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An unpleasant but unfortunately often necessary task is interacting and posting on social media. Especially for those whose goal is to captivate consumers’ attention for as long as possible, I recently searched for a script that would publish pre-saved posts at a given time. There are already a variety of different scripts available for X … Read more
Even after months of error-free use, Citrix Receiver, ICA Client or Workspace App on Linux may display an error message, usually after an update. The error message is often caused by outdated SSL certificates. Citrix Client comes with its own collection of SSL certificates during installation. In this case, it is advisable to use the … Read more
Some of the software I use frequently do not receive automatic updates via the operating system’s package management because no repository was previously available for them. Since I want to automate updates across a range of different devices, I am using the option of creating a so-called private repository (ppa). First and foremost, it serves … Read more
Encryption using LUKS is the preferred method for protecting Linux systems from unauthorised access from the moment of installation. Full encryption is particularly essential for mobile devices. Another recommendation is to always store root and home directories on different partitions of the hard drive, which in turn greatly simplifies the protection of personal data during … Read more
This article is ideal for anyone who uses KDE and its so-called ‘Plasma’ interface as their desktop and suffers from consistently high processor (CPU) utilisation. It describes a way to reduce high system utilisation. I spent a long time searching the internet for the solution myself, so I would like to save my readers the … Read more
Ollama is an environment for running so-called LLMs (large language models) on Linux. It is a secure and, above all, data-efficient way to try out various models on a local computer. Additionally, a system service is installed that runs automatically with every start. So what to do if you want to remove Ollama? The developers … Read more
Since release of Debian stable release codenamed “bookworm” up until today the distribution is not officially supported by the Estonian governments official installation script of their mandatory digital ID software. You would think Debian’s usually longer release cylce would make it easier to catch up with software releases, but here we go again. Fortunately, installation … Read more
The accumulation of logs and temporary file junk can cause the root partition to fill up noticeably. If the storage space is exhausted, the system can no longer install updates, for example, and in some cases this is the first perceptible sign that something has gotten out of hand. A completely full root partition mainly … Read more
The release of the new version of Ubuntu with long-term support, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and in particular the KDE variant (Kubuntu), prompted me to reconsider the issue of file encryption on cloud storage services. In particular, the methods built into the KDE desktop (Plasma) for creating so-called ‘vaults’ using EncFS or CryFS surprised me somewhat, … Read more
The network of public WiFi access points is becoming increasingly dense. Travelers in particular like to take advantage of this option. Unfortunately, there’s often a problem: while the connection is established smoothly and the signal strength is more than sufficient, there is still no access to the internet. Unfortunately, there’s no one-hundred-percent solution, but I’d … Read more