My Linux Practice

Tag: Numbat miniPC

  • Downloading GParted Live

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    gparted-live-1.6.0-10-amd64.iso – 550 MB Downloaded checksums.txt and checksums.txt.gpg Verified ISO Verified iso using “How to verify a downloaded file” as I post this I don’t know where that particular piece of paper is or what I did. I hate checksums. I got more used to them later in LFS chapter 3.2. Testing executables gpg, md5sum,…

  • Installing balena Etcher

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    balenaEtcher-linux-64-1.19.25.zip – 14 MB To remind myself what I did with it: Appimage in Home Run it by opening its folder, click on balena-etcher

  • 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,…