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Post tagged: device

by alex
in 2026

tagged linux, power, terminal, directory, device, settings, configuration

Updated: 2026-05-06

A Quick Guide to CUPS and lpr

For many Linux users, the printer remains a mysterious box that only communicates through cryptic GUI menus. But if you're a power user or a terminal enthusiast, you know that the command line offers far more precision. By leveraging CUPS (Common Unix Printing System), you can manage your print jobs with simple, scriptable commands. Here is everything you need to know about configuring and using your printer from the terminal. 1. Finding Your Hardware Before you can print, you need to know what your system calls your printer. CUPS doesn't always use the friendly name on the sticker. ...

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 2024

tagged settings, device

Updated: 2024-12-21

Fitbit reset

How to reset your Fibit Charge 5, 6 or Fitbit Luxe? You can reset your Fitbit Charge 5, Charge 6, or Fitbit Luxe in 2 ways: Soft reset: restart your Fitbit. You keep your data. ...

by alex
in 2024

tagged alpine, device

Updated: 2024-11-22

Adding a serial port to a QNAP TS-251D

I am using a QNAP TS-251D NAS. Because I would like to switch from QTS to Alpine Linux I though it would be useful to enable the serial port. The TS-251D has a built-in serial port that is already enabled and only needs to be connected. For that you need a number of parts: ...

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 device, management

Updated: 2024-02-02

XPrinterMgr

This is a small utility to manage a local printer(s) in a home office setting. It will show the state of the printer: accepting or rejecting jobs enable or disabled printing ...