Category Archives: linux

Debian-based machines and the (initramfs) prompt

There are a million pages devoted to initramfs so I won’t go in to what it is, but if you have a Dell 1655 or other machine with serial-attached-SCSI and use Debian or a Debian-derived Linux distribution such as Ubuntu … Continue reading

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Poor man’s calendar server with iCal and Mozilla

It’s easy to set up a shared calendar system with free software that scales well for a few users (great for a home network) and has tons of support from third parties. What you need: iCal client like Sunbird or … Continue reading

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Debian GCC libc package required

If you use Debian with a “standard” or “desktop” install, you will not have GCC installed. Of course you can easily get it by installing the package: apt-get install gcc And of course you need make apt-get install make What … Continue reading

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