Many distributions do not provide a source ISO to match their installation media. Debian provides one, as does Oracle. As far as I know, those are the only two that do that. Since the GPL requires one to redistribute the source code with the program, one needs to possess a copy of that source code [...]

It can be difficult to add a secondary storage to Nextcloud if the storage location is a new local drive. Authentication errors abound and leave one unable to use the additional space. To resolve this, add the drive to the system, and use the occ command to add the secondary storage. Add the new drive, [...]

Apostrophe on Linux fails to show the preview in some newer operating systems. This occurs because the WebKit backend switched to using hardware acceleration and this does not work for many users. A fix to the launching command works to bring the preview back to Apostrophe, but the same fix will not work for Epiphany. [...]

dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile256GB bs=1024 count=268435456 status=progress chmod 0600 /swapfile256GB /usr/sbin/mkswap /swapfile256GB /usr/sbin/swapon /swapfile256GB echo “/swapfile256GB none swap sw 0 0″ | tee -a /etc/fstab Document z260205wa, last modified 21 May, 2026 See z260205f (an earlier note related to swap file creation).

It is possible to configure the behavior of Linux with regards to the use of swap memory. The default setting is a swappiness of 60, which means the kernel begins using swap memory once processes use 40% of the system memory. To view the current swappiness setting, use the command cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep swappiness [...]

This page contains details on the numbering conventions for my zettelkasten. For purposes of organization, these are case insensitive. Sometimes I write them in all capitals and sometimes in lower case. All notes identifiers start with the letter z. That is because Joplin requires a character rather than a number in order to search. Then [...]

Changelog Legend: [+] = Added [*] = Changed [^] = Moved [=] = No Changes [x] = Deleted [!] = Bugs [_] = To Do [>] = Migrated [<] = Migrated Linux Operating System Notes: [_] Increasing watch handles on Linux [z260726wa] Adding external local disk storage to Nextcloud [_] Manually set the time zones [...]

Redshift was not installed on Debian 12, yet color temperature kept changing without manually doing it.  xsct 6500 restored default color temperature.  Switching to a Gnome session and disabling night shift worked.  After logging back into xfce the temperature issue returned. dconf reset -f / brought back the normal color temperature.

The 2026-03-24 Tiny Takeover Java Edition, 26.1, requires an upgrade to Java 25. The previous release, 1.21.11, used version 21.

This article details how to customize the user interface on Debian using IceWM and picom, and includes a useful font. This applies to Debian 12 at present and applies to any installation of IceWM and Picom as of this date. The version of IceWM used is 3.31, which is copyright 1992-2012 Markko Macke, and 2001 [...]

What is the reason for a document on backing up one’s data?  The reason is that this is a critical thing that one must get handled, out of the way, and automated in order to possess peace of mind while undertaking a comprehensive work involving data.  For years I have searched for a great piece [...]

This is my first attempt at weekly posts. I created an organizational schema and setup the files to begin the work. One of the things this week that I accomplished was the use of Aider to create a rapid prototype of a paired comparison analysis tool that works on the console in any operating system [...]