Linux General – Vassox

Ubuntu 19.04 Network Boot Delay and Setting NIC to Optional via Netplan

August 22, 2019

Ubuntu 19.04 changes the way network interfaces are maintained. No longer /etc/network/interfaces – now we have netplan. This can cause some confusion when initially…

Removing Bad Blocks With FSCK

August 20, 2019

Occasionally hard drives encounter continuity errors, even on Linux. Recently I had a disk which I tried running every manner and combination of FSCK…

Pairing a PS3 Controller with Ubuntu & RetroArch Wirelessly…Not RetroPie Rubbish

August 5, 2019

While playing around with RetroArch on Ubuntu I have discovered a few things. Controllers can be a bit finicky to configure. N64 / GameCube…

Installing ImageMagick (Imagick) on Ubuntu 16.04+

August 5, 2019

ImageMagick is a software utility to create, edit, compose, or convert bitmap images. It can read and write images in a variety of formats…

Installing Webmin on Ubuntu 16.04+

August 5, 2019

Webmin is an extremely useful tool for configuring your Linux machine from a web based interface. It makes management easier in some respects, such…

Connect to Wireless Network from Command Line on Ubuntu 16.04+

July 28, 2019

With a headless server Ubuntu makes it easy to manage all network connections via network manager (nmtui interface). Configuring a wireless LAN adapter requires…

Autologin to Ubuntu 16.04+

July 25, 2019

Security aside….under some circumstances it can be useful to have a system boot directly to a command prompt. This method works on Ubuntu 16.04…

Configuring RetroArch on Ubuntu

July 23, 2019

Emulators are nothing new nor is RetroArch – a ROM emulator based on libretro cores packaged in a clean & intuitive interface. I started…

Automatically Run FSCK on System Reboot

July 13, 2019

Coming from a Windows (Server) background one would expect that file system errors are corrected automatically on boot. Not so the case on Linux…

Disabling SELinux on Centos 7 / RHEL the Easy Way

June 21, 2019

In some scenarios, where compatibility over security takes precedent. What exactly is SELinux? Short for Security-enhanced Linux, SELinux is a Linux variation that can…