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Feb 27 2021
Update 27th April 2021: The post has been updated and rechecked. Now, the stable version of distrobuilder is able to repack-windows and you do not need use the version from the edge channel. LXD is a hypervisor to run both system containers (a la LXC) and virtual machines (a la QEMU) on Linux distributions. System …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-run-a-windows-virtual-machine-on-lxd-on-linux/
Feb 09 2021
You are using LXD containers and you want a container (or more) to use an IP address from the LAN (or, get an IP address just like the host does). LXD currently supports four ways to do that, and depending on your needs, you select the appropriate way. Using macvlan. See https://blog.simos.info/how-to-make-your-lxd-container-get-ip-addresses-from-your-lan/ Using bridged. See …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-get-lxd-containers-obtain-ip-from-the-lan-with-ipvlan-networking/
Nov 13 2020
LXD gives you system containers and virtual machines, usable from the same user interface. You would rather use system containers as they are more lightweight than VMs. Previously we have seen how to use the Kali LXD containers (includes how to use a USB network adapter). There is documentation on using graphics applications (X11) in …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-run-graphics-x11-applications-in-the-kali-lxd-container/
Sep 02 2020
NordVPN is one of many VPN services. I was asked to have a look at how to make it work in a LXD container and as a result I am writing this post. I am not advertising this service, nor do I use affiliate links, etc. Up to now, NordVPN have refused to fix their …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-use-nordvpn-in-a-lxd-container/
Jun 17 2020
Update 16 July 2020: The package ibus-typing-booster has been accepted to Debian/Ubuntu. Therefore, you do not need anymore to use the testing PPA that was mentioned in the original post here. This post has been updated to reflect the change. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has switched to using the IBus input framework for most (all?) languages, …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.simos.info/using-ibus-typing-booster-for-predictive-typing-in-ubuntu-20-04-lts/
May 15 2020
Update 6 Feb 2021: Added instructions to enable the HUION H430P to use the wacom driver. Verified on Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 20.04. If you want to draw on your computer, you can always use your mouse. But if you want to really draw, you can upgrade to a drawing tablet (also known as graphics …
Permanent link to this article: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-setup-the-huion-430p-drawing-tablet-on-ubuntu-20-04/
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