FIXED: Steam won’t launch on Fedora 42

After updating Fedora from 41 to 42, I’ve noticed that the Steam version from the Fedora repo no longer wanted to start. I could launch the Flatpak version, but it doesn’t have native Proton support so wouldn’t launch my games. Thankfully there’s an easy fix to make Fedora Steam work again with this simple fix: … Read more

Why won’t Fedora shut down? Let’s find out!

I’ve had this on numerous occasions: I’m asking Fedora to shut down, and it either takes a while for it to obey my command, or it outright refuses. Most UIs aren’t exactly forthcoming about the reasons, by the command line interface has today told me that there’s a way to find out what might be … Read more

Creating an external Boot Clone in macOS Ventura and Sonoma

I wanted to downgrade my Sonoma installation to Ventura on a Mac Studio. Before doing so I thought I’d take a full backup on an external drive using SuperDuper. This has worked great in the past, and I had assumed it would still work fine on Apple Silicone models in 2025. MASSIVE mis-assumption! Of course … Read more

How to delete all files and subfolders from the Command Line in Windows

I was looking for the Windows equivalent of the Linux command “y| rm -rf” and despite my best efforts couldn’t work it out. We need to use “del”, with a couple of switches to do this recursively and for directories, and also automatically confirm this for every entry. Here it is: This will delete everything … Read more