Few things are more frustrating when first developing your own libraries than RPATH. There have been numerous hacks over the years. Gnu even gave us libtool because POSIX dlopen() just kinda sucked. Hey, for the end user, dlopen() mostly works. It finds dynamically linked libraries in the system standard search paths, all is well with the world. For the developer working on dynamically linked libraries or worse yet, plugins that use dynamically linked libraries from … RPATH NotesRead more
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Ubuntu F’ed Networking Again!
I’ve lost count of the number of times Ubuntu F’ed Networking over the course of my career. Was that the 2008 edition when the ISO ran great, it installed, and after it installed updates, all wifi using Broadcom chips ceased to work? It was great! They were used in something like 80+% of all laptops and I don’t know how many of those USB Wifi dongles. Ubuntu just can’t be used for anything that matters. … Ubuntu F’ed Networking Again!Read more
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A Samba Share on Manjaro
Manjaro is one of the better Arch based Linux distributions, but it has notorious frustrations with Samba. The latest rounds of frustration come from the fact they should have never supported Ubuntu Snaps. Snaps are insecure. Because of that insecurity Manjaro had to add apparmor. That gets us back to the classic issue with Manjaro. Developers behind the distro always view conflicts between packages as “someone else’s problem.” Creating Your Share I had a spare … A Samba Share on ManjaroRead more
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ID.me Duth Sucketh
ID.me is a shining example of why Agile is not a valid software development methodology. It is also a shining example of Elon Musk and DOGE’s limitless incompetence. One should expect nothing less from someone who not only builds the ugliest vehicle ever made in any country, he also makes it so poorly body parts fall off. These imbeciles want you to use a “smart” phone app to control access to your irs.gov account. Oh, … ID.me Duth SuckethRead more
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The Viciously Sad State of NAS Disk
Like many of you, I was duped into buying WD RED disks when I originally set up my F4-210 NAS. Western Digital marketed WD RED as the pinnacle of NAS storage drives. Since you are reading this post you probably know what is coming. This is kind of an all around failure. You know how there are drive lights on the front? Whenever a drive is having trouble the light for it is supposed to … The Viciously Sad State of NAS DiskRead more