Wandering Thoughts archives

2016-07-31:	(Not) changing the stop timeout for systemd login session scopes
2016-07-25:	An irritating systemd behavior when you tell it to reboot the system I should learn more about Grub2
2016-07-22:	Ubuntu 16.04's irritatingly broken MySQL updates
2016-07-19:	An interesting (and alarming) Grub2 error and its cause
2016-07-04:	A feature I wish the Linux NFS client had: remapping UIDs and GIDs
2016-06-20:	A tiny systemd convenience: it can reboot the system from RAM alone
2016-06-15:	ZFS on Linux has just fixed a long standing little annoyance
2016-06-14:	Some notes on how `xdg-open` picks which web browser to use How `xdg-mime` searches for MIME type handlers (more or less)
2016-05-26:	Why SELinux is inherently complex
2016-05-25:	SELinux is beyond saving at this point
2016-05-04:	The better way to clear SMART disk complaints, with safety provided by ZFS
2016-05-02:	How I think you set up fair share scheduling under systemd
2016-04-25:	Why you mostly don't want to do in-place Linux version upgrades
2016-04-24:	Why we have CentOS machines as well as Ubuntu ones
2016-04-09:	Why your Ubuntu server stalls a while on boot if networking has problems
2016-04-08:	How to shoot yourself in the foot with `/etc/network/interfaces` on Ubuntu
2016-03-30:	My view of Debian's behavior on package upgrades with new dependencies
2016-03-28:	An awkward confession and what we should do about it
2016-03-26:	The sensible update for my vintage 2011 home machine
2016-03-23:	Wayland and graphics card uncertainty
2016-03-14:	How RPM handles configuration files, both technically and socially
2016-03-11:	Why it's irritating when Ubuntu packages don't include their configuration files
2016-03-07:	Apt-get and its irritating lack of easy selective upgrades
2016-03-05:	What happens when a modern Linux system boots without `/bin/sh`
2016-02-22:	We've permanently disabled overlayfs on our servers
2016-02-21:	Why the Ubuntu package update process makes me irritated
2016-02-08:	Clearing SMART disk complaints, with safety provided by ZFS
2016-02-02:	A justification for some odd Linux ARP behavior
2016-01-31:	One thing I don't like about Fedora is slow security updates
2016-01-26:	Why my home backup situation is currently a bit awkward
2016-01-21:	One example of why I like ZFS on Linux
2016-01-11:	The benefits of flexible space usage in filesystems
2016-01-09:	The convenience of having keyboard controls for sound volume

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