Ubuntu 18.04 Chronicles: removing cloud-init
You just deployed yourself a fresh copy of Ubuntu Server 18.04 Bionic Beaver. It should be the latest and greatest, and you just need a virtual machine to do some web development or perhaps you just...
View ArticleUbuntu 18.04 Chronicles: Static DNS settings without Stub Resolver
The “new” way to configure your network in Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver is to use netplan files in /etc/netplan/ instead of the age-old /etc/network/ . For some reason, /etc/network still exists and you...
View ArticleUbuntu 18.04 Chronicles: Applying firewall rules on startup, Pre-network
Another installment in this series. If you are used to dropping scripts in /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ and seeing them get executed just before the network subsystem is up that’s another thing that...
View ArticleUbuntu 18.04 Chronicles: Creating a dnsmasq service
In Ubuntu Bionic, I found that the dnsmasq package no longer creates a service for dnsmasq that you can control with service or systemctl. After a fair amount of experimenting and some help from the...
View ArticleBrief Review: Sharp 900W Standard Flatbed Microwave R360SLM
Very briefly, it’s a microwave, it works. Flatbed is convenient, and it has rubber suction feet which help keep it firmly planted where you place it, and it looks pretty good. However, using it is...
View ArticleBecker Map Pilot Update Drama
Some cars have a satnav called Becker Map Pilot. Somewhere in it’s name there also appears “Harman”. It’s unclear to me if they’re related to the audio equipment manufacturer. Anyhoo, recently, I...
View ArticleHuman Centric Vesa Mounts for Dell Monitors
You need to beware that if you’re ordering one from Human Centric directly and shipping it internationally, if your shipping method is Fedex, they will slap on an un-announced fee of (for me it was)...
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Mount Seagate Central HDD on Ubuntu Linux
If you’ve got a Seagate Central network hard drive that developed some issues and you have removed the disk and plugged it into a drive enclosure for some recovery on Linux. Provided the drive is...
View Articlenftables Router: Howto
nftables is the new hotness in Linux packet processing, which to me mostly means routing and firewalling in my home network. If you’re like me, this is enough to make you want to try this software...
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How To Run Need For Speed Most Wanted in Fullscreen
In a bout of nostalgia, and seeing as the game was now reasonably cheap on PC-DVD, I got myself a copy of EA’s 2012 (personal favourite) Need for Speed Most Wanted for PC. They didn’t port this title...
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