06 Jul 2019
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Card Reader Issues in Ubuntu 19.04 on Dell XPS 13 9380
It appears there’s a long-standing malfunction of various microSD card readers running Linux. In my particular …
Ubuntu
21 May 2019
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Check for Available Updates With Apt
I’ve been updating software on Ubuntu 19.04 install on my Dell XPS laptop and realised that I haven’t shared …
02 May 2019
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Make BIND9 Named Use Only IPv4
Having recently built a centralised log server with RSyslog on one of my Raspberry Pi systems at home office, I’m …
20 Apr 2019
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Ubuntu 19.04 Released
Pretty cool! Next version of Ubuntu, 19.04 (Disco Dingo) has just been released. I couldn’t wait to try it in my …
22 Feb 2019
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ScreenFetch in Linux Mint
Great stuff, I have just installed Linux Mint 19.1 on my Dell XPS 13 laptop! Naturally, one of the first things to be …
13 Jan 2019
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Disable a Startup of Service in Ubuntu
If for whatever reason you stop using a certain service in your Ubuntu install and would like to disable automatic …
04 Dec 2014
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Enable Text Console Support in Ubuntu
There are three ways to access the command line interface in Ubuntu, as on any Linux and UNIX distribution. One is …
29 Aug 2014
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7zip Ubuntu
7zip is a versatile open source file archiver that uses the high compression 7z archive format, but also supports many …
19 May 2014
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Ubuntu: How to Clean APT Cache
Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu uses APT (Advanced Package Tool) for installing, removing and managing software on the system, and …
29 Apr 2012
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Using Dropbox With Unix
Although last week saw some pretty exciting developments in the cloud storage (Google Drive announcement and SkyDrive …
How to decrypt files with Ansible Vault
ansible-vault decrypt restores an encrypted file …
Just discovered the macOS footprint command
I’ve administered Linux systems for around 25 …
How to Fix Ubuntu Packages Held Back
When trying to run do-release-upgrade on an Ubuntu …
How To Resize Filesystem with resize2fs
Quick note on filesystem resize on a typical …
macOS Tahoe
macOS Tahoe is the upcoming major release of macOS …
Centralized Bash history with timestamps
BASH is my Linux shell of choice (it’s zsh on …
Inspect filesystem operations with fs_usage in macOS
hey Unless you disable SIP, most of DTrace based …