A closed question is the mark of a site that is letting those without knowledge run amuck. Today I ran into another one. Others had already commented that this question should not have been closed. Those who do not understand technology would never admit their error. The powers that be have also decided that questions fitting a limited number of formulas are what increase advertising revenue so real questions and real answers be damned. For … The Closed Question #2Read more
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Nuking unattended-upgrades
If you ever needed physical proof AGILE is a false methodology you need look no further than unattended-upgrades in Ubuntu. This Canonical produced and preinstalled piece of software well and truly qualifies as a virus. It is a shining example that no amount of pointing User Stories and hacking on the fly (Sprints) will ever produce a viable architectural software design. This Canonical produced virus has been afflicting the computing world since at least Ubuntu … Nuking unattended-upgradesRead more
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TerraMaster F4-210 and Linux
TerraMaster has software for Windows, but almost everyone wanting to use it uses Linux. Here is how to get it working with Linux. I’m going to use Ubuntu because I have a YABU on most machines. You will need to tweak for non-Debian distros. The F4-210 is a pretty robust NAS gaining popularity because you can stack four big drives in it and enable RAID-10. I started out with four 4TB drives. Sadly, you need … TerraMaster F4-210 and LinuxRead more
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Setting up a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS VM in 2022
Sometimes you need to use a really old version of Ubuntu for maintenance. Here is a quick run down on how to set Ubuntu 10.04 up now that the repos have moved. If you need Ubuntu 8.04 see this post. Basically 4GB RAM, 2 CPU, 30GB disk, 64MB video, enable bidirectional because I’m using the 32-bit version. If you need the ISO you can find it here. I’m going to assume you can “Start” and … Setting up a Ubuntu 10.04 LTS VM in 2022Read more
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The CUTE Journey
Every now and then you will find yourself needing to install a really old Ubuntu version. I stumbled into this with CUTE and Scintilla. You see, the RedDiamond project really needs to jump ship from QPlainTextEdit. The syntax highlighting available in that module is horribly inefficient. If you never have more than a couple thousand lines in your source file and you don’t have multiple source files of that size, you can probably continue on … The CUTE JourneyRead more