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IT related tech tips since 2006Adding a CUPS-PDF printer with custom output dir on Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
I'm doing this inside a Dockerized CUPS so may not work as hoped for you. Install the non snap version of CUPS Login via SSH or get a terminal up and copy cups-pdf.conf to cups-pdf-[slug_name_here].conf e.g. Open cups-pdf-test.conf and edit the out folder Note: When...
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
MSP – Information
Great resource website and community for MSP's https://thetechtribe.com/
Docker Desktop on Ubuntu 24.10 on Proxmox (Nested Virtualization)
kvm-ok says that it is not supported sudo kvm-ok INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions KVM acceleration can NOT be used Restarting after changing CPU to 'host' did the trick! I have an AMD that supports virtualization KVM Hardware virt is on but Docker...
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...
Testing the private/protected methods of a PHP Trait
The Trait <?php declare(strict_types=1); namespace App\Lib\Help\Traits; trait HelpServiceShellExecTrait { protected function shellExec(string $cmd) { // redirect stderr so we can see the output // if the command fails return trim((string) shell_exec(sprintf('%s...