rants and (hopefully) useful info
Category: DebianThis post is heavily based on this post and this post – thank you Marcus for great info. All I have done is added in a few tweaks and so on. I have tested this sequence several times on Debian Buster 10.4 via VBox, and also on a live PC running Buster 10.4 – it…
I have tested this new sequence several times on Debian Buster 10.3 and 10.4 via VBox – it works consistently. I applied a few minor updates to the previous Debian 10 post and discovered some errors, hence this “NEW” version. Other differences specific to this version: – ONLY v12 (not v11+updates) – Python 3.x environment…
this version MAY contain errors – it has been superseded by this more up to date post and is really only here as a reference/historical post. I have tested this sequence several times on Debian Buster 10 – it works consistently. Like the previous article, it is based on various documents and notes that I…
I thought it was just me, but I found a few others who appear to be experiencing similar/relevant problems. Example 1 Example 2 Example 3 Example 4 Though I am not using the same OS and/or hardware, they do appear to be kernel related. I upgraded from Debian Stretch (kernel 4.9.0-9) to Debian Buster (kernel…
I recently upgraded from Debian Stretch 9.9 to Debian Buster 10.0 – using LXDE as my base GUI because it is light and fast. Right after that I experienced the first real problem I’ve had on Debian since I started with it! When clicking on any URL in almost all apps (eg. KeePass, CherryTree etc),…
I am an absolute novice on the cyber security front, so I make no claim more than that about my ability. There are a lot of articles that claim/say “you don’t need an anti-virus system if you are running linux”. Maybe they’re right – maybe it’s just foolish optimism. Even so, much better to have…
There are a few cases where you might want to keep your old version of PHP for compatibility, or preference, but also need a newer or cutting edge version for a particular app (eg. Nextcloud [howto/whyto post to follow]). Fear not – this CAN be done. Here’s my marginally modified version of the post from…
For the record – these are lookups – NOT my creations. I will add more as I go #Backup & clear history DATE=`date +%Y%m%d-%H%M` mv ~/.zsh_history{,.$DATE} cat /dev/null > ~/.zsh_history #HDD space (without clutter) df -h | grep -v “tmp\|udev” #send contents into a file (you need to \escape any \$variables within the CONTENTS+COMMANDS) cat
As I said in the Getting OFF Microsoft Windows (M$-win) article/post, in order to transtition away from M$, it is probably wise to start by working in the same apps on your M$ station as you will on your *nix station. Based on Microsoft Windows; apps & history I prefer to use the ones below…
For a while, I preferred ArchLinux as my personal Desktop Workstation. However, I found a few instances where I was not able to get certain apps to work reliably. I started looking into alternatives which would be equally light and configurable. This was where I decided against ubuntu – since it wanted to make all…