I was looking for a backup solution for some personal servers; I had a few requirements in mind: Not agent based Lightweight Stores backups in a Dropbox application folder (so each server can have its own folder not accessible to the others) Encrypted storage of backups Only backup the data […]
Read moreAn often overlooked feature of the OpenSSH client is the ControlMaster feature. This feature allows multiple sessions to share a single TCP connection. This results in fast session startup and single sign on. There are many web pages which explain the feature in more detail which is not the point […]
Read moreOn my Linux desktop, I prefer to use KeePassXC with libsecret integration. After installing Skype and rebooting, I noticed KeePassXC secret service integration broke. One of the dependencies pulled in with Skype is gnome-keyring. When I checked in KeePassXC, the secret service integration page shows that another service is running […]
Read moreI needed to run some simple tasks from a PowerShell session on a remote Windows computer. I thought this would be no problem – just fire up the PowerShell container that Microsoft provides and start a remote session but of course it is never that easy. I will be using […]
Read moreAfter ugrading Kubuntu 20.10 (Groovy) to 21.04 (Hirsute), I started getting the following error when trying to build any Docker containers: Various Googling pointed to the result; simply installing the gnome-keyring package resolved the problem: After doing that everything worked as expected. EDIT: After using the OS some more, I […]
Read moreThe KDE Plasma Thermal Monitor widget has an annoying issue where the temperature sources will sometimes show as “Off” after rebooting. This seems to have broken around Ubuntu Groovy for me. This is a well known issue as referenced on the KDE forum among other places. To fix, I edited […]
Read moreThese are some common commands that are used when managing LVM devices. Volume Groups Create a volume group: vgcreate vg0 /dev/sda3 [/dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd …] Logical Volumes Create a LV: lvcreate -n LV-NAME -L 30G VG-NAME Delete a LV: lvremove -n LV-NAME VG-NAME
Read moreMy default Debian install had an issue with the headphones not working. To resolve it I needed to install the pulse audio bluetooth module and restart the service:
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