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How to install Linux on a PC with Secure Boot enabled

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A good explanation of UEFI Secure boot

A good explanation of UEFI Secure boot.

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Let Linux sleep and wake up on a schedule

rtcwake can be used to to let the system go to sleep and wake up at a specified time. For example, sudo rtcwake -m mem --date 5:15 … suspends the system to ram (mem) and wakes it up at 5:15. To make this a schedule, edit the crontab file for root: sudo crontab -e … and add the following line. This will execute the command at 1:30 every day of the month, every weekday, and every month. At…

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Review - Barbie (2023)

This film is a sometimes brilliant deconstruction of the pop-culture phenomena of the Barbie doll. With high self-awareness and ingenious visual gags, it comments on and plays with the impossibility of Barbie’s artifical, perfect world, as well as its function as a role model for girls and its relation to feminism. Unfortunately, once the initial deconstruction is done, the film seems confused…

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Vad är socialism?

Den grundläggande betydelsen av socialism är ett samhällssystem där produktionsmedlen styrs kollektivt. “Produktionsmedel” är t ex jordbruk, fabriker, transportmedel, och annat som används för att producera varor och tjänster, och i praktiken även massmedia och utbildningsväsende. “Kollektivt” betyder att en central organisation, i praktiken staten, kontrollerar dem. Se t ex Merriam-Websters…

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Accessing Google Drive on Debian-based Xfce desktop

Accessing Google Drive on Debian-based Xfce desktop

The PPA is down, but Alessandro Strada has binaries.

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Original meme: Blackmail photos

Original meme: Blackmail photos

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Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in a Debian 10 (Buster) guest using PPA

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in a Debian 10 (Buster) guest using PPA

VirtualBox will not be in the Debian 10 (Buster) distribution, not even in backports.

You can use the Oracle PPA for Buster to install VirtualBox, but it doesn’t contain the guest utils

Fortunately, Lucas Nussbaum has set up a PPA with an unofficial backport, that includes them.

Instructions:

Add the cryptographic signature of the PPA: wget -O -…

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Discord PPA and installation guide

Discord PPA and installation guide

Discord PPA and installation guide.

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Installing Oracle Java on Debian-based systems using PPA

Installing Oracle Java on Debian-based systems using PPA

LinuxUprising has a PPA respository and a great guide.

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Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu guests

Installing VirtualBox Guest Additions in Ubuntu guests

When you’ve installed an operating system in a virtual machine, you usually want to install special drivers and tools inside it to enhance performance and features. With VirtualBox, this is done through the Guest Additions.

Many guides out there instruct you to install VirtualBox Guest Additions from the CD image (ISO). But in recent versions of Ubuntu, you can install them through the package…

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Using SSHFS for simple file sharing

Using SSHFS for simple file sharing

The SSHFS file system can be used for simple file sharing between computers. It only requires that the server has SSH installed, and that you can install SSHFS on your local computer.

Pros:

Secure SSH encryption

Very easy to set up

Cons:

Only intended for one user at a time

On the server side, you only need a standard SSH server. It provides encryption and file services to clients. No…

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Glaring SMB file sharing issues

Glaring SMB file sharing issues

There’s a glaring bug in gvfs that prevents you from browsing shares using the SMB v2 protocol, which is default in many Linux distributions. This means if you install a brand new copy of Ubuntu 20.04, set up a share using Samba, and try to connect with it using your file manager, you can’t even connect to a share on your own computer! To make it work, you have to explicitly change the Samba…

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Ubuntu "no-sound" bug

Ubuntu “no-sound” bug

Upgraded Ubuntu from 18.04 to 20.04, and sound disappeared, but the tips from this page solved the issue.

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Play-old-PC-games.com

Play-old-PC-games.com is an excellent website for getting old DOS and Windows games to work. The instructions are clearly written and easy to follow. You get lots of information on how to install patches, run the game in higher resolutions, and similar issues, with relevant links.

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Installing Java on Ubuntu (Feb 2020)

This article covers both the OpenJDK and Oracle versions, and includes PPA installation methods: Linuxize

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Winning the lottery pushes you to the right

A study suggests you become more likely to support right-wing parties after you win the lottery. (The Guardian)