Anas Ismail Khan

A Static IP differs from a Dynamic one in the sense that the latter changes with every router reset, while the former always stays the same.

To change your IP to a dynamic one, follow these steps:

1. Fire up CMD, and type in “ipconfig /all”
2. Note down the values it returns for “IPv4 address”, “Default Gateway”, “Subnet Mask” and “DNS Server.”
3. Open Network and Sharing Center (quickest and simplest way is to right-click the network icon in the system-tray and clicking on the link therein.)
4. In the sidebar on the left, click on the ‘change adapter settings’ link.
5. Double-click on the icon of whatever adapter you are connecting to the internet through.
6. A window would pop-up. Right in the centre of the box, would be a list of items that the connection makes use of. Look for “Internet Protocol Version 4(IPv4)” in the list; select it; click properties.
7. Another box would pop-up, but this one’s the last in the row. Now this step is where you make the real changes, but before you change anything, check if the “Use the following IP address” radio button is already checked, and if it is, quit straight away since it’s already static. However if not, then do check it.
8. At least three of the previously disabled input fields would now be enabled. Fill the fields with the details you copied from the results to the ipconfig command. The last bit of the IP Address is variable and you can give it any value you wish, however, copying the existing would do the trick too.

That’s it you are done.

First off, to create a server, you need additional files. The main executable of them being the “hlds.exe”, and if this one’s present, we must assume that the other prerequisites are present too, (including swds.dll, which is like a patch that allows non-steam clients.) If not present, just search for them, and download them.

Creating a server on a machine is no big deal. All you have to do is run the HLDS, and fill in the slots with whatever you wish, (who am I to limit the max no. of players on your server?) and I assure you that the slot for Server Name can carry anything. However, in the “UDP Port” slot, type “27015” since it’s the preferred (actually most-widely-used) port for CS. The Server’s up the moment you click Start Server. But the thing is that the server’s local. It’s accessible only on your PC and on other computers on the same network, but not globally accessible over the internet. So how do we make it global?

That’s what we forward the ports for. To do so, login to your router, by typing the router’s IP address into the browser. TP-LINK users may consider this a complete step-by-step guide, though of course this applies to all, however different ones have slightly different UIs.

Anyways, once logged in, go to Forwarding and then to Virtual Servers, and click on Add New. A form should greet you. Now in the Service port slot, type “27015”, (if there’s an “internal port” slot, leave it blank.) The rest can be left to the defaults, however in the IP Address Slot, type in your computer’s ipv4 address, and it should be static (unless you are looking forward to having to go through the whole damn procedure again and again.)
After inputting the IP, save the changes and now you are good to go.

Now others can connect to your server by typing into their CS consoles:

connect xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:27015

(Replace ‘xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx’ with your router’s global IP address. To find out the global IP, the quickest and easiest way is to visit whatsmyip.org.)

The username’s “ubuntu“, and password’s blank.

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A cloud-development platform for developers, where with every free sign-up, you get a virtual-machine, complete with root access, 2GB RAM and 1.2GB storage. You can view, manage and create files right in the browser. It even has a terminal emulator which too runs in the browser.

The VM is sort of pre-configured with NodeJS, PHP, Apache, MySQL e.t.c. and you can always install whatever packages you need. You can import personal projects from your disk, into the cloud, and you can also create new ones, using a few presets for a start. The presets here refers to Bootstrap, AngularJS, WordPress e.t.c. So the idea is that it would just create all the necessary files, and prevent you with like a template that you are free to edit to suit your needs.

The development-UI is fine too. You can edit code right in the browser, and view it in a browser app running inside the browser, rather like on W3schools.

The thing is certainly worth giving a try. 

But tells naught about the swamps and bushes and other obstacles that lie in the path. So what’s the point of knowing true North?

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Yes this is the latest version of Google Chrome running in Metro on Windows 8.1 preview. It’s like the whole of ChromeOS is being simulated in an app, (and that is the whole idea behind it.)
Strange yet smart move; let’s see if either this or the launchers can get people to use and actually get comfortable with the Chrome Apps environment..
#SkyNet…

LXQt, the “next-gen”, upcoming desktop environment, is the product of the combined efforts of the LXDE and the Razor-Qt teams. The output is, in terms of visuals rather similar to KDE, so those who enjoy KDE but find it highly-resource-consuming, LXQt might be just the thing for them. Since I never liked KDE much, I might not like this one at all.
LXQt is to become the default environment in the upcoming releases of Lubuntu which is probably for the best since as much as I like LXDE, it’s too simple for a general consumer to find normal. A simple example could be the trouble they’d have to simply getting the Battery Indicator to work for them (It refreshes slow and all. ) I know it was a lame example but its one of the things that piss me off whenever I use LXDE.
Plus the JetBrains’ tools dont work on any environment other than GNOME or KDE, but they might on this one…

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