Case: Logs in cPanel Awstats show a high number of hits from `empty user agent string` bots which cause high CPU usage and/or traffic.
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Case: Logs in cPanel Awstats show a high number of hits from `empty user agent string` bots which cause high CPU usage and/or traffic.
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Case: Running Virtualbox 7 on Debian 12 Bookworm, the guest Linux OS fails with message: `Error opening directory: Permission denied.`
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Case: After setting up a NoMachine server and rebooting, certain flatpak applications fail to launch.
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Instructions on adding additional input languages directly through the terminal. This edits the keyboard
settings file for the X Window System. Steps tested on Debian 10 Buster, running AwesomeWM. Includes an example on adding a cyrillic keyboard layout.
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Case: Running a WordPress 6.1.3 install on a cPanel shared web hosting. The page on WP-Admin -> Tools -> Site Health suggests “utf8mb4 requires newer client library”.
Q: How To List Installed Packages With Zypper on OpenSUSE?
A: zypper se -i <package_name>
src: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/list-all-installed-packages-on-opensuse-suse-linux/
Disabling the PC speaker sound entirely so that it does not trigger when reaching end of line or hitting incorrect hotkeys in various contexts.
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Q: What is the Quad9 DNS query url for setting up DNS over HTTPS in the browser?
A: DoH config: https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
src: Quad9 IPs and other settings – Quad9 Internet Security & Privacy
Q: How To Set Up a Minimal Graphical Install on Debian and Derivatives?
A: sudo apt install xorg sddm lxqt
src: https://askubuntu.com/questions/873529/how-to-install-lxqt-on-ubuntu-server-16-04
Install a different Linux kernel via apt
on debian/ubuntu-based distro. Update grub
to load the new kernel you specify.