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This site contains useful notes to remind myself how to configure Linux, repair electronics or use technical features in common software.
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dtach – it’s like GNU Screen but simpler
Posted on May 25, 2013 | No CommentsTweetAnd I use it for running Minecraft servers and other things that really need a daemon mode. Here’s some commands that might be useful… -
Protocols, not apps
Posted on April 5, 2013 | No CommentsTweetThe thing that makes the Internet work is its variety of communication protocols, rather than the apps that use those protocols. We’re all too obsessed with latching onto one particular... -
Making an APC UPS work in Ubuntu using NUT
Posted on August 18, 2012 | No CommentsTweetThis is just a quick reminder how to make the Network UPS Tools work with an APC UPS that connects using USB (I think that’s all the three letter acronyms... -
Shellinabox – Access a command line over HTTP
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsTweetBeing able to remotely administer a Linux machine using SSH is something so common and normal that it often gets taken for granted. Mobile broadband is quick enough that with... -
Make Netatalk work on Ubuntu 11.10 and OSX
Posted on February 4, 2012 | 1 CommentTweetI recently upgraded my server to a new machine running Ubuntu 11.10. With the Macs in our house I’ve always used Samba for file sharing – it works, it’s stable...