29.9.16

Stay with sysvinit

Written at evening time in English • Tags: , , ,

Before upgrading to jessie, create /etc/apt/preferences.d/use-sysvinit:

Package: systemd-sysv
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1

See also: How to stay with sysvinit in Debian Jessie by Petter Reinholdtsen

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TIL: Switching a WordPress site to HTTPS will result in mixed content. (more…)

24.8.16

How to fix stuck updates

Written early in the morning in English • Tags: ,

Windows Update has been getting stuck checking for new updates for the past several months. The automatic update somehow manages to complete, at least sometimes, but running a check manually doesn’t complete within a couple of days. It should be more like minutes, shouldn’t it? (more…)

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Installing signed GPLPV drivers on Windows VMs under Xen will speed up disk and network access.
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Nginx version 1.6.2 is now available in pkgsrc as www/nginx. Addresses an SSL session reuse vulnerability (CVE-2014-3616). Enjoy!
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Net::INET6Glue version 0.6.2 is now available in pkgsrc as net/p5-Net-INET6Glue. Patched to avoid warnings with the default Perl version 5.20. Enjoy!
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WordPress 4.0 “Benny” is out!
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Moving a photo library to a new computer is easy with Picasa. It even does the right thing with the folder naming in Windows 7 vs. Vista (“Pictures” vs. “My Pictures”).
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MSXML 4 is EOL. Fortunately Alton Blom has perfect instructions for removing it. (more…) (2)
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GNU Screen version 4.2.1 is now available in pkgsrc as misc/screen. Enjoy! (2)

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