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2026-08-17
UltiMaker Cura's Linux AppImage crashes on launch with a GLX/FBConfig error that has nothing to do with graphics drivers. The real cause is a stale bundled libstdc++ shadowing the system one.
2026-05-24
Security education should extend beyond certificates and purchased products. These labs exist to help students build, break, recover, and understand real systems.
2025-12-08 · updated 2026-01-02
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2025-11-21 · updated 2025-12-05
This post contains a complete Wireshark-based Capture the Flag (CTF) activity suitable for high school students who are new to cybersecurity. It includes: Teacher Guide – detailed, step-by-step instructions to generate t…
2017-07-25 · updated 2025-06-18
Biggest change from 2017 and 2019 updates is WICD is now really dead. I've switched to network-manager and network-manager-gnome (for the applet) there is a fair amount of package and space overhead for this but there is…
2015-11-29 · updated 2015-11-29
Hi, I am Mike's Uncle Bruce. The flying blog is mine. Mike has snuck in one entry to date. If you look in Mike's photo gallery, you will find him standing in front of my Cessna 210. It's the one with the red and blue tri…
2015-03-01 · updated 2017-06-10
IMG 2 SVG: Converting raster images to scalable vector graphics using GIMP and Inkscape. This preserved version keeps the surviving local example images and SVG output after missing legacy screenshots were removed.
2012-07-18 · updated 2025-06-09
Sections: The major install Install Apt-fast Install vmware-tools (if a virtual machine) Install Chromium Browser Install Google Chrome Use your system Customize Fluxbox HALT Manually install fonts APT Preferences and Pi…
2011-02-24 · updated 2015-11-29
If durring the install for matlab you recieve this error: update/bin/glnx86/xsetup: error while loading shared libraries: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory try install the libxp-dev pa…
2011-02-24 · updated 2015-11-28
I was having a problem with simulink under Matlab R2007a. It is fine on windows, but I use Kubuntu Linux and here Matlab crashes and closes with a "segmentation fault" everytime something with concern to simulink gets op…
2011-02-24 · updated 2015-11-28
Here are the instructions (feel free to copy/adjust them, for the Pidgin FAQ, if there is any need): Be sure that the system tray icon of Pidgin is always shown, so you will be able to open the buddy list, if it is minim…
2011-02-24 · updated 2015-11-28
sudo adduser cupsys shadow passwd cupsys
2011-02-24 · updated 2025-06-18
In order to use the Artec e+48u on Linux with SANE you must have the scanner firmware file and have the conf file containing the firmware file path. Download the driver file. Use your favorite file extraction tool and co…
2011-02-24 · updated 2015-11-28
Use this how-to if your sound and/or battery meters don't work out of the box using Ubuntu on a KDS Valiant laptop. This how-to should work on any KDS laptop and any version of Ubuntu. It has only been tested on the KDS…
2011-02-24 · updated 2015-11-28
Linux V.S. Windows Debian : Debian Linux Distrobution Home page Ubuntu : Ubuntu Linux Homepage (Based on Debian) Debuntu : A wonderful website with interseting Tips & Tricks for Debian based Linux systems, including ubun…