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With some popular Linux distributions recently updating their long-term-support releases eID functionality is broken once again until Estonian authorities catch up to release their drivers. Although Debian sid and PikaOS (being a derivate of it) will probably never be officially supported, setting it up is actually a pretty quick and easy process if you follow … Read more
If you are an Estonian ID-card holder or e-resident, wanting to install open-eID on Debian’s latest release bullseye or one of its derivates, this is how you do it! Generally, Estonian RIA-authority is doing a good job supporting ID authentification to the Linux community, yet only Ubuntu is officially supported, which is a pity since … 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
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
What is this guide for? With just a few steps, this guide will show you how to transform a Raspberry Pi (a credit card-sized single-board computer) into a music server that can be connected to speakers or your stereo system and play music in almost all formats from a USB stick, a network, or directly … Read more