Tag Archives: Linux

The Card Reader Bluff. Call It!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by thepadawan42

You will never believe it! I plugged a SD card into the laptop’s card reader slot and it was not recognized. Yes, yes, I know, something in Linux not working out of the box? Weird, right? Stop being ironical and … Continue reading →

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Skype necessary evil

Posted on May 15, 2013 by thepadawan42

I read in the Arch Linux wiki that Skype reads your personal files. Does it send them some where? What does it do with them? No body, outside Skype, really knows but the wiki recommends to secure you files and … Continue reading →

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Vi color nightmare

Posted on May 14, 2013 by thepadawan42

Why the hell the root has a different (uglier and difficult to read) color schema than any normal user in VIM? Have you ever wondered that? Spot the differences in the screenshots below: root normal user

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No new tricks for old dogs

Posted on May 11, 2013 by thepadawan42

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS turned out to be a poor choice because it has LVM version 2.02.66 and until 2.02.85 (release notes) TRIM support was not introduced; the first Ubuntu version shipped with LVM with TRIM support is 12.10. After installing … Continue reading →

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There can be only one

Posted on May 9, 2013 by thepadawan42

When I got my new SSD I decided it was time to be brave and try to boot Linux from a USB. In case you were not aware, from the beginning of the year (2013) there  were reports that booting … Continue reading →

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