Last updated on: Jul 6, 2024
If you like me don’t want discover to take care of your distro repository packages, then you need to look into packagekit. I did not have this problem when using arch linux, probably because I did not have the required...
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The discover application is nice to use for installing software, however it’s rather annoying that it keeps telling me when updates are necessary. I am well capable of checking for updates myself. So if any of the KDE/Plasma developers see...
Last updated on: May 2, 2024
Building static sites with Jekyll is all well and good, but as I tend to re-install my PC from time to time (just for fun or because I broke something beyond repair) I’m always left with getting the build environment...
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Static IPs are typically only used on servers. Remembering how to set it up has always been so-so as it's done only once when setting up the server the first time. I've not use Centos much before I started working...
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This is rather handy if you're not sure of the case of the starting letter of a program you wish to expand to using tab completion. All that is needed is that the following line is present in either ~/.inputrc...
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Here are a few ways to list open ports in the linux terminal. First we'll try lsof. $ lsof -i example: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME kdeconnec 1671 john 10u IPv6 27671 0t0 UDP *:1716 kdeconnec...
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As I always forget which switches to use on tar I made this little note. Create archive $ tar -zcvpf <destination> <source> z = gzip c = create v = verbose p = preserve permissions f = file Unpack archive...
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A quick reminder to myself on rsync usage $ rsync -Cvrtp <source> <destination> C = cvs-exclude V = verbose r = recursive t = times p = permissions K = keep dir links $ rsync -a <source> <destination> Corresponds to...
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Making a backup is a must. And although doing it manually works, it is far from perfect. What if you are busy one week and can't run your backup? And then there is the question about what method to use....
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I ran across a mailinglist with a post about the "map to guest" parameter. It describes it rather well. ==== samba defaults to "never" which the developers believe is a good idea. however, i believe the default for NT4 is...