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by nixcraft 4y ago
I also like, BASH Frequently Asked Questions https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ and linter https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck
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by nixcraft 4y ago
>Better ranking of original, quality content Hah. Just another day, someone sent me this link[1] which took images and text from my page[2] for the Google query "linux check disk space". Here is the thing my page doesn't e
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Krita 5.1 Release Notes(krita.org)
29 points by nixcraft 4y ago|5 comments
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Engineering Festivus(festivus.dev)
175 points by nixcraft 4y ago|33 comments
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by nixcraft 4y ago
This might be an unpopular opinion, but I stopped using many online cloud services because they get shut down or acquired by a big fish. Instead, I am using buku[1], a command-line utility to store, tag, search and organize bookmarks on a L
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by nixcraft 4y ago
FYI, Google timer is gone https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32295674 (17 days ago).
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Welcome back “Google set a timer for X minutes.”(twitter.com)
6 points by nixcraft 4y ago|1 comments
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Debian Turns 29(bits.debian.org)
121 points by nixcraft 4y ago|10 comments
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Nothing is wrong with hosting on bare metal. However, this site doesn't host images or videos, tracking for Internet ads, etc. Instead, it is a text-driven old-school site (I believe hosted on FreeBSD). Must be light on resources. It i
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by nixcraft 4y ago
The servers for these apps are in China, but the owners are in other countries, Mexico, India, China etc. So it is hard for police to get a warrant to shut down servers when crossborder issues are involved. I am not an expert in such crimes
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by nixcraft 4y ago
These scams are going on in India too. Typically they offer $100-$200 loans, and there is no legal framework. Victims are afraid to go to the police. Even if someone goes to the police, these apps are all running from China, and they can&#x
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Use nginx anti-bot[1] or product such as Fastly or Cloudflare anti-bot feature, which blocks content scrapping and only allows specific bots using rules or AI. Another option is to block VPN, cloud and hosting companies' ASNs. There is
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by nixcraft 4y ago
No. That was removed a long time ago https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-meta/1.443 Edit: Ubuntu version 18.04.xx (point release) or 20.04.xx and above does not contain the Amazon web app.
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Just out of curiosity, how much does such service cost hourly? So I did A quick google search returned group training begins at about $40 an hour per person, and individual training at $100 an hour, with additional fees for materials.[1] [1
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Tested with a few UUIDs: $ uuidgen 2b2ec13b-a1a4-49da-938a-50b24a1e416a Google - https://www.google.com/search?q=2b2ec13b-a1a4-49da-938a-50b2... $ uuidgen --sha1 --namespace @dns --name "www.google.com" 488416f4-f
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Rogue Amazon sellers are costing lollipop maker Dum Dums millions(bloomberg.com)
6 points by nixcraft 4y ago|3 comments
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My experience giving my mom a Linux laptop(old.reddit.com)
34 points by nixcraft 4y ago|19 comments
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by nixcraft 4y ago
From download page https://openmoonray.org/download : "We are currently preparing the packages for public release, and MoonRay will be available for download from Github soon."
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by nixcraft 4y ago
India and Vietnam, which are already sites of Apple production, are among the countries being seen as an alternative option to China[1]. However, parts for iPhone, iPad and Macs come from around the globe and are assembled in China, India a
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Older Asus fold had many issues with Linux. In most cases, you can get headless mode working but forget about GUI. A better solution would be trying out System76, HPDevOne or Dell XPS dev edition for Linux desktop.
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by nixcraft 4y ago
I agree with you. But, what solution do you propose for independent solo developers or people who wish to run a blog instead of using FB, Twitter and co to create content? Cloudflare may not be perfect, but it prevented me from shutting dow
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by nixcraft 4y ago
I run a popular blog and confirm that spam is a massive issue. I am trying to keep the independent web alive with an old-school commenting system because it helps readers and myself improve outdated posts. My domain is over 20+ years old an
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by nixcraft 4y ago
There is lots of talk going around TikTok, especially now geopolitics has been added to this kind of discussion due to ongoing tensions between two giants. Instead of banning or removing the TikTok app, how about the US government put a fir
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DNS settings to avoid email spoofing and phishing for unused domain(cyberciti.biz)
4 points by nixcraft 4y ago|0 comments
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Well, I tweeted the link, but my experience shows that Oracle is not a darling company for most solo developers. Typically solo devs go with DigitalOcean, Linode and co (or free stuff from AWS, even Lightsail offer some support). Either way
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by nixcraft 4y ago
Sudo project means more source code == more bugs. doas is from OpenBSD, less and clean code == less bugs. At least, that is how I see it. I wrote last C code 15+ years back so you might as well ignore my comment ;)
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Things to Do After Installing FreeBSD(bastillebsd.org)
35 points by nixcraft 4y ago|7 comments
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by nixcraft 4y ago
We have a script called ipcalc[1] has written in Perl on Linux and Unix. It takes an IPv4 address and netmask and calculates the resulting broadcast, network, Cisco wildcard mask, and host range. So this name is confusing, I guess. ]1] h
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Bofhle: A daily BOFH game to celebrate SysAdmin Day by guessing hidden command(sysarmy.com)
2 points by nixcraft 4y ago|0 comments
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Tuxedo Stellaris 15 – Gen4: Linux Laptop with external water cooling(tuxedocomputers.com)
2 points by nixcraft 4y ago|0 comments

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