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Post tagged: linux

by alex
in 2025

tagged storage, linux, device, drive, security

Updated: 2025-03-16

Filesystem discard

Now with the prevalence of SSD's for storage, it is important to make sure that the DISCARD operation is used. This is specially true as this can increase the lifetime of your flash storage by reducing the need to re-map blocks by simply marking them as freed. ...

by alex
in 2025

tagged alpine, linux, scripts, service

Alpine Boot

This is a quick note. In Alpine linux you can run start-up scripts by enabling the local service: rc-update add local default When this is enabled, it will run all executable scripts that end with .start on start-up and scripts that end with .stop on shutdown. ...

by Alejandro Liu
in 2023

tagged configuration, directory, installation, linux, settings

Updated: 2023-09-05

libnss-db HOWTO

This mini-howto illustrate how to use libnss-db on a Ubuntu Linux system. Other installations should work to after adjusting package names and directory paths. I myself use as a "serverless" lightweight user directory. Essentially, I mount the db directory and the home directory from an NFS server. Package installation ...

by Alejandro Liu
in 2023

tagged alpine, configuration, device, linux, network

Updated: 2023-09-29

Alpine Linux Custom Interface names

This article is a copy of this article and shows how to rename/change name of a network interface. Alpine Linux uses busybox mdev to manage devices in /dev. mdev reads /etc/mdev.conf and according to mdev documentation one can define a command to be executed per device definition. The command which is going to be used to change network interface name is nameif. ...

by Alejandro Liu
in 2023

tagged application, config, configuration, desktop, directory, editor, linux

Updated: 2024-02-02

Local Startup

This is a method to control start-up of applications in a Linux Desktop session that are run by a local default configuration, but can also be overriden by the user. This is unlike the /etc/xdg/autostart which is mostly under the control of the distro packager. Aslo unlike the /etc/X11/profile.d directory, this runs inside the Desktop Session. /etc/X11/profile.d gets started before the Desktop session is available. ...

by Alejandro Liu
in 2023

tagged cloud, computer, desktop, feature, idea, linux, mouse, software, windows

Updated: 2024-02-02

Desktop Environments 2023

Around April 2023, I decided to look for a new Linux Desktop Environment for my personal void linux. So I tried these distros: lxqt: This is the one I eventually chose to switch to. I liked it that it was very small and light, and very modular, almost like a kit that you assemble yourself. Because I have thinking for some time that I would like to make my ...

by Alejandro Liu
in 2023

tagged browser, desktop, linux, remote, scripts

Updated: 2023-01-11

RDP vs VNC

For years I have been using VNC for my remote desktop needs. This works usually well enough. The features that I like are: Basic set-up is easy Desktop sessions are persistent Can be used to view an actual X11.org desktop. ...