Another day and another major update exposed an error of missing the “x11” library. Apparently, the pkg-config got corrupted for X11 library. Most of the…
simple squid proxy with http authorization
Squid (caching) proxy has been used on the Internet for ages. The first release of Squid was back in the mid-90s! Here is how you…
rsync daemon in CentOS 8
Apparently, the team behind the CentOS 8 decided to split the rsync functionality to two packages – one for the client-side and for the server-side,…
libselinux – undefined reference to pcre_version
Emerging the “sys-libs/libselinux-2.9-r1” failed with this link errors of undefined references The solution was to rebuild the dev-libs/libpcre and dev-libs/libpcre2 libraries. if you encounter the…
Mirror the official Ubuntu repositories using aptly
This article is to show mainly how to work with aptly by mirroring an official Ubuntu mirror. If you want to know how to install…
nginx and proxy_cache not growing cache despite max_size is bigger – shared memory zone to blame
One of our big Nginx cache servers has recently been upgraded to have 70T storage, which is pretty good storage for a proxy. And in…
KDE Plasma windows force resize – iKVM virtual keyboard
If you happen to use KDE Plasma these days and you encounter view problems like you cannot see the whole viewpoint of a window (especially…
Review of freshly installed Fedora 31 KDE Plasma Desktop (KDE GUI)
After the tutorial of Install Fedora 31 KDE Plasma Desktop this tutorial is mainly to see what to expect from a freshly installed Fedora 31…
Remove disk (all partitions) from software RAID1 with mdadm and change layout of the disk
The following article is to show how to remove healthy partitions from software RAID1 devices to change the layout of the disk and then add…
Install Fedora 31 KDE Plasma Desktop (KDE GUI)
This tutorial will show you the simple steps of installing a modern Linux Distribution Fedora 31 KDE Plasma Desktop with KDE for the user graphical…