Jun 04 2022
You have a Scaleway Virtual Private Server (VPS) and you are considering upgrading your installed Linux distribution. Perhaps you have been notified by Scaleway to upgrade an old Linux version. The email asks you to upgrade but does not give you the necessary information on how to upgrade or how to avoid certain pitfalls. What …
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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 …
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Aug 05 2020
radare2 is a tool for reverse-engineering software. It is quite versatile, and can deal either with binary files of executable code, or even attach to a running process. Packaging (making available an installation package for end-users) is always an issue, especially when the software gets updated often. There is in the works a snap package …
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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 …
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Feb 03 2020
You are creating LXD containers and you enter a container (lxc shell, lxc exec or lxc console) in order to view or modify the files of that container. But can you access the filesystem of the container from the host? If you use the LXD snap package, LXD mounts the filesystem of the container in …
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Nov 04 2019
Netdata does real-time health monitoring and performance troubleshooting for systems and applications. It helps you instantly diagnose slowdowns and anomalies in your infrastructure with thousands of metrics, interactive visualizations, and insightful health alarms. When you set it up on your system, Netdata sets up a Web page where you can view real-time information, including CPU …
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