There’s an interesting side effect to way Debian-like systems handle the database configuration for various packages. Instead of each package setting the connection parameters on their own, they reuse the abstraction provided by package ‘dbconfig-common’. This is all fine in theory, but unfortunately dbconfig doesn’t seem to behave …

I’ve got a couple of Linux machines that need a transparent backup solution at home. Transparent as in - they should happen all the time, without asking, without notification, without any interaction. Ideally it shouldn’t run on the client either just to avoid issues with system updates. Making it …

Just a popular stackoverflow question & answer which was deleted as not constructive even with 10+ score and thousands of views (by a mod, so can’t vote to revert - thanks!) Keep in mind that it’s from 2009 without later reviews.

Question:

I am searching for a tool that tests …

If you follow the latest versions of… everything and tried to install flashcache you probably noticed that none of the current guides are correct regarding how to install it. Or they are mostly correct but with some bits missing. So here’s an attempt to do a refreshed guide. I …