After several more hours of searching for, and work on, solutions for this problem I’ve found one that seems to work fairly consistently. This mess of a dumpster fire is burning slightly lower this fine day. I would strongly recommend trying this method first since it seems to have consistent Read more…
Dumpster fire fails to adequately sum up the mess of this udev/systemd bug in the Debian package tree. This article provides a possible solution to a non-booting system post system upgrade.
UPDATED: March 23rd, 2020 Anyone who’s used VMware at a desktop level for a while has likely run into the need to share a file from the guest operating system back to the host operating system. This post will cover options for Debian derivatives which include Ubuntu. Make sure you have Read more…
Anyone who runs Linux servers for an extended time is bound to run into the need to expand disk space once in a while. LVM is a great tool to help with this, but, it’s the new kid on the block for partition management. If you’re dealing with a legacy Read more…
Exim4u is a PHP based web management portal for the Exim mail daemon. This is a great utility for anyone using the Exim e-mail daemon as it allows for ease of account administration by both site owners and account holders. The software has been around for many years now and, Read more…
One of the best parts of a Linux OS is that you can often patch on the fly without a need for reboot afterwards. The only thing that does definitively need a reboot is after a kernel patch. Sometimes, it isn't possible to issue the reboot right away, so the system Read more…
Debian, rightfully so, retired the lenny distribution some time ago. Unfortunately, every now and then there might be a system sitting out there that still has it running. For security reasons it is very important that you upgrade your system to a newer distribution, sometimes it's necessary to install a package Read more…