Category: NZTekonverse -> Linux
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Setting up a second swap partition for Linux [2]
In the first post of this series several years ago, I wrote on how to add a second swap partition to increase the size of the swap space, by adding a second swap entry to the fstab file. This is very much the simplest way of increasing the swap space by using multiple disks, if…
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Gimp 2.99.12 beta fails to fix major undo bug from 2.99.10
Currently, the Gimp project is developing a new release, 3.0. The beta version is being produced as version 2.99 with nightly releases having odd subversions e.g. 2.99.1, 2.99.3 etc and the production releases having even subversions e.g. 2.99.0, 2.99.2 etc. The project has now released version 2.99.12. However, a major bug in the undo function…
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Bye Bye Debian
Well since writing about steps in migrating to Kubuntu from Debian I have pushed ahead and migrated practically everything so now it is only a spare or two that is still running Debian. This is quite a step forward as I have previously regarded Debian as being the distribution of choice for someone like me.…
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Flatpak rollback to previous version of Gimp Beta
I did blog this before, but I have this time around had a successful instance of using this, because in this instance the application concerned did have sufficient commits available to roll back a point release. This example is the beta edition of Gimp, which I have been testing on a computer for some months.…
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Upgrade from Debian/KDE to Kubuntu
So I have upgraded one of my systems from Debian bookworm to Kubuntu 20.04, this system was freezing a lot on bookworm so it is better to have something more stable/reliable. The other bookworm system has also been migrated to Kubuntu. Current plans are to use the built-in upgrader to take it up to 22.04…
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HOWTO: Enable Hibernation in Kubuntu 20.04
One of the little annoyances of the Buntus is they don’t have hibernation enabled by default; you have to set it up yourself. This entails a few extra steps, fortunately these are fairly straightforward. [Re-enable hibernate by default in upower]Identity=unix-user:*Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernateResultActive=yes [Re-enable hibernate by default in logind]Identity=unix-user:*Action=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate;org.freedesktop.login1.handle-hibernate-key;org.freedesktop.login1;org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions;org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-ignore-inhibitResultActive=yes After you reboot, hibernation should work correctly. There is…
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Debian Falling Behind In Hardware Compatibility
One of the great controversies in the open source world is manufacturers who supply closed source drivers for their devices for open source operating systems like Linux. Debian uses the term “firmware” to describe these drivers and Debian, more than almost any other Linux distribution out there, prides itself on a firm policy of “officially”…
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NFS Mount Options For Part-Time Servers
A lot of posts on this blog are more in the way of tips and howtos, short articles that explain how to get things done in Linux. Here’s another one and the subject today is to explain how to configure NFS to work with “part time” servers. By this I mean a computer that is…
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Upgrading
The series on how to build a PC from $300 to $3000 is being written as an allusion to my own computer upgrade project I have been working on this week. I took the middle of the road approach to this system and was able to bring the timeline forward after obtaining family support. A…
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HOWTO: Fix “python: no such file or directory” error with youtube-dl or other scripts
If you use Python scripts or apps that depend on python to run, you may see an error message similar to the following on Debian Bullseye (possibly other distributions or versions as well). This occurs because the python application has been replaced by python3 in Debian Bullseye and so the system cannot find anything simply…