If you are using the easy update button on LinuxLite to upgrade from 5.4 to 5.8 be warned the upgrade breaks NVidia support. It’s not a hard break, just a…
BOINC
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…
Boinc on Majaro
Historically, Boinc on Majaro has been a trail of tears for most users. Most other distros do a fine job of packaging Boinc for their flavor of Linux, but Majaro,…
Breaching TLS/SSL
In some large part this essay is a follow-on to the You Are the Security Breach essay. It’s a result of a knock-down drag-out I got into on a technology…
KDE Neon – Distcc and Qt
One of the tools which was wildly touted years ago was distcc. This is a distributed compilation system which can be brutal to set up, but can also dramatically reduce…