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Linux NetworkManager problem z LTE

Ubuntu NetworkManager i OpenVPN

Import profilu ovpn na Linux oraz rozwiązanie problemu z TLS

XCP-ng - alternatywa dla vSphere

Postanowiłem opisać ciekawą alternatywę dla VMware vSphere, której używam od ponad roku na swoim HP MicroServer. Wcześniej używałem VMware vSphere i mogę przyznać, że jest to bardzo dobra opcja.

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#rclone - easy encrypted backup to cloud

Free external backup solution for servers to cloud. Could be useful, as we may learn from last "fire" incident.

arch

ArcolinuxD installer issue with UEFI

It seems that there is a bug in newest iso's of ArcolinuxD [https://arcolinuxd.com/] I mean 19.10.1, 19.09.01 and 19.07.11 When you will use manual partitioning on uefi (dual boot with Windows) with separated partitions "/" and "/home" and LUKS encryption - Calamares [https:

linux

Najlepszy klient OneDrive dla Linux

Klientów OneDrive dla Linux jest kilka aczkolwiek ten jeden wydaje się być najlepszy bazując na moich wcześniejszych doświadczeniach. Jest to niewątpliwie moja subiektywna ocena. Strona projektu na github: https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive Klienta można zbudować dla następujących systemów: Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Centos, Arch, Rapsbian, Gentoo, OpenSUSE. Kroki potrzebne do

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Raspberry Pi + spotify

Some time ago I wrote an short article regarding RPi and mpd. That post is a small update to mentioned article regarding spotify.

fedora

Fortigate vpn on Fedora 26

If you have Fortigate router in distant location, you probably know that installing its VPN on Windows is rather straight-forward. The issue appears if you would like to have it configured under Linux e.g. Fedora. There is networkmanager plugin called NetworkManager-fortisslvpn and NetworkManager-fortisslvpn-gnome (for gnome and related). There is

howto

Can't boot Qubes VMs error "Document is empty, line 1, column 1"

If You will recive such error in QUBES during vm start (www is name of VM): You need to run: find /var/lib/qubes -name 'firewall.xml' and delete all files that You mentioned command will find. Of course it is good to verify contents of those files before deletion

howto

QUBES OS - KNOW-HOW

Idea of that entry is to gather all needed informations for person who is considering installation of QUBES. It is a big project, so it is clear that devs can't react on all issues immediately and make easy step by step tutorial for everybody. I planed to write that some

linux

Sync.com in Linux

If You read my earlier entry [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/cloud-providers-which-one-should-you-choose-if-you-care-about-security-2/] and You would like to check out sync.com, You should read that one too. Unfortunately sync.com [https://www.sync.com] didn't prepare client for Linux yet. In 2014 they said that are working on... > @mehmetaergun [https://twitter.

linux

Cloud providers - which You should choose, If You care about security

I decided to move my files from own infrastructure to cloud provider. I done that analysis for my own purpose, but it could be useful also for someone else. Nowadays You can choose from many cloud providers, so it is not too easy to compare all of them. Of course

linux

Ghost CMS upgrade - script for lazy admins - UPDATE2

I have made small updates to that script e.g. switched to supervisor [http://supervisord.org/introduction.html] as it is much more reliable, especially if You have more then one blog on same host. Earlier version of that entry [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/ghost-cms-upgrade-script-for-lazy-admins-update/]

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Ghost CMS + SELinux

Easy way to deal with SELinux blocking Your ghost blog port (or other app). Check on what port Your app is listening: netstat -tulpn Check what http ports are allowed by SElinux: semanage port -l | grep http Add Your port to SELinux: semanage port -a -t http_port_t -p

fedora

Fedora 23/24 - HOWTO: flash 23 in Firefox

1. Remove Your old flash plugin (if You have it) dnf remove flash-plugin 2. Add rpmfusion repo http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration 3. Install converter dnf update dnf install freshplayerplugin 4. Go to: https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ [http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/] and chose FP 23.0 for.

linux

Ghost CMS upgrade - script for lazy admins - UPDATE

> New version of that entry [https://wojtek.gustowski.pl/ghost-cms-upgrade-script-for-lazy-admins-update2/] I updated that script on my github account (cosmetic updates, casper update included). Now there are two versions: > 1. For ghost installs that uses system service 2. For ghost installs that uses forever Check it here: https://github.com/gustlik/

linux

Raspberry Pi + MPD + Last.fm + wifi

Hi, There are plenty of preconfigured packs for Raspberry Pi with MPD [https://www.musicpd.org/] and Last.fm like RuneAudio [http://www.runeaudio.com/] for example. I used RuneAudio for some time, but I had problems with connecting RPi through wifi (device was connected, but I was unable to

linux

Lenovo E560 (skylake) - which Linux distro should You choose - UPDATE2

ON 14th of June I moved to Fedora 24 [https://getfedora.org/pl/] Cinnamon Spin. From the begging I felt that it is much better than Ubuntu. After about 2 months of usage I can share my conclusions with You. First there were issues with intel gpu caused by new

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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

linux

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/

testing

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

linux

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.

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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

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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

linux

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