In Ubuntu 22.04 the installer allowed one to manually create a ‘physical volume for encryption‘. Since Ubuntu 23.04 this option seems to have vanished, and those who only use LTS Ubuntu releases will be caught by surprise when jumping from 22.04 to a fresh install of 24.04. In Ubuntu 24.04 LTS the disk setup options
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Ubuntu 18.04 comes with FreeRadius version 3 so there is no need to add a PPA. Simply install FreeRadius and it’s dependencies. Then configure a database for FreeRadius. Set a mysql root password (if you haven’t done so already): Log in to MariaDB as root: You should now see the MariaDB prompt: Enter these commands
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Many people online are asking why the FreeRadius service isn’t starting on Ubuntu 14.04/16.04/18.04 and for some it’s just because the following directory is missing: /tmp/radiusd The solution at this time is the following: Create the following file … nano /etc/tmpfiles.d/radius.conf … with the following content … d /tmp/radiusd 0700 freerad freerad – –
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One of the drawbacks of using KeePassXC as opposed to KeePass 2.x is that the former does not support the KeePassRPC plugin which, as you probably know, gives you connections to plugins in Firefox, Chrome and Thunderbird. Luckily an unofficial solution has come about in the way of a Thunderbird plugin for the Auto-Type feature
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If you are using Kernel version 4.15.0-44 on a laptop in a docking station and suddenly find that the display output isn’t working after log in you might be affected by this bug. The bug was reported on the 28th of January and by the 29th of January a fix was available for testing. We should have
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ffmpeg2 -i video_file.MOV -vf vidstabdetect=shakiness=5:show=1 video_file.MOV ffmpeg2 -i video_file.MOV -vf vidstabtransform,unsharp=5:5:0.8:3:3:0.4 video_file.MOV
Over the weekend I decided to give BSD a try. The last time I messed with any BSD OS was years ago, and it wasn’t good – that’s all I remember. But I thought after over 5 years I’d give it another try – thinking things probably got a lot better. Now I know I
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