This is another one of those posts that I wrote for only one purpose: Making something a little easier on someone else who may have to do the same thing. First, I will credit my ultimate source. Thanks Daniel for your post. I was able to read it and find the piece I needed in the middle. Here is the…
Category: Ubuntu
Getting a Fresh Start by Backing up, Re-installing, Then Restoring What you Need on Ubuntu
It was hard to make a good title with proper English on this one because I wasn’t sure how to exactly describe what I’m doing here. Hopefully you located this blog ok and are trying to do the same thing I am. The Goal of This Exercise Every computer needs a new operating system ‘refresh’ at some point because of…
SETTING UP STALWART WITH PODMAN AND QUADLET
SECTION 1 – BACKGROUND This document comes from my many attempts to make this work with podman-compose setup. I got it working and hope to document those details at a later date. I had to give up on that because when I exited the ssh session it would kill the server. I found this reddit post which made me conclude…
How to Wipe Out a Podman Container with Podman-compose Setup
Its kind of a tricky post I’m making here because actually there is no difference between how you remove the containers whether it was created with podman-compose or otherwise. However, it took me a long time to figure that out and get the quick and simple answer so here is a blog to cut to the chase. If you created…
How to Get Set Up For Audio Only Audiocasting with OBS
Of course I don’t use the word ‘podcast’ because its roots are associated with a large company that hasn’t done a lot of good for freedom in software (or hardware). So, you will read ‘audiocast’ and you’ll know what it means. The purpose of this post is to give you an open source and audio-only setup for recording, while also…
Doing a Direct-to-Local MYSQL Dump
One of the most valuable things I learned in my ‘my-server-has-run-out-of-memory’ crisis was that I can dump my database directly to my local machine without having to first save it to the server and then download it from there. It is surprising that it took me well over 5 years to find it but what a gem for every person…
How to get a Podman Container IP address with less errors
(Edited Solution Dec 13, 2024) (Second edit of Solution Dec 28 2024) Background I was trying to get the IP address of one of my podman containers. I was using this command over and over with much pain (and no gain): podman inspect -f ‘{{ .NetworkSettings.IPAddress }}’ <container-name> Journey to the Solution Finally, after much frustration, I resorted to AI…
How to Delete or Remove Completely an extra page in Inkscape
First, all credit where credit is due. Inkscape is awesome. Amazing vectored graphics program and with the new GUI update, it’s looking and feeling really nice. However, this one situation sucked 10 minutes of my time TWICE, so I’m writing a blog on how to do it in case this happens again. For whatever reason, whenever I load Inkscape these…
How to Play a Practical Joke on someone with SSH and Stock Ubuntu
Why? This tutorial is both technical and amusing. There was someone in a room I didn’t want in the room, so I had the idea “I wonder if I can ssh into the computer near them and play some audio out of the speakers and freak them out a bit?” Turns out I can.And it worked.And here’s how to do…
How to fix pdf engine error problem in pandoc in ubuntu
this post was moved to HERE. Sorry for annoyance.