Scaling Mastodon with systemd template units
How to use systemd unit templates to scale Mastodon sidekiq processes. Read More
Tag: linux
How To Use OBS Studio With Zoom
How to set up OBS Studio on Linux as a Zoom webcam source. Read More
My Mobile Tools of Trade
I touched on my mobile rig in my post on Daily Tools, so today, let’s dig into my mobile setup in a little more detail. My workhorse is my laptop, a Dell Latitude E5530 with SSD. SSD is blazingly fast and complements the Intel i7 chip in it nicely, as… Read More
Linux as the Core
At the core of my tech toolchest is my choice of operating system: Linux. I’ve used Linux as my primary desktop since I built one on a disused PC at my job at Vodafone in 1996, running Slackware. I first installed it on a laptop in the second half of… Read More
How To Get Telstra 4G Mobile Broadband Working With Linux
I’m procrastinating finishing an MBA assignment, so here’s how to get your shiny new Telstra 4G dongle working under Linux. I use Ubuntu, but these instructions should help you on other Linux variants as well. This process worked for Ubuntu 11.04, but I haven’t tested anything else. Let us know… Read More
Coming Soon: Oracle Data Appliance
I won’t be the least surprised to see that headline sometime in the next couple of years. Let’s take a look at recent trends in tech to see why: VMware Prior to VMware, no one knew what a hypervisor was outside of banking folk who deal with IBM AS/400 and… Read More
How To Create A Bootable DOS USB Flash Drive with Linux
If you run Linux a lot, like me, no doubt you’ve encountered one of the scourges of closed systems: Windows only BIOS flash utilities. That’s right. We’ll sell you hardware, and technically you can run whatever you like on it. Except if you choose anything other than Windows, you can’t… Read More
Update: Sound on Asus m50v laptop with Ubuntu 8.10
I’ve managed to get sound working totally correctly on my Asus m50v laptop under Ubuntu 8.10. The secret is to install ALSA v1.0.19. How do you do this, I hear you ask. Aha, well. It’s relatively simple. Step 1: Download an upgrade script The simplest way to upgrade is to… Read More
Linux DVB-T on an ASUS M50Vn Laptop
I just bought an Asus M50Vn laptop. I was drawn to the Shiny! appearance, and it seemed to have reasonable specs for something just a shade under $2000. Since Asus make the EeePC netbook computers that started the whole netbook craze, I figured it would have reasonable driver support under… Read More
Windows Suckitude
I had to completely reinstall GameOS (a Windows XP disk that I keep around for the occasional gaming session), losing all my saved games, because Windows somehow magically corrupted its partition setup. I didn’t have any backups of GameOS, because I didn’t feel that it was worth the extra cost… Read More