Trying Debian Stable for everyday desktop usage

A few days ago I installed Debian Stable. I’d been using Sparky Linux, which is based on Debian Testing, and was happy with it. The tools it integrates make the life of a desktop user easier when managing the system, I had no issues with it and had a bunch of software available in the repositories. Well, since Sparky is based on Debian, the “bunch of software available in the repositories” part was a given from the start....

03 de setembro de 2018

As passwords são bichos complicados

Retirado do webcomic Wumo.

02 de setembro de 2018

How to install an operating system to a USB drive

Sometimes, maybe for maintenance or data rescue reasons, you may want to have a USB thumbdrive with a GNU/Linux distribution installed. I’m not referring to writing a live ISO to a USB drive; I really mean having the distribution installed like it would be on an hard drive. An easy way to achieve this is using the virtualization software Qemu. Example: sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom void-live-x86_64-20171007.iso -hda /dev/sdb -m 800 In this example, the -hda /dev/sdb part tells Qemu that the device /dev/sdb (the USB drive) must be used as an hard drive....

28 de agosto de 2018

Kalashnikov unveils a retro-styled electric car

Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov unveiled a line of electric and hybrid cars, buggies and motorcycles this week. One of those vehicles is a retro-styled concept car named CV-1, capable of running for 350 kilometers with a single charge and accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 6 seconds. And it doesn’t look that bad.

24 de agosto de 2018