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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 [...]

How do I update GodMode9?

As part of my recent spring cleaning of my Nintendo 3DS XL, I've been updating the custom firmware (CFW) as well as a bunch of the homebrew / after market software that I had installed. One such piece of software [...]

Check cluster size of FAT32 disk in Linux

After venturing into retro gaming by way of an Anbernic RG35XX and a PowKiddy v90, I decided it was time to dust off my old Nintendo 3DS XL and get it a bit more battle ready to do some retro [...]

Time zone conversion with PHP

I do not like time zones. They've been a fairly regular pain point in my career, especially early on. There was even a time when I built something and totally forgot that time zones existed and well, it was a [...]