For what I can remember it has always been possible (at least) since Ubuntu 7.04 to simply do a sudo apt-get install proftpd to get a working FTP server running. It seems that starting with Ubuntu 12.04 no more! After installing proftpd on 12.04 (the package is now called proftpd-basic) you’ll be unable to start […]
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PuTTY has been my go-to SSH client on Windows for years but I’ve found that it does require a couple of tweaks to turn it into the (almost?) perfect SSH client. Below are some tweaks to improve PuTTY. Display characters the way it’s meant For years I’ve put up with PuTTY displaying certain accented characters
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Ever since I got my Raspberry Pi I’ve been using irssi for my IRC needs. Pidgin used to be my favorite client of choice for IRC and almost any other protocol. What makes irssi great is that I can keep it running on my Raspberry Pi and can resume my chat sessions wherever I am
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I try not to do it too often, but every few years you’re faced with reinstalling your PC. The reason for this can be various, such as replacing your old PC or recovering from a crash. Of course, the remedy for crashes are backup images, but those can sometimes be out of date. I do
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After almost 5 years of usage I decided it was time to replace my trustworthy desktop PC, a HP Pavilion Elite m9060.nl. The PC really started to show its age. It was becoming a bit too slow for today’s software applications, at least to my liking. The limitation of 4GB of RAM set by the