I had an issue with a brand new Plesk server on IONOS that apparently didn’t have the “apsc” database. Must have corrupted after the first update, but thankfully Plesk had made a backup just before it did this. It was a full server backup, part of which is this database backup. Here’s where we’ll find … Read more
Here’s another personal favourite topic my brain likes to forget: how to create and format disk partitions from the Command Line in Linux. No matter how many times I do it, I always forget the details when I don’t have a GUI to hand. For the record, both KDE and GNOME as well as the … Read more
It’s relatively easy to create a Windows-like “Start Menu” shortcut for applications you want to launch in KDE. It’s just that… I keep forgetting how to do that, so here’s a quick how-to on that subject. KDE has a Menu Editor app that lets us do this. Find it, then create a new item in … Read more
By default the KDE Plasma Workspace uses the newer Wayland protocol, however not all applications and use cases are compatible with it. GNOME still uses X11 by default, although it has a Wayland option too. NoMachine is such an example that’s not currently compatible with Wayland, and as such I couldn’t use it properly with … Read more
By default, mdadm performs an automatic integrity check of your RAID once a month (on or after the first Sunday to be precise). If you turn off the system prematurely though, the check will be aborted and started again the next month. If you ever need to start (or stop) a check manually, here are … Read more
My Fedora workstation developed a nasty habit recently: after issuing a shutdown command, the workstation doesn’t turn off. All I get is a blinking cursor at the top left, hanging there forever. First time this happens I thought I’ll just press the power button for a manual override, but of course I paid the hefty … Read more
Just in case I forget, here’s how to easily install the KDE Desktop on Fedora 40. First we download the components, then we switch over to it and make it the default. I should have taken notes last time but forgot – glad I’m getting another chance to do it again. Installing KDE Open up … Read more
I’ve had an update message in Fedora for a while on my HP Z840 workstation. It was something about an EFI update with a patch against something about DBX and Black Lotus that sounded rather important, but for the life of me the update would never apply. It could update all other softwares, except for … Read more
