IT thoughts, ideas and solutions (Page 2)

IT thoughts, ideas and solutions

HP Microserver N40L BIOS mod

I have finally upgrade BIOS in my N40L using that guide: > http://www.nathanielperez.us/blog/hp-proliant-n40l-bios-modification-guide I can confirm that everything works flawlessly. Łukasz M.- You can proceed with Your's :P

Ghost CMS "Casper" theme translation to PL

I added PL translation of default Ghost theme to my github account. IT is still Work in progress, but it could be useful for some PL users. You can check it here: > https://github.com/gustlik/Casper It was made for new blog of my son :): [https://jakub.gustowski.pl]

Fedora 24 fix network manager VPN

I found that on clear install of Fedora 24 VPN connections (with network manager) are not working out of the box. There was no visible error, actually nothing happened, but when I typed: journalctl -u NetworkManager I received such error: To fix it, You need to edit /etc/modules-load.d/

Fix Windows EFI partition from Linux

If You will remove your windows efi partition by mistake, this method could help You. It will work only, if rest of Windows partitions are OK. You will need: > 1. another Windows machine > 2. USB drive Go to another windows machine and copy EFI folder (contains Microsoft folder and rest

Lenovo E560 (skylake) - which Linux distro should You choose - UPDATE

> THIRD VERSION of this entry [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/lenovo-e560-skylake-which-linux-distro-should-you-choose-update2/] About two months ago I wrote [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/lenovo-e560-and-linux/], that best distro for Lenovo E560 is Ubuntu 14.04 [http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/]. In the beginning of May I tested Ubuntu 16.04 [http://releases.ubuntu.

Meanwhile in the plane

Photo was taken during plane takeoff. Jacob is guest starring.

Meanwhile in some office

Photo was taken meanwhile in some office in Warsaw.

Ctrl+Alt+Del

Photo was taken in the building near Rondo Daszyńskiego in Warsaw

Ghost CMS upgrade - script for lazy admins

> New version of that entry [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/ghost-cms-upgrade-script-for-lazy-admins-update/] I made short script for easier upgrade of Ghost [https://ghost.org/] (self hosted version). At the moment Ghost [https://ghost.org/] is still in development before version 1.0 so there is no official script for upgrade. I took

Lenovo E560 dual GPU intel, amd - which Linux distro should You choose

> SECOND VERSION of this entry [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/lenovo-e560-dual-gpu-intel-amd-which-linux-distro-should-you-choose-update/] Objective: Find some distro for Lenovo E560 that will just work. Tested distros: Antergos: [https://antergos.com/] After install I had poor Intel performance. Skylake gpu was not properly identified. After installing AMD drivers (according to Arch wiki) I realised

Meanwhile at the Central Railway Station

Interesting situation observed on the rail information board in the building of Central Railway Station in Warsaw. I was looking for some usb port, but without luck... :). PC FACTORY is a Polish company selling electronics stuff like interactive boards.

Mikrotiks basics

I want to show few most important steps that should be done on every mt device. It is directed to users that don't know Mikrotik's well, but need to configure one and don't know where to start. It is not straight "copy -> paste" HOW-TO but rather "please dig here

Mikrotik backup from linux

Hi, It is short post about how to create backup of Mikrotik device from Linux server. It is nothing new, because there are plenty of such solutions around the internet, especially on Mikrotik wiki [http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Main_Page]. This one is modified by me and it is

Subway "backup"

As you can see on the photo in Warsaw subway near station Świętokrzyska they still didn't fix backup error... :/

U Szwejka

Spotkaliśmy się wreszcie w czwartek "U Szwejka" z Maciejem i Bartkiem. Trzeba przyznać, że mają tam dobre piwo. Na zdjęciu Pilsner Urquell 1l. Zwłaszcza w połączeniu z potrawą, pt. "Sznycel gigant" (nie zrobiłem zdjęcia ale polecam).

IBM Notes in Linux

This story took place few months ago. Objective: Install IBM Notes on Linux, dual boot with Windows 10 (Secure Boot) IBM Notes is closed source software, so you can't compile it yourself. Only possibility is to download packages from IBM site. Unfortunately those packages were made only for 32bit version

Meanwhile in public transport

Backups are important, everybody should know it... Photo taken in the Warsaw underground near station "Świętokrzyska" Advertisement board in underground on station "Ratusz Arsenał". Information board in the tram, probably line 10.

Hello World

To mój blog, na którym będę zamieszczał różne ciekawostki związane z IT i nie tylko. Różne przemyślenia autora, które mogą wreszcie znaleźć ujście na papier... tzn. właściwie to ekran, a nie papier. Chciałbym dodawać tu również ciekawostki i rozwiązania, które znalazłem dla siebie i mogą się przydać innym.... Wpisy będą