Category: Howto

Linux IPFS two node Setup with Mirroring (Easy Setup)

If you want to Mirror your Personal Files over the Internet to two or more Decentral Nodes (perhaps Private), you can do it with the well known Internet Planetary Filesystem called IPFS. The major problem was in History to SYNC the Nodes hourly by Cronjob. The very easy fast way is to Setup kubo-go-ipfs from […]

Ubuntu Jammy 22.04 Major Bug OS Upgrade Kernel Panic “Compression=zstd” initramfs

If you make a OS Upgrade on a older PC the Bios cant boot the new OS cause Ubuntu changed the Compression Type of initramfs tools to “zstd” which older Bios cant boot. Howto fix: On UPGRADED NOT REBOOTET OS edit  “/etc//initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf” CHANGE COMPRESSION = gzip !! then “sudo update-initramfs -u -k all” and “sudo […]

WordPress Gutenberg Editor fails on mod_security2 mod_evasive

If you use modsecurity2 Plugin Filter on a Apache2 / Apache24 Setup then on my Blogs Gutenberg fails to SAVE Pages and Drafts. Update 12-2025 : Hardening with mod_security2 and mod_evasive must be customized for the WordPress Block Editor called Gutenberg! Workaround: Install the old but useful “Classic Editor Plugin” and replace Gutenberg for all […]

Ubuntu 24.04 fails to dim Acer Backlight

Solution: Open a terminal and create the following configuration file, if it does not exist: sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf Now we need to edit this file. You can use any editor be it a terminal one or graphical. sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf Add the following lines to this file: Section "Device" Identifier "card0" Driver "intel" Option "Backlight" […]

IPFS on private Network Webui broken Workaround Fix

If you Setup IPFS on a private Linux Server and you wont share Files over Internet you must do this: Setup Debian Download and install https://dist.ipfs.tech/kubo/v0.32.1/kubo_v0.32.1_linux-amd64.tar.gz (inside the ipfs copy to /usr/local/bin) Create a new Linux User called Pluto and login on console to Pluto run “ipfs init” as User Pluto now start ipfs by […]

Cups Linux Chrome Chromium Browser fails Color Printing only greyscale

If you use the Google Chrome Browser or Chromium and all Prints over Cups / Cups-PDF or Color Printers are all greyscale there is a known Bug at the Printing Menu of the Browser! This is NOT a Problem with you Cups Printing Setup or Operating System!!! (Alternate you can test your Cups-Printing-System with Firefox here […]

Linux Samba User Add Script

Problem: The User Password Sync on Standalone Samba Server like Debian & Ubuntu without LDAP is broken since years! So i wrote a small Script called add-user-smb.sh: #!/bin/bash # Prompt for username read -p "Username: " username # Prompt for password without echoing read -p "Password: " password # Add a new User to Linux […]

Ubuntu/Debian: Remove all Asian Fonts

To Speedup LibreOffice reduce the Font Packages: open Terminal enter by copy & paste: sudo apt purge \ fonts-beng-extra \ fonts-beng \ fonts-deva-extra \ fonts-deva \ fonts-gargi \ fonts-gubbi \ fonts-gujr-extra \ fonts-gujr \ fonts-guru-extra \ fonts-guru \ fonts-indic \ fonts-kacst-one \ fonts-kacst \ fonts-kalapi \ fonts-khmeros-core \ fonts-knda \ fonts-lao \ fonts-lklug-sinhala \ fonts-lohit-beng-assamese […]