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Linux distro conditionals in shell script
It's happening again. I've grown a bit tired of Debian, and have started to long for all the bleeding edge glory that is Arch. As this is a semi-frequent occurrence in my life, I've gotten pretty good at juggling distributions [...]
Easily sync Philips Hue to Alexa
Every time we move, I invest just a little bit more into smart home devices. While not the most cost effective option, we are very much "all in" on Philips Hue bulbs. While I really do love the product, getting [...]
Filtering WordPress menu items
Recently I had a request come in to update the navigation on a WordPress site. The way the request was worded made me think the change to the menu needed to happen on one specific page, and not across the [...]
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 [...]