So I’m following the instructions over here: Installing the Hub on Linux. I hope they’re not gonna install spyware… :|
Installing Unity Hub on Linux
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Category Archives: Sys Admin
KDE Plasma Icons
I found the names of the standard icons over here: Icon Naming Specification.
Self-hosting email
I empathise with the concerns of this guy: After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.
Linux: generated/autoconf.h
See What is creating the generated/autoconf.h? for tips on how to generate autoconf.h for the Linux sources.
Instead of
gunzip < /proc/config.gz > .config
Use
cat /boot/config-$(uname -r) > .config
Qt Creator
Note to self: I have installed Qt Creator 9.0.0-beta1 (8.0.82) in
charm:/home/jj5/repo/git/code.qt.io/qt-creator-install/bin/qtcreator
Ubuntu upgrade
Note to self:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade -y sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y sudo do-release-upgrade -y
Use One Big Server
Today I read an article recommending to Use One Big Server instead of a bunch of cloud services.
Performance Numbers Worth Knowing
Today I discovered Performance Numbers Worth Knowing. It is what it says on the label.
Backing up MySQL views
So my `mysqldump` script wasn’t backing up views. I found a good solution using information_schema on Stack Overflow: Backing Up Views with Mysql Dump.
Networking
I have 50 computers (with IP addresses). 26 of them are on-prem virtual machines, 12 of them are AWS EC2 instances, 4 of them are laptops, 2 are Raspberry Pis, 1 is a WiFi router, and the last 5 are towers, being workstations/servers connected to a KVM of some type.
I guess I have some other things with IP addresses too, like a few smartphones, an iPod touch, my Rigol scope which has Ethernet support, and my Chumby and various power supplies which have WiFi support.
I had a situation the other day where I couldn’t remember what one of my computers was for or did…