PageEdit is a true pleasure for editing html files that will be use for things like online documentation or even in-app help. For many years I used BlueGriffon but the last update of that was 2019 and some Linux distros have dropped inclusion. Technically they only supported Ubuntu, but AUR had a build as did other places. Given Ubuntu’s massive bloat and sluggish performance since the 20.04 release (getting far worse with 22.04) people are … PageEdit – BlueGriffinRead more
Manjaro
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So, Did Manjaro Quit Working for You Today?
Manjaro quit working today, but it is Friday. Did I deploy my tried and true embedded systems root cause analysis skills? Hell no! It’s Friday and it was working before I turned it off to connect it to a KVM. All I was doing was bringing one other machine back on-line because that client had more work for me. I dutifully powered off the 6-core AMD and cabled everything up through the dual monitor KVM. … So, Did Manjaro Quit Working for You Today?Read more
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I Miss Head Crashes
I know it seems unreal to wax nostalgic for head crashes, but at least then you knew beyond a shadow of a doubt the drive was bad. Today’s drives seem to half-fail. I was reminded of this story for two reasons. I listed this machine on craigslist, and it appears I have a drive from another machine failing the same way. Someone emailed me wanting to communicate off-list about the machine, that isn’t going to … I Miss Head CrashesRead more
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Linux Distros That Suck at Multiple Hard Drives
Some Linux distros really suck at dealing with multiple hard drives. Too many “maintainers” only have a laptop. Background You need a wee bit of background before we jump in. Hopefully you can see the featured image. Recently picked up this Lenovo M93p ThinkCentre from eBay. I specifically bought an M93p instead of M83 because I wanted two hard drives. I had a 480 GB SSD I wanted to transfer the Windows 10 over to … Linux Distros That Suck at Multiple Hard DrivesRead more
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How to Install PostgreSQL on Manjaro
How to install PostgreSQL on Manjaro (really any Arch distro) is not straight forward. Worse yet, most of the information you find online about how to do it is outdated fifteen minutes after it is published. You have to be sure the versions match before following the instructions. You really need to do this one from the terminal. That will show you lots of stuff. If you just want to jump, run these two commands. … How to Install PostgreSQL on ManjaroRead more