Ken D'Ambrosio
@ravenpi.bsky.social
"Left-wing judicial activism."
Otherwise known as "a decision I disagree with and must try to undermine."
Otherwise known as "a decision I disagree with and must try to undermine."
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Left-wing judicial activism."
Otherwise known as "a decision I disagree with and must try to undermine."
Otherwise known as "a decision I disagree with and must try to undermine."
Sooooo... we should show how awesome we are by being as bad as them? Because that checks out.
September 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sooooo... we should show how awesome we are by being as bad as them? Because that checks out.
Heyyyyyy... Star office was, like, the second office suite for Linux. I paid money for it -- and it was a huge step up.
June 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Heyyyyyy... Star office was, like, the second office suite for Linux. I paid money for it -- and it was a huge step up.
Yeah, no. You are going at this the wrong way. Your problem isn't the cable, it's the media. Get an SSD in a USB 3.1 enclosure. Or get a high-quality USB drive -- like my PNY. I just wrote 30 GB at 157 MB/s, *with* dd's "oflag=direct" to avoid OS buffering.
Plenty fast.
Plenty fast.
June 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Yeah, no. You are going at this the wrong way. Your problem isn't the cable, it's the media. Get an SSD in a USB 3.1 enclosure. Or get a high-quality USB drive -- like my PNY. I just wrote 30 GB at 157 MB/s, *with* dd's "oflag=direct" to avoid OS buffering.
Plenty fast.
Plenty fast.
MacOS original flavor did not have a command line. MacOS current version is literally Unix, so that's not exactly news. Likewise, Windows pre-NT/2000/XP ran on top of DOS; in a sense, it was like Linux/Unix. Now, the CLI is embedded in the UI.
June 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
MacOS original flavor did not have a command line. MacOS current version is literally Unix, so that's not exactly news. Likewise, Windows pre-NT/2000/XP ran on top of DOS; in a sense, it was like Linux/Unix. Now, the CLI is embedded in the UI.
Bricked the keyboard?! Damnnnnn. And, yeah, I usually use more generic laptops: business Dell and Thinkpad models. If you've got a GPU, that's the thing to watch out for. Not too late to convert to dual boot! ;-)
June 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Bricked the keyboard?! Damnnnnn. And, yeah, I usually use more generic laptops: business Dell and Thinkpad models. If you've got a GPU, that's the thing to watch out for. Not too late to convert to dual boot! ;-)
It's amazing. And people *defend* his peacefully asking questions and then being handcuffed. "Have you heard of manners" was one I saw. The mind boggles.
June 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It's amazing. And people *defend* his peacefully asking questions and then being handcuffed. "Have you heard of manners" was one I saw. The mind boggles.
There's a *reason* people make Linux suggestions: it has the ability to get down and dirty. From Windows, I have no idea how to wipe the very start of disk, which is what you need to do: the MBR and partition table, basically. Time for ChatGPT? Good luck.
June 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
There's a *reason* people make Linux suggestions: it has the ability to get down and dirty. From Windows, I have no idea how to wipe the very start of disk, which is what you need to do: the MBR and partition table, basically. Time for ChatGPT? Good luck.
* One thing that can slow a host, though less frequently in this age of SSD drives, is a spinning disk drive beginning to have media flaws. Do a
dmesg | grep -i read
and look for info about read errors. That's a sign the disk urgently needs to be backed up and replaced.
dmesg | grep -i read
and look for info about read errors. That's a sign the disk urgently needs to be backed up and replaced.
June 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
* One thing that can slow a host, though less frequently in this age of SSD drives, is a spinning disk drive beginning to have media flaws. Do a
dmesg | grep -i read
and look for info about read errors. That's a sign the disk urgently needs to be backed up and replaced.
dmesg | grep -i read
and look for info about read errors. That's a sign the disk urgently needs to be backed up and replaced.
Zombie processes. You can't kill them; they are already dead. (No, really.) They are prevented from exiting due to the parent not reaping them properly. They aren't consuming resources other than an entry in the process table. Restart the parent process, and gone. They will never slow a system.
June 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Zombie processes. You can't kill them; they are already dead. (No, really.) They are prevented from exiting due to the parent not reaping them properly. They aren't consuming resources other than an entry in the process table. Restart the parent process, and gone. They will never slow a system.
Solid article, but a couple things stand out.
* OOM -- this refers to the Out of Memory process killer, a kernel hueristic used by the kernel when memory pressure is tight. If a process is no longer running, you can check to see if it was killed by OOM:
dmesg | grep -i oom
* OOM -- this refers to the Out of Memory process killer, a kernel hueristic used by the kernel when memory pressure is tight. If a process is no longer running, you can check to see if it was killed by OOM:
dmesg | grep -i oom
June 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Solid article, but a couple things stand out.
* OOM -- this refers to the Out of Memory process killer, a kernel hueristic used by the kernel when memory pressure is tight. If a process is no longer running, you can check to see if it was killed by OOM:
dmesg | grep -i oom
* OOM -- this refers to the Out of Memory process killer, a kernel hueristic used by the kernel when memory pressure is tight. If a process is no longer running, you can check to see if it was killed by OOM:
dmesg | grep -i oom
LOL. I would need to bump those numbers -- 35 and 30 -- but otherwise that serves as boilerplate for my position as well.
April 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
LOL. I would need to bump those numbers -- 35 and 30 -- but otherwise that serves as boilerplate for my position as well.
If you say so. I'd be very interested to hear which packages broke. Because, as someone who is Debian on my servers, Ubuntu on a single (ARM) laptop and my RasPi, and Mint for everything else, I haven't had a breaking update in a decade(?) -- back when they didn't have good upgrade paths.
April 20, 2025 at 4:53 AM
If you say so. I'd be very interested to hear which packages broke. Because, as someone who is Debian on my servers, Ubuntu on a single (ARM) laptop and my RasPi, and Mint for everything else, I haven't had a breaking update in a decade(?) -- back when they didn't have good upgrade paths.
In legalese, that's called "a righteous bitchslap." Just sayin'.
April 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In legalese, that's called "a righteous bitchslap." Just sayin'.
Seriously. I live NH, helped out as a worker bee for his 2020 run, and have followed him ever since, and while I'm sure he swears in private, I have never seen him do so in any public forum until now.
Dayamn.
Dayamn.
March 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Seriously. I live NH, helped out as a worker bee for his 2020 run, and have followed him ever since, and while I'm sure he swears in private, I have never seen him do so in any public forum until now.
Dayamn.
Dayamn.
I've decided to create a portmanteau of "dear leader" and "leopard are my face:" "dear leopard are my face." Or just "dear leopard" for short.
March 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I've decided to create a portmanteau of "dear leader" and "leopard are my face:" "dear leopard are my face." Or just "dear leopard" for short.
Marry me.
I mean, my wife might object, but that was brilliant.
I mean, my wife might object, but that was brilliant.
March 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Marry me.
I mean, my wife might object, but that was brilliant.
I mean, my wife might object, but that was brilliant.
I like Appimage as it's completely app-agnostic.
February 6, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I like Appimage as it's completely app-agnostic.
Are they not archived at the Way back Machine?
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Are they not archived at the Way back Machine?
22.04 is LTS; while desktop may not be directly supported after April, server is for another two years. I'd stick with desktop and call it good.
January 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
22.04 is LTS; while desktop may not be directly supported after April, server is for another two years. I'd stick with desktop and call it good.
"Tow the line." Yep. Genius material there.
January 27, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"Tow the line." Yep. Genius material there.
Patience. Start with Mint -- it's the one most likely to have all your drivers, and it's solid and easy to use. Expect hiccups; take satisfaction in figuring things out. Also, and I say this as someone who used Linux exclusively, if you're primarily interested in gaming, stick with Windows.
January 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Patience. Start with Mint -- it's the one most likely to have all your drivers, and it's solid and easy to use. Expect hiccups; take satisfaction in figuring things out. Also, and I say this as someone who used Linux exclusively, if you're primarily interested in gaming, stick with Windows.
Or /var/log/messages for Redhat-derived distros.
January 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Or /var/log/messages for Redhat-derived distros.