You just finished installing Debian 13 on your latest computer and at first boot the system tosses up an error message about “No shim_lock.” Yeah, it sucks. What sucks worse is all the “advice” you find online for work arounds. Other distros may have polished this particular turd. Secure boot is basically there to stop you from installing anything other than a Microsoft product. Despite all claims to the contrary this seems to be the … Debian 13 No shim_lock protocolRead more
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That Debian Multi-Arch Packaging Thing
Of my roughly 40 year career in IT, the past decade has been spent in the world of embedded systems cross compiling via Multi-Arch packages. Some systems require building inside of Docker containers which is not that good but allows more of the never-went-to-college crowd into embedded systems as low wage workers. I’ve done a lot of Debian (and some RPM) packaging over the years. There was a time when all of the SOM/SOC vendors … That Debian Multi-Arch Packaging ThingRead more
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GNOME 3 – Most Hated Desktop This Side of Unity
Not since Ubuntu tried to force its Unity desktop onto the Linux world has a desktop been hated as much as GNOME 3. This is a case of kids who think an iMbecile Phone is a great thing having no concept of reality. Yes, everyone wants to spend a huge portion of their life staring at a bunch of random images trying to figure out which one they need to write a letter, open up … GNOME 3 – Most Hated Desktop This Side of UnityRead more
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Linux Mint Random Shutdowns
A jaded computer geek would tell you Linux Mint random shutdowns can’t be fixed. As popular as Mint is, it really tries to offend everyone. There are no end of possible fixes from self-proclaimed “experts.” I’ve even seen people blame the Linux kernel itself, completely ignoring the fact other distros use the same kernel and don’t have this problem. I’m going to take you down the “Maybe it’s not exactly Mint” path first. Most of … Linux Mint Random ShutdownsRead more
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How to Fork a Mercurial Project on SourceForge
Forking a Mercurial project on SourceForge isn’t as straight forward as one might think. If you jump straight to fork without first creating a project, you are going to end up with a personal tool. A personal tool is fine if you are working on a new feature you hope might one day be included in the project from whence you forked. In my case I was adding CopperSpice support to Scintilla because Qt no … How to Fork a Mercurial Project on SourceForgeRead more