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Why my udev backup script kept failing and how I fixed it

I wanted to use udev to sync my backups to an external usb drive but the rsync-based shell script kept mysteriously stopping before the job was done. When…

Post date June 12, 2017
Post categories In Desktop, Linux

Steam In-home Streaming lags with NetworkManager revisited: Replacing NetworkManager with systemd-networkd

Back in early 2015 I encountered an issue with NetworkManager: Even if you have ever only told it about your one single wireless network (or AP, access point)…

Chorus2 + Firefox 51 = Easier music streaming

One of many new features in Kodi 17 is the new default web frontend, Chorus2. The old Kodi frontend was an extremely basic web remote that allowed you…

Post date February 12, 2017
Post categories In Desktop, Linux, Server

Running Kodi as a pure client on linux

When I got rid of the last Windows partition on any of my home computers, I thought I would finally give NFS a chance to replace CIFS as…

Post date February 11, 2017
Post categories In Desktop, Linux, Server

A Systemd service unit for Redshift

Redshift is a small utility that gradually – as day turns into night – shifts the colour composition of the light from your monitor. The later it gets,…

Post date September 21, 2016
Post categories In Desktop, Linux

These go to 11

The PulseAudio daemon has the ability to set it’s niceness level after launch. This can be helpful if the process isn’t prioritised properly and sound cuts out now…

Post date April 5, 2016
Post categories In Desktop

LibreOffice Online alpha demo looks promising

Post date December 6, 2015
Post categories In Desktop, Server

No Title: Working around the missing –title parameter in Gnome Terminal

About a year ago the Gnome developers took away the option to run Gnome terminal with the –title parameter. This allowed you to give the terminal window a…

Post date December 3, 2015
Post categories In Desktop, Linux