why have one package management system if the user can have 3x 4x 5x? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APT_(software) https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt.git to keep it simple imho it would be better to use only one “one to rule em all” (maybe python pip as exception) https://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/a364ii/proscons_of_snap_vs_apt/ […]
htop has a column called “S” (State) if the state of a process is “Z” (Zombie) that ain’t good htop states: S for sleeping process is waiting for an event to complete, could be I/O completion, a signal, or some […]
scroll down to: “how to access user-dev-admin’s home network boxes from anywhere via reverse-ssh-tunnel! :D” ssh tunnel remote deviceD’s port access a device’s port that is only available via a specific machine 😀 or in other words: ssh-tunnel port of […]
aka the Debian based bloatware: GNU Linux Debian is usually (try console AND graphical setup) straigh forward easy to setup can deal with as little RAM as 512MBytes Ubuntu server WITHOUT a desktop already uses 600MBytes of RAM #wtf so […]
variant1: the most minimalist approach works but imho it is very primitive 🙂 (but it works) variant2: a wee bit better let’s go hostnamectl; # tested with Virtualization: kvm Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-94-generic Architecture: x86-64 # […]
it works now! 😀 THE PENGUIN CAN NOW MEASSURE THE TEMPERATURE! thanks ALL INVOLVED 😀 TIP: it actually has 2x temp sensors 1x meassures inside usb stick 1x meassures with the metal-probe at the end of the cable WARNING! […]
PyDev enables Eclipse to support Python (and is among the leading tools for Python coding) It’s also an open source project created by Aleks Totic in 2003 and kept going by Fabio Zadrozny since 2005 The latest release of PyDev […]
the user knows, here the user get’s only the tested howtos that truly work and save a massive amount of time, trying out all the non-working howtos X-D what is mongodb (written in C++, JavaScript, Python) In 2013, 10gen changed […]
#wtheseriousf? It used to “just work” “seamlessly”, now read the “HORRORS” of reinstalling a only 4 year old iMac (2019) that Apple just does not care about anymore. (just reinstalled LATEST 2023 Debian 12 on a 17 year old lenovo […]
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 […]
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ZFS is probably THE most controversial filesytem in the known universe: “FOSS means that effort is shared across organizations and lowers maintenance costs significantly” (src: comment by JohnFOSS on itsfoss.com) “Mathematicians have a term for this. When you rearrange the […]
Description of each field As you can see from the first three lines: First letter -> desired package state (“selection state”): u – means: Unknown (an unknown state) i – means: Install (marked for installation) r – means: Remove (marked […]
remember that discussion about ever changing non-standard ways of defining network interfaces and ip addresses under /etc/network… well guess what, canonical just came up with a completely new config file format X-D (guess, everything is a yaml.yml now) hostnamectl; # […]
long story… good alternative? https://minidvblinux.de/ having had various frustrating experiences with the topic: TV + PC (even tried a cheap DreamBox 520 HD from eBay… which are probably good devices, but this one turned out to be faulty/unstable) now… in […]
SecurityLab, [22.12.20 10:00] Google has explained the reasons for the massive failure of its services that took place last week. Recall that on December 14 of this year, users around the world for 47 minutes could not access Gmail, YouTube […]
update: 2020-05: printer works – with ubuntu 12 as virtualbox 6.1 vm (should also work with ubuntu 16, untested) with printers and GNU Linux it is usually like this: plug & print … 3 days later, it actually printed a […]
Mozilla Firefox, Firefox Browser, or simply Firefox, is a free and open–source (src: Wikipedia) web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation. even when mozilla is (financially) having a tough time, security should be everyone’s top […]
don’t be evil “Google controls about 62% of mobile browsers, 69% of desktop browsers, and the operating systems on 71% of mobile devices in the world. 92% of internet searches go through Google and 73% of American adults use YouTube. […]
My Guide to free as possible do it yourself laptop, tested an worked on two x60s: 1. get a Lenovo x60s https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ebay+Lenovo+x60s 2. a fresh battery (they still produce replacement batteries) https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ebay+Lenovo+x60s+battery 3. get Atheros ar5b95 Wireless WiFi g42 cq42 […]
EDIMAX EW-7612UAn V2 THE ONLY (?) GNU Linux WIFI WLAN Adapter that works OUT OF THE BOX on all GNU Linux systems (ODROID RASPBERRY AND Desktop GNU Linux) different sizes… different standards… every year? why? it is hard to find […]
Update: 2020-03 it is very very confusing. on the one side the whole world is moving towards https SecurityLab, [25.03.20 15:55] “Mozilla implements an additional HTTPS Only mode in Firefox 76, in which the browser will only accept encrypted connections, […]
https://youtu.be/LC0aSk6HEsw first of all: i (still) love VirtualBox. The ability to migrate VMs between Windows and Linux servers is really cool, and it is still free to use. NO other Virtualization software can do that! 🙂 and that is exactly […]
update: 2022: another x86x odroid is in the making! https://www.hardkernel.com/shop/odroid-h3-plus/ $165.00 Estimated next batch : Middle of January, 2023 the itsec troubles: CPU Intel Celeron Processor J Series is Spectre & Meltdown affected (src) while Spectre & Meltdown based hack […]
You can find the Debian version on which your Ubuntu version is based in the file: /etc/debian_version From 10.04 up to 17.04: Ubuntu | Debian 18.04 bionic buster / sid – 10 17.10 artful stretch / sid – 9 17.04 […]
Debian Ubuntu Mint: for the deb based distributions hostnamectrl; # tested on Armbian (Debian for ARM Bullseye) su – root; # become root apt update; # always good apt install console-data # select a new keymap # for languages others […]