A default Debian 9 installation doesn’t have the dig command available. If you try to use it: dig +short example.com You’ll be greeted with this error: bash: dig: command not found The solution for this is simple: sudo apt install dnsutils And it’s done! dig +short
Installing Spotify on Fedora 25 is an easy process: sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-spotify.repo sudo dnf install spotify-client But if your system is using Wayland you’ll notice that when you click “Settings” nothing will happen! As a workaround you can click the arrow in
If you use Ubuntu 17.10 with dual monitors you’ll notice that the login screen won’t keep the same settings as your desktop. The workaround goes like this: Login and set up the displays as you please, using the settings control panel. Then, run the following commands on
Fedora 26 is out! As someone who can’t stop tinkering and breaking things I’ve decided to upgrade my workstation (and see if dnf can handle the process without any major flaw). So without further delay here are the steps I took (your mileage may vary): BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM!
Having recently installed a VPN server (Pritunl), I needed it’s client on my workstation. If you look around this page, you’ll see that there is a repository for CentOS 7, which works a treat on Fedora 25. This is how you install the Pritunl client on Fedora 25.
fedora
If you use the Fedora 25 Xfce spin you may already noticed that some icons are missing on the default theme. This is the easy to fix it:
skype
Skype now has a repository for RPM based distributions. It’s still labeled as beta, but they are retiring the old 4.3 version after June 2017, so this is the version you should be using.
atom
If you install and try to run the current Atom release on Fedora 25 you may find that it will not start, but also won’t output any error. It just won’t open.
linux
One of those quirks is that I couldn’t find a way to change the audio output between my headphones and my speakers, having them connected at the same time!