My Linux Practice

Tag: Fossa miniPC

  • Uname

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    Practicing the uname command: uname Linuxuname -m x86_64 x86_64 meaning Intel or AMD 64-bit. I guess the Numbat mininPC is Intel. Trying it out on my Mac mini M1: uname -m ARM64

  • The UNetbootin rabbit hole

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    The GParted website was really insistent about using UNetbootin to flash the GParted Live USB (even though I felt that Balena Etcher must be equivalent). UNetbootin won’t install for Ubuntu 24.04. I tried this stuff: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gezkovacs/ppasudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install unetbootin I learn about the error message here: https://itsfoss.com/repository-does-not-have-release-file-error-ubuntu/ I could use the…

  • Hold snaps forever

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    I’m pretty sure the weird stalling on Firefox (that is, when I’m actually trying to use the Numbat computer) is from snaps downloading themselves in the background without any notification. I did this: snap refresh –hold-forever “Auto-refresh of all snaps held indefinitely” TG For whatever reason, I don’t think snaps auto-download on the Fossa miniPC,…