Upgrading forum software to PHP 8.1
Manually Upgrading If any sites are password protected/private I think, based upon a couple of experience, that this may cause a problem. Edit your Apache config file to temporarily remove…
Updated PHP 8.0 script and building on Ubuntu
For years I had been building PHP and thought I was including GD. Well, I was using a flag that I thought worked, and got no errors. but GD was…
Front ends for Yt-dlp – My Projects and Others
Simple Youtube Downloader for Mint (and various Debian derivatives) I have been messing with this project for a long time. My debian version has gone through a lot of versions…
Installing Linux to a bootable, external drive (and making it universally bootable)
The process, in a nutshell A quick overview of the procedure is as follows – and this page presumes you’ve written a live, Linux installer to a thumb drive: Connect…
When you can’t write to a Windows 10 partition in a dual boot setup…
I tried everything I could find online – turned off ‘fast startup’, ran chkdsk, etc. Nothing worked. Some code from AI determined that my partition was still in hibernate mode.…
Acronis boot CDs, boot from USB, .tib vs. .tibx, etc.
These Things Are A Headache I wasted an evening trying to get either an Acronis recovery CD, or, USB stick to boot…..ugh. I tried the following versions (as I recall):…
How I install Vsftpd in 2026
My Installer Download My Install Script First: here’s a new, updated .conf file: banner_file=/etc/vsftpd/ftp.msg local_enable=YES # # # ssl_enable=YES allow_anon_ssl=NO force_local_data_ssl=YES force_local_logins_ssl=YES rsa_cert_file=/etc/ssl/certs/certificate_and_key.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/ssl/private/mail.netkwik.com.pem ssl_sslv2=YES ssl_sslv3=YES ssl_tlsv1=YES ssl_ciphers=HIGH rsa_cert_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.pem rsa_private_key_file=/etc/vsftpd/vsftpd.key…
Three Methods of Securing MariaDB
Over the years this stuff has changed on MariaDB (basically MySQL for Linux). When I say ‘stuff’ I’m referring to how you secure MariaDB. Here’s three methods…from oldeest to newest:…
Convert HEIC to JPG
This script works on Mint 20. HEIC files are converted and moved to a folder (created by the script) called ‘JPEG”. #!/bin/bash # ============================================================ # convert_heic.sh # Run from inside…