Category: Debian

Thanks for powerfull Open Source software such as blender! (back in the ATARI days spend all money on a mathematical co-processor for the Falcon 030, so was able to run the super expensive (750,- BUCKS !!! in 1995) “Neon 3D […]

it is pretty usefull, to see, what programs are running, what program uses how much CPU/RAM/DISK and the overall ressource use of the system. mate-system-monitor does exactly that, and looks pretty while doing it 😀 how to install; # tested […]

got a new toy. after the MDADM RAID0 with 2x datacenter capable Kingston directly mounted on the mobo, did not turn out MASSIVE speeds 😀 (it was just a test, what speeds those datacenter (!!! 24-7 operation for years!!!) can […]

with every new update, things tend to get slower and slower, as (usually) programmers are adding more and more features… plz all developers: KISS MORE UNIX STYLE 😀 … in the case of the otherwise EXCELLENT because of simplicity of […]

one fine day, DNS stopped working. the reason this time was NOT on the server-side, but on the Google side, blocking all DNS servers that are NOT google. while this can be understood in the terms of CyberSec: + (manipulation […]

hardware used: AMD Ryzen 5600G Gigabyte Aorus B550 Elite AX v1 (Rev 1.1) 2x NVMe Kingston SA2000M81000G those are DATACENTER capable NVMes! (at a pretty nice price!) energy meassurements: meassured wattage when PC was idle (doing nothing): GNU Linux Debian […]

something must have gone wrong during a apt update && apt upgrade… the /etc/apt/sources.list suddenly… is empty. GNU Linux Debian 11 (bullseye) default sources.list non-encrypted-transmission deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bullseye main deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security […]

RetroArch ROCKS! with those cold and dark winter times coming around again, it’s time for some (CO2 neutral because Solar Power stored in battery) GAMING! 😀 get a gamepad 😀 can recommend: logitech f310 search eBay (buy second hand if […]

as most users know, Ubuntu (a Nguni Bantu term meaning “humanity”) is, still (luckily) based on GNU Linux Debian. But more software is not necessarily better. What Ubuntu nicely does: more recent kernel it aims for even greater hardware compatibility […]

it’s a solid high quality USB WIFI dongle stick known as Edimax N300 Edimax is a company located in Taiwan and is said to support Open Source software (still needs to be confirmed) Edimax USB WIFI dongles are known to […]

czkawka it is the rust rewritten successor to fslint what is neat: it searches a directory for duplicate files and lists the biggest files first pitfalls: the terminal version is sufficient (imho) in theory it has a gui practically it […]

“to swap, or not to swap, that is the question”: definately swap Shakespeare “to encrypt, or not to encrypt” (if it contains valuable data, encrypt) “to lvm, or not to lvm” (well….) because: one fine day, the user decides to […]

Brother HL-5450DN most older laser printers are pretty reliable and can made to work with GNU Linux (if they support App Socket / HP JetDirect (asigned fixed IP to printer and give exact IP)) there is even a firmware update, […]

In search for alternatives, decided to test drive “gnome boxes“, which is said, to be an easy-going gui for the libvirt qemu virtualization system. lsb_release -d; # tested on Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) su – root apt update # […]

this notebook was premium when released aprox. 2003 it still looks with those LEDs and mic and speaker mini-jacks at the front (it even has a wifi hardware switch on the front (blue LED) the screen and speakers are excellent […]

0) for security: keep all internet connected devices as up to date as possible! “Freifunk updates its router firmware and closes a critical security vulnerability that could allow attackers to install their own firmware on the devices” (src: heise.de) Also […]

make sure guest additions are installed (on the guest vm) it is a simple matter of the user not being in group “vboxsf” and thus denied usage of vbox filesystem service (fs) lsb_release -a; # tested on guest Description: Debian […]

not employed by Oracle in any kind, the only advantage VirtualBox (still) has over all the other virtualization systems: was designed to be cross OS from the start and does that pretty well. Holy Crap! Google (crazy guys) ported KVM […]

here is a demo video:   the possibility to step (!) debug requests, as they appear on the server is a neat feature, xdebug + eclipse are a great team, when the setup is complete. installed GNU Linux Debian 11 […]

straight after (Debian based) GNU Linux OS setup, usually doing those modifications to: speed up boot & start of programs grub timetout 1sec shotcuts for faster start of programs in MATE Desktop Alt+F2 -> fox, will start firefox (no need […]

lsb_release -a; # tested with Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Release: 11 Codename: bullseye su – root wget https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.32/virtualbox-6.1_6.1.32-149290~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb sha512sum 7e977fde8a2fc370d7df24f761e75eced308ea17037113db877bd799abec4a3a9b6324fcbfda2d2a67d63fbe23b822abbd36ab0f9af4fc5c352df04a97dbe550 # needs to be dpkg installed manually # install requirements apt update && apt upgrade apt […]

that could be a GNU Linux Lenovo floating inside the ISS: “(Sam Bishop) Linux is everywhere, even in space… but space is a harsh environment with many challenges.” “Radiation disrupting electronics, wild temperature swings damaging circuit boards, no communications for […]

many users have/had macbooks. what was/still is great: OSX can be reinstalled over internet! (no more searching for licence keys or setup sticks/DVDs/CDs/) ‘power up or reboot your Mac then quickly hold down Command-Option-R until see the “Spinning World Logo”‘ […]

to swap or not to swap? That is the question. why would one disable the swap partition? it has no dissadvantages keeping it (except the loss of a bit of harddisk space) systems do not become “faster” by disabling the […]

Lenovo Ideapad: What is it and can it run Debian? hint: it’s also not mine. The Lenovo Ideapad is a “notebook-tablet” (a very slim notebook that pretends to be a tablet (it has a touch screen!) 🙂   can it […]

dhcp no problem, even dhcp6 but right before package selection the network (no matter WIFI or LAN!!!) connection is “dropped” / fails / goes down and out. (from server hardware to notebook hardware all the same) meaning: debian setup reports […]

actually wanted give this printer to (still) windows user, then realizing… there is no f*** chance to install drivers within windows 10 for this elderly but just printing damn fine reliable black and white laser printer from brother, so… USB […]

they have gone missing. but they are available again under Debian 11 https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/gcc-doc hostnamectl; # tested on Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-9-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 apt search gcc-doc Sorting… Done Full Text Search… Done gcc-doc/stable,stable 5:10.1.0-1 amd64 […]

privacy is worth swapping wifi cards! Open Source & Free Software are THE GOLD STANDARD which means: would ALWAYS prefer the hazzle of replacing a wifi mini card with an wifi mini card, that is supported by open source drivers, […]

mplayer is still a great program 🙂 that let’s you play streams and files on command line (per default it has no gui) creditz: http://sheet.shiar.nl/mplayer # install it su – root apt update apt install mplayer ffmpeg Ctrl+D # log […]