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
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
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
