I recently wanted to experiment with one of my machines by adding a second network card and using it to forward packets from one network to another. Advertisements
There are several ways to check which version of Debian, Ubuntu or Raspbian you are running.
By default the root password is locked to prevent you from being able to login as root on Debian/Raspbian, and for good reason.
Though modern solid state drives can now store a large amount of data they differ from conventional disks in a number of ways.
There have been a number of times when having got my Raspberry Pi all set up and ready to take time-lapse photographs, or just when I think I have finished configuring it as a music player, the moment I tuck … Continue reading
I can’t believe I haven’t written this up before as I’ve been using an ftp server long enough! There are several different FTP servers available, including ProFTPD, WU-FTPD, Pure-FTPd, and vsftpd.
I recently encountered a problem with a program that simply crashed when I tried to run it after it had been updated, unfortunately it didn’t give any indication what caused the crash other than the error message ‘Segmentation Fault‘
One of the reasons I really like linux is that generally you can choose what you want to install, the granularity available isn’t as much as it once was but it is still relatively easy to keep the number of … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of the ‘less is more’ approach and although I’m quite happy to check out the latest release of Debian (or Ubuntu) using a live CD or by just selecting the standard desktop packages and letting the … Continue reading
I’m sure you know the feeling, you have just got you system working exactly how you want and have decided to take a backup (actually you want to take two backups).
