Turning a Wyse 3040 Into an HTPC (Part 1)
As a wyse mann ynce seide… I recently acquired a Dell Wyse 3040, a thin client PC intended to connect to virtual desktop[s] running remotely.… Read More »Turning a Wyse 3040 Into an HTPC (Part 1)
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PSA: Dell Wyse 3040 Uses ‘Fallback’ EFI Location
Many hours died to bring you this information tl;dr: run grub-install –target=x86_64-efi –efi-directory=<espdir> –removable if following the Arch Linux install guide I acquired a Dell… Read More »PSA: Dell Wyse 3040 Uses ‘Fallback’ EFI Location
Terminal sharing via web? Use Gotty
I found an old 2.5″ hard drive that I didn’t recognise, and it was not keen to mount- it kept errorring out. So I figured… Read More »Terminal sharing via web? Use Gotty
[solved] js52: /usr/lib/libmozjs-52.so.0 exists in filesystem
Living on the edge in Arch Linux land is a fun activity everyone should try (at least once). However, a full system package upgrade caused… Read More »[solved] js52: /usr/lib/libmozjs-52.so.0 exists in filesystem
Better Backups: Decide What You’re Going To Back Up
tl;dr: Picking what you are going to back up helps (i) keep the backup space usage minimal (ii) helps to inform choice of backup program… Read More »Better Backups: Decide What You’re Going To Back Up
Better Backups: Pick a System
You have backups, right? — SuperUser’s chat room motto This started out as an intro to bup. Somewhere along the way it underwent a philosophical… Read More »Better Backups: Pick a System
File creation time on ext4 (Linux)
tl;dr: since coreutils stat does not show file ‘birth’ time, use debugfs -R stat <inode> FS I was curious as to when I wrote a… Read More »File creation time on ext4 (Linux)
Quick beets import tip
Starting with beets to manage and organise your music library? Read the ‘getting started‘ guide? An additional quick tip: Import your first few albums individually… Read More »Quick beets import tip
[Fixed] MySQL: Table is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed (+ WordPress)
tl;dr: run myisamchk on the problematic table I’ve run into the following error in my Apache error.log recently: Table ‘database.tablename’ is marked as crashed and… Read More »[Fixed] MySQL: Table is marked as crashed and last (automatic?) repair failed (+ WordPress)
Speeding up fdupes
tl;dr: use jdupes I was merging some fileserver content, and realised I would inevitably end up with duplicates. “Aha”, I thought “time to use good… Read More »Speeding up fdupes