you can perform the calculation in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel, or the free and open-source software (FOSS) programs LibreOffice Calc and OpenOffice Calc, by placing a date in a cell and then using addition or subtraction on that date to determine the desired date. E.g., if you place 7/1/2024 for July 1, 2024 in cell A1, you could use the formula =A1 + 280 in cell A2, if that cell is specified with a date format (you can right-click on the cell and choose Format Cells to verify a date format is selected for the cell) to calcuate the date that is 280 days from July 1, 2024. You would then see 4/7/2025 for April 7, 2025 in cell A2, if you use the month/day/year format for the date in cell A2. Or you could put the formula =A1 - 280 in the cell to determine the date that was 280 days before, i.e., 9/25/2023.

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