Topics tagged with linux

To the Window to the Linux . . .

Madchatthew — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:51:24 GMT

@phenomlab said: @Madchatthew ouch. Sounds nasty. Did you get to the bottom of why it happened? I believe it is due to not everything getting upgraded because i wasn’t checking on the different packages I had installed from the AUR. Then when I ran yay it was like, hey would you like to update all of these things that you haven’t updated in months, perhaps years or ever for that matter and I was like yes please If you don’t have yay there are no notifications that you need more updates than what you realize. Chrome was staying updated because it would give me a notification, but there was the nvidia package that needed to be upgraded as well and I had never upgraded it. I didn’t realize it and should have. Then some of those packages use cmake and that needed to be updated as well. So using yay is beneficial to make sure you get all the updates you need.

Arch Linux | Reflector

Madchatthew — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:19:02 GMT

I have another update for reflector that I just figured out. You will want to edit the following file and add details to make sure that every time it updates the mirror list, it is grabbing them from your country and I grab 10 and sort them by rate. This will ensure that your mirrorlist isn’t getting populated with links from other countries which can slow down you downloads. sudo nano /etc/xdg/reflector/reflector.conf This is what the file looks like. # Reflector configuration file for the systemd service. # # Empty lines and lines beginning with "#" are ignored. All other lines should # contain valid reflector command-line arguments. The lines are parsed with # Python's shlex modules so standard shell syntax should work. All arguments are # collected into a single argument list. # # See "reflector --help" for details. # Recommended Options # Set the output path where the mirrorlist will be saved (--save). --save /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist # Select the transfer protocol (--protocol). --protocol https # Select the country (--country). # Consult the list of available countries with "reflector --list-countries" and # select the countries nearest to you or the ones that you trust. For example: --country US # Use only the most recently synchronized mirrors (--latest). --latest 10 # Sort the mirrors by synchronization time (--sort). --sort rate Here are the different flag options that you can change or add to this file. I found this on google by searching arch linux reflector flags. Filtering Options (What to find) --country

: Selects mirrors from specific countries (e.g., US, France,Germany). Use {Link: reflector --list-countries https://archlinux.org/mirrors/status/}, for a full list.

--protocol : Filters for HTTP or HTTPS mirrors.

--age : Only includes mirrors synced within the last X hours (e.g., --age 12).

--delay : Limits to mirrors with a reported sync delay of X hours or less (e.g., 

--delay 0.25 for 15 mins).

--latest : Limits results to the top N newest mirrors. 
Sorting Options (How to order)

--sort rate: Sorts by download speed (requires testing, can be slow).

--sort age: Sorts by most recently synced.

--sort score: Sorts by overall score.

--sort country: Sorts by country, useful with multiple countries. 

Output Options (Where to put it)

--save : Writes the filtered/sorted list to a file (e.g., /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist).

--verbose or -v: Shows detailed progress and mirror info.



Arch Linux | KDE Plasma Guide
Madchatthew — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 17:03:36 GMT
@phenomlab you are very welcome. I have bookmarks but it is also nice to have this info out there for other people to use as well, and also a place I can go to grab it again if I lose my bookmarks haha



Windows 10 End of Life
Madchatthew — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 18:20:27 GMT
@phenomlab this looks very nice as well. It is nice that they keep the KDE Neon a rolling release so you will get those updated apps even though Ubuntu isn’t a rolling release.
Is it a rolling distro? 
KDE neon is rolling for KDE software. The Ubuntu base OS is not, but certain packages will be updated as needed to support KDE software requiring newer library versions than what is provided by Ubuntu. Apps from the main repositories are not rolling either, and therefore can be up to two years old. Users are encouraged not to use them, and to instead get apps from Snap or Flatpak using KDE’s Discover app store. In neon, Discover is set up to only show apps from these sources, filtering out apps from the repositories.



Linux on a Stick
Madchatthew — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:05:37 GMT
@DownPW I haven’t tried either of those, I am sure they run fast as well. Linux is so versatile it is awesome!



Arch Server Progress
Madchatthew — Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:46:44 GMT
@phenomlab said in Arch Server Progress:

PITA

LOL yes for sure!!



Linux Certification
phenomlab — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:13:40 GMT
@Madchatthew You might be sorry you asked  This is the mentoring category below. Presently, it’s unused, but we have a dedicated area for it.
https://sudonix.org/category/8/mentoring
Other services
https://sudonix.org/services



Arch Linux + Me = Crazy
phenomlab — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 01:41:00 GMT
@Madchatthew hmm,  yes,  that might be problematic.



Rename videos in bulk - linux commands
phenomlab — Sun, 10 Dec 2023 09:35:53 GMT
@Hari Yes, that’s one (of many) I would recommend. It’s going to be easier to do this under Windows and the fact that you are already connected using SMB is a huge plus.



Repeated application crashes? You might need a Swap file
Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:00:35 GMT



Wasting time on a system that hangs on boot
phenomlab — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 11:04:17 GMT
@Panda said in Wasting time on a system that hangs on boot:

Why do you prefer to use KDE Linux distro, over say Ubuntu?

A matter of taste really. I’ve tried pretty much every Linux distro out there over the years, and whilst I started with Ubuntu, I used Linux mint for a long time also. All of them are Debian backed anyway 
I guess I feel in love with KDE (Neon) because of the amount of effort they’d gone to in relation to the UI.
I agree about the lead and the OS statement which is why I suspect that Windows simply ignored it (although the Device also worked fine there, so it clearly wasn’t that faulty)



Killing Linux Zombie Processes
phenomlab — Mon, 06 Feb 2023 15:01:08 GMT
@DownPW odd indeed. Looks like it’s spawning, immediately dying, then spawning again.



Linux vs Windows - who wins ?
Madchatthew — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 09:16:13 GMT
@phenomlab LOL ah yes, I remember all of that. The good ole days!



Is plesk good over virtual min?
Hari — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:16:59 GMT
@phenomlab  thank you



Environment Variables
phenomlab — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 20:09:45 GMT
@madchatthew great you got this to work ! Thanks for the update.



SASL LOGIN authentication failed: generic failure
phenomlab — Sun, 19 Sep 2021 18:45:29 GMT
@Ash3T I’m going to mark this post as solved as I’ve not heard from you in a while. Let me know if this isn’t the case and you need more help.



help me configuring cron job for fof/sitemap - flarum
DownPW — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 23:47:30 GMT
you are too fast 



Advantages and disadvantages of changing to Ubuntu?
JAC — Mon, 06 Sep 2021 21:26:59 GMT
@phenomlab said in Advantages and disadvantages of changing to Ubuntu?:

@jac Yeah, I wouldn’t just leap into it unless you have a valid reason (such as the laptop no longer working and needing to be reinstalled). Probably better the devil you know currently.

Absolutely mate, and generally as discussed that is the only time I have changed over to Ubuntu once the laptop has got slower.
For now I will carry on with Windows, purchase the VPN & BitDefender in later October / early November and then see how all that runs for a few more months .