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How to connect to Wi-Fi from the command-line on Debian
Recently I decided to try to eliminate some unnecessary wires from my home network. One of the offending items was our home server that was hard wired to one of our mesh network routers. The original thought was that by [...]
So I've been moving weekend
THAT'S THE POST! Just kidding, but not really. Every once in a while there's so much going on that I can't carve out a bit of time to knock out a blog post. Usually those scenarios are planned, and I'll [...]
Identifying large packages installed on Debian
Last week I talked about my quick fix to freeing up disk space on the root / partition of my Debian system. I also talked about potentially resizing my partitions at some point to help stave off the issue of [...]
Free up disk space on Debian by cleaning your apt cache
The other day one of my Debian systems locked up, due to the root / partition being filled up. Kind of a "same problem, different distro" scenario as a few years back I ran into the same dilemma on Arch [...]
How to start an AWS CodePipeline
While not a difficult task to pull off, starting a pipeline in the AWS Console for CodePipeline does tend to be a confusing thing when somebody has never done it before. The reason for this is the naming of the [...]
Command not found csc on Debian
I recently inherited a .NET application, written in C#. I know little to nothing about any of the aforementioned, but I do know how to use a web search and/or AI chat bot to figure things out. That being said [...]
Repository 'Debian bookworm' changed its 'non-free component' value from 'non-free' to 'non-free non-free-firmware'
While not nearly as frequent as the weirdness I used to experience with Arch Linux, Debian has it's fair share of unique problems to solve. This week's cropped up while running an apt update before running an apt upgrade. Fortunately [...]
How to install Node.js 20 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Less than a week ago, Node.js 20 release. While it's not the current LTS release, it will be this coming October 2023. You're probably wondering why this post is about Ubuntu 20.04 LTS considering there is a newer LTS release [...]
Obligatory post about artificial intelligence
Within the tech community, it seems like all we're talking about these days is AI, ChatGPT, alternatives and such. Recently, I had the opportunity to hang out with somebody outside of the tech community and they actually brought up ChatGPT [...]
Unzipping multiple files from the command-line
Ran into an issue recently where I attempting to unzip a directory of files, but the "Extract" and "Extract to" options stopped showing up in the GNOME Files app. Before realizing that the issue was due to there being a [...]