If you are using the easy update button on LinuxLite to upgrade from 5.4 to 5.8 be warned the upgrade breaks NVidia support. It’s not a hard break, just a stupid one. Kids need to learn the mantra CI/CD == Continuous Tragedy It’s true. Automated testing tests less than nothing. It certainly doesn’t test anything meaningful. The Untested Path I did a fresh install of LinuxLite 5.4 yesterday because I was putting a machine back … LinuxLite 5.4 to 5.8 Upgrade Breaks NVidiaRead more
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How to Install Jed from AUR on Manjaro Linux
One of the things most new (and even seasoned) users of Linux find frustrating is the organization of repositories. Linux is supposed to be the same yet when you want to install the jed text editor on Manjaro you have to go on a mining expedition and learn about the AUR (Arch User Repository). Arch based distributions are notoriously difficult to use. Hopefully you read my earlier post about getting Boinc to run? With the … How to Install Jed from AUR on Manjaro LinuxRead more
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Boinc on Majaro
Historically, Boinc on Majaro has been a trail of tears for most users. Most other distros do a fine job of packaging Boinc for their flavor of Linux, but Majaro, not so much. There is always a bunch of manual tasks one has to do to make things actually work. Most of these are cloaked in mystery and most of the Websites you find will have out of date information. Search engines – the last … Boinc on MajaroRead more
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Breaching TLS/SSL
In some large part this essay is a follow-on to the “You Are the Security Breach” essay. It’s a result of a knock-down drag-out I got into on a technology mailing list. True I have quite a discussion about security in my upcoming “The Minimum You Need to Know About the Phallus of AGILE” book, but this particular discussion needed to be had in a more general context. Each and everyone of you is being … Breaching TLS/SSLRead more
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KDE Neon – Distcc and Qt
One of the tools which was wildly touted years ago was distcc. This is a distributed compilation system which can be brutal to set up, but can also dramatically reduce compilation times for big jobs. It has fallen out of favor in recent years because most developers end up getting a quad or more core machine with a modern enough CPU to have all kinds of virtualization and hyper threading. These machines also tend to … KDE Neon – Distcc and QtRead more