Wandering Thoughts archives

2020-10-31:	Some settings you want to make to CyberPower's UPS Powerpanel daemon
2020-10-25:	Remotely upgrading my office workstation to Fedora 32 worked fine
2020-10-21:	Keeping VMware Workstation VMs running when I quit from VMware A mystery uncovered by Fedora 32 changing my default font
2020-10-18:	We need to start getting some experience with using Ubuntu 20.04
2020-10-06:	Linux distributions have sensible reasons to prefer periodic releases
2020-09-13:	Rolling distribution releases versus periodic releases are a tradeoff
2020-09-12:	Some notes on what Fedora's DNF logs and where
2020-09-07:	Why Fedora version upgrades are complicated and painful for me
2020-09-05:	Some notes on what the CyberPower UPS 'Powerpanel' software reports to you
2020-08-18:	The Prometheus host agent can disturb Linux CPU frequency measurements
2020-08-10:	Disabling DNF modules on Fedora 31 so they don't mess up package updates
2020-08-08:	More problems with Fedora 31 DNF modules and package updates
2020-08-07:	Our problem installing an old Ubuntu kernel set of packages
2020-08-05:	We may wind up significantly delaying or mostly skipping Ubuntu 20.04
2020-07-28:	Our ZFS spares handling system for ZFS on Linux
2020-07-26:	Linux PAM leads to terrible error messages from things like `passwd` Keeping backup ZFS on Linux kernel modules around
2020-07-19:	In praise of ZFS On Linux's ZED 'ZFS Event Daemon'
2020-07-12:	Linux desktop application autostarting is different from systemd user units
2020-07-10:	Ubuntu, building current versions of Firefox, and snaps
2020-07-07:	Some thoughts on Fedora moving to btrfs as the default desktop file system
2020-06-26:	NetworkManager and (not) dealing with conflicting network connections
2020-06-19:	Removing unmaintained packages from your Fedora machine should require explicitly opting in
2020-06-17:	How applications autostart on modern Linux desktops A scrolling puzzle involving GTK+, XInput, and alternate desktops (on Fedora)
2020-06-13:	An interesting combination of flaws in some `/etc/mailcap` handling
2020-06-09:	My mixed feelings about 'swap on zram' for Linux
2020-05-27:	My various settings in X to get programs working on my HiDPI display
2020-05-20:	Switching to the new in-kernel WireGuard module was easy (on Fedora 31)
2020-05-08:	Linux software RAID resync speed limits are too low for SSDs
2020-05-06:	Modern versions of systemd can cause an unmount storm during shutdowns How to set up an Ubuntu 20.04 ISO image to auto-install a server
2020-05-04:	Notes on the autoinstall configuration file format for Ubuntu 20.04
2020-05-01:	What problems Snaps and Flatpaks are solving
2020-04-29:	The problem of Ubuntu 20.04, Snaps, and where your home directory is
2020-04-27:	My views on SystemTap as compared to eBPF for Linux kernel instrumentation
2020-04-17:	We've disabled eBPF for normal users on our Linux machines
2020-04-08:	Why you want a Linux bootloader even on UEFI systems
2020-04-06:	Fedora 31 fumbles DNF modules, package updates edition
2020-04-05:	My normal process for upgrading from one Fedora version to another
2020-04-03:	Microsoft Teams' bad arrogance on (Fedora) Linux
2020-04-02:	We may face some issues with the timing of Ubuntu 20.04 and its effects
2020-04-01:	Why Linux bootloaders wind up being complicated
2020-03-17:	A problem I'm having with my HiDPI display, remote X, and (X) cursors
2020-03-09:	What makes our Ubuntu updates driver program complicated
2020-03-08:	How we sort of automate updating system packages across our Ubuntu machines
2020-03-07:	Linux's iowait statistic and multi-CPU machines
2020-02-25:	The basics of `/etc/mailcap` on Ubuntu (and Debian)
2020-02-21:	An appreciation for Cinnamon's workspace flipping keyboard shortcuts
2020-02-17:	The uncertainty of an elevated load average on our Linux IMAP server The case of mysterious load average spikes on our Linux login server
2020-02-09:	I'm likely giving up on trying to read Fedora package update information
2020-01-25:	A network interface losing and regaining signal can have additional effects (in Linux)
2020-01-15:	Stopping udev from renaming your VLAN interfaces to bad names
2020-01-10:	Fedora 31 has decided to allow (and have) giant process IDs (PIDs)
2020-01-07:	eBPF based tools are still a work in progress on common Linuxes

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