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Posted At: 9/21/2025 7:08:16 PM
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Recently did a new install of Linux Mint 22.2 (Zara) and was annoyed by getting prompted for authorization (Alternating between prompting for 'Authentication is required to update information about software' and 'Authentication required to modify a system repository'.) every time it checked for…
Posted At: 8/7/2024 6:29:52 PM
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For many releases, Rancher rejects self-signed certs, which makes it impossible to use from the command line. Here is finally a workaround!<br/>If you're getting something like:<br/># rancher --version<br/>rancher version v2.9.0<br/># rancher login https://rancher..sslip.io --token token---skip-verify<br/>FATA[0000]…
Posted At: 10/3/2022 4:37:37 PM
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Running some versions of Gnome have weird issues with when it shows the "standard" three buttons (Minimize/Maximize/Close) at the top of a window. Some have it, some do not.<br/>A nice way around this is to just tell Gnome to ALWAYS show them. The following command will do that for you:<br/>gsettings set…
Posted At: 12/8/2021 2:48:23 PM
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Pretty cool, you can now utilize Active Directory to manage Linux user accounts/logins. This article takes you thru the steps needed to get Linux Mint 20 to join Active Directory.<br/>Install needed packages<br/>There are quite a few, but they are all needed to work together as they each handle one part of…
Posted At: 10/11/2021 7:18:11 AM
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You don’t have to throw away your old PCs and laptops. Install a lightweight Linux distro on them and they’re as good as new. Lightweight distros don’t even have to be used on old hardware. You can install them on some bleeding-edge hardware and get the ultimate performance. Most distros are…
Posted At: 10/9/2021 7:41:55 PM
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Windows 11 requires a machine with a TPM 2.0 chip. What if you don't have one? Well, here's a workaround: On Linux, install a TPM emulator and use that to install Windows 11 on KVM/QEMM.<br/>This article walks you though the process.<br/>If you want to go directly to the TPM 2.0 emulator, then click here .
Posted At: 10/6/2021 2:41:21 PM
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A war is going on in my house. Yes, that’s right. I call it “The War of O.S.’s.” My wife prefers Mac. My son is clan Microsoft. And I come from the foreign land of Linux. However, in recent years, we have called a truce. I don’t bring up why I think Linux is better and they don’t try to sell me on…
Posted At: 4/23/2021 12:10:48 PM
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Never thought I'd see the day, but it's here. The newest version now is Active Directory compliant and can be joined to an AD Domain. Group policies in Active Directory can now be used to manage Ubuntu workstations, and the workstations can freely access Active Directory resources (shares, etc.)…
Posted At: 4/3/2021 2:02:35 PM
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Had some problems connecting to my Linux Mint 20.04 machine from WIndows 10 Pro. After much experimentation and searching, finally found this document on how to do it right.<br/>How to access files on Linux from Windows 10 with a Samba Share – The WP Guru<br/>PS: When entering your credentials on WIndows…
Posted At: 3/31/2021 4:53:09 PM
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GNOME 2 was very much agreed & accepted, people loved it. The disputes happened when GNOME 3 was created to be very different to the older GNOME 2. And GNOME 4 is just continuing the travesty.<br/>MATE was the lightweight version of the GNOME 2 replacement, aka a "fork". Cinnamon was the heavyweight…