Load Averages on Linux/UNIX systems
apache-2.2.34 and openssh-8.2p1 on EL6
Red Hat backports fixes and keep package versions as they are. At times, security scanners are not smart enough to know that. They’d complain the packages are out of date. Making it worse, apache 2.2 has reached EOL since 2018. And even though openssh is now on version 8.2, one will still find version 5.3…
RDP v10.0
Quick comparison of several RDP profiles.
Install ClearLinux
ClearLinux is made by Intel. Here I’ll try to install the server version on qemu-kvm.
Upgrade to php-7.3
That caused my WordPress plugin Crayon Syntax Highlighter to fail. Some googling suggests php-7.3 switched to pcre2, which is more restrictive in terms of escaping special characters.
Roasting coffee beans at home
Using this stove-top ceramic roaster, I have documented my most recent roast. The raw beans are blend of Columbia and Guatemala, washed.
Memory upgrade…
My experience on DOCP.
Run RHEL8 on docker with Red Hat UBI image
Red Hat is offering a few official docker images for RHEL8. One can now use or build images based on the latest operating system from Red Hat. Here is how to do it in 3 simple steps
RHEL8 and Ansible
Red Hat EL8 is available now since May 7th. It’s not particularly exciting IMO. Many “new” features have been available on other distros quite a while ago. Here, I want to evaluate how easy it is to adopt my existing ansible playbooks on this new version of Red Hat.
Rsync backup with BTRFS
There are plenty of backup tools in the community but I still prefer rsync for desktop backup. It only copies the changes and it does not require any catalog. I’ve been using that for years, rsync-ing my files to a USB drive. While it works fine and it saved my day a couple times, my…