James McDonald

Git Credential Manager Setup

Goto https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/releases/tag/v2.6.0 and download latest release # get the latest gcm wget https://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/releases/download/v2.6.0/gcm-linux_amd64.2.6.0.deb sudo apt-get install...

Just tried Qubes OS for a few days

https://www.qubes-os.org Love the concept Installed Windows 11 in a cube but had to bypass Windows 11 checks for TPM to get it installed Found Windows 11 networking with the default settings was non-performant (my 100/40 internet service was running at 30/<30 in...

Install Fedora 41 on M1 Macbook VMWare Fusion

Alternate download images available here https://alt.fedoraproject.org/alt/ Get the Fedora 41 netinst ISO https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/41/Everything/aarch64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-aarch64-41-1.4.iso Download and create VM in...

Clean Graphics Driver with DDU

https://www.wagnardsoft.com/display-driver-uninstaller-DDU- Be careful you have to find the actual DDU and not all the misleading download links How to use: https://youtu.be/F8OLhUAPDq0?si=phauUo0Cqt6zyXYV

Check for Valid PDF on Linux Command Line

Just become a first time user of PDFgear and found it exiting with a .NET Runtime Event ID 1026 error when opening a PDF. The PDF I was trying to load and edit was generated by a web application that in turn generated PDF's using GLabels. So I needed a way to see if...

PDFgear an Adobe PDF Pro Alternative

Adobe PDF Pro is getting close to $30AUD a month and at almost $350 per user / per year that is a big spend. The other problems is the constant nag to push you into the Adobe Cloud and then the continued account drain to have something available that you might only...

Exetel Speed Boost

I normally have 100/40 connection but just trying out Exetel Speed Boost which is 250/25 Worth doing if you have a big download or two to do...

Australian Cyber Security

Australian Gov. Cyber Security Websites with information on recommended Cyber Standards https://www.asd.gov.au/about/what-we-do/cyber-security https://www.cyber.gov.au/learn-basics...

Warning Unifi UDM and UDR do NOT Support PoE+

Just had a situation where a newly installed Unifi U7 Pro was plugged into the PoE port on a UDR, it worked but showed a warning message in the Unifi UI (See following quote and the image below) The access point is connected to a port, which does not supply sufficient...

Mailpit a good upgrade from Mailhog

So I've been using mailhog to catch my development emails for a few years. But noticed that some of the inline images weren't rendered in the mailhog GUI and the mailhog docker image hadn't been updated for a few years So I've switched to Mailpit which seems to have a...

Zebra Print Language – GS1 Online Testing

Go here to view the compiled results of your ZPL https://labelary.com/viewer.html Print the above to PDF / PNG and then upload a graphic of it to. To see the tokenized results of the barcode. https://www.aidecoder.com The above will not tell you if you have valid...