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RIP Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa)

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Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa EOL: Beware these upgrade gotchas

In just two months (in April 2025), the widely used Linux distribution Ubuntu 20.04, code ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

February 13, 2025

Debian

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How to remove multiple Debian packages with wildcard

Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions (such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint and more) use APT as ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

February 8, 2025

running ssh command with sudo on remote server

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How to use sudo inside SSH command

Executing commands directly with SSH (without having to log in) is very easy. Just append ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

February 5, 2025

Internet Speed Test

Open Source Software

How to measure LAN and WAN speed on OpenWRT router

When you want to test the speed of your Internet, there are a couple of ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 23, 2025

rsync regression

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Recent rsync security update introduced a regression (bug)

On January 14 2025, the rsync package received important security updates, which fixed serious and ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 17, 2025

Comic Sans MS available in Linux Mint

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How to use Comic Sans and other Microsoft Fonts in Linux Mint

If you have migrated from Windows to Linux Mint, you might quickly figure out that ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 15, 2025

git

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How to configure the default branch name in git command line

Starting with Git 2.28, you can globally define the default branch: Alternatively, you can edit ...

By Michael Friedrich

January 13, 2025

UDP connection

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How to test UDP connectivity between two Linux hosts

Applications need to communicate between different endpoints. Whether this is a HTTP API, Kubernetes communication ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 11, 2025

yum repository using proxy

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How to use HTTP proxy for specific YUM repo

Depending on your network setup, you might be able to access some (internal) repositories, but ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 8, 2025

Firefox vertical tabs

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Vertical tabs are here in Firefox (and how to switch back)

After my (Linux Mint bundled) Firefox was updated to version 133, I got the following ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

December 19, 2024

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