How to access your encrypted Linux system from the Ubuntu installer when your...
OK, so, you’re here because you’ve managed to do something to screw up your Linux box which has a LUKS-encrypted root filesystem, and now it won’t boot, and you need to boot from Ubuntu install media...
View ArticleHack of the day: keep the Emacs server running in the active login session
Prereqs for this hack being useful to you: (1) you use GNU Emacs; (2) you keep a single Emacs running in your session and use emacsclient to open files for editing in it; (3) you have Linux computers...
View ArticleLong time Ubuntu user, first time Debian installer
The back story I recently described in a Fedi thread how I was trying to be a good doobie and use Firefox instead of Chrome, but was disappointed with Firefox’s performance on my Ubuntu desktop. In...
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Interesting journey: converting my last home computer from Ubuntu to Debian
I’ve been dealing with some really heavy family stuff recently, so when I woke up this morning at 3am and couldn’t get back to sleep, I decided I needed to do something for myself today, despite the...
View ArticleMy routine for rebuilding my Linux laptops from scratch
Yesterday when I tried to do an apt-get dist-upgrade on one of my Debian Linux laptops, the upgrade failed to complete successfully because my /boot partition (I have a separate partition because the...
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FOSS of the day: Ansible module for editing CUPS configuration files
I recently got a new printer, and as I’ve tweaked the integration between my printer and the numerous Linux desktops and laptops in my house, I became frustrated by how time-consuming and error-prone...
View ArticleLessons learned from setting up a Linux desktop VM on a Windows 11 Home host
Bottom line up-front For those who don’t care about the story: It’s easy to run a Linux VM on Windows 11 Home using VirtualBox. However, VirtualBox VMs take a significant, noticeable performance hit...
View ArticleSysadmin journal: setting up wireguard on all of my Linux desktops
I have several mostly interchangeable Linux computers for personal use. All but one are laptops; the mini-tower which isn’t is used as both a desktop and my home network server, e.g., for DNS and for...
View ArticleNotes from migrating Linux to a new hard drive
A few days ago, I started receiving desktop notifications on my Linux PC that my main drive was about to fail. A quick look at the GNOME “Disks” utility confirmed the diagnosis. How did my PC know the...
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Finally built my own PC, should have done it years ago!
I got an EECS degree from MIT in the early 90’s, which involved a lot of hands-on work with computer hardware. I’ve always been a DIY type of person, preferring to fix things myself when possible...
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