Fedora and Nvidia. We can one day hope Fedora actually tests with Nvidia at some point in the future. For RPM based distros I just don’t hold out hope. Few things piss me off more than being notified I need to apply updates only to find a busted system on reboot. Fedora is notorious for this. RPM based distros in general have this “never test it” problem, especially when it comes to NVIDIA. They always … Fedora 33 Black Screen AgainRead more
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How to Find Your Range Extender’s IP Address
“How to find your range extender’s IP address?” is a sad question to have to ask. It’s a result of a network change. Not an automated, flawless change, but a series of forced manual changes and you not realizing until it is too late that you cannot access the admin page. The backstory Some of you are aware that I live rural when I’m not traveling for IT work. Went from paying $300/month for dial-up … How to Find Your Range Extender’s IP AddressRead more
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How to Install PostgreSQL on Manjaro
How to install PostgreSQL on Manjaro (really any Arch distro) is not straight forward. Worse yet, most of the information you find online about how to do it is outdated fifteen minutes after it is published. You have to be sure the versions match before following the instructions. You really need to do this one from the terminal. That will show you lots of stuff. If you just want to jump, run these two commands. … How to Install PostgreSQL on ManjaroRead more
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How to Install Jed from AUR on Manjaro Linux
One of the things most new (and even seasoned) users of Linux find frustrating is the organization of repositories. Linux is supposed to be the same yet when you want to install the jed text editor on Manjaro you have to go on a mining expedition and learn about the AUR (Arch User Repository). Arch based distributions are notoriously difficult to use. Hopefully you read my earlier post about getting Boinc to run? With the … How to Install Jed from AUR on Manjaro LinuxRead more
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Manjaro KDE and NAS
You know, I really hate updates. What I really hate is how the Linux world thinks a major (&)(&*ing change should go in a minor update. Not long ago I wrote this post on getting Manjaro to work with NAS and all was beautiful. Manjaro worked much like other mainstream Linux distros when it came to NAS. Well we can’t have that! One of the more annoying things about Manjaro KDE and NAS is the … Manjaro KDE and NASRead more