WARNING: THIS ARTICLE IS STILL IN PROCESS AS OF 1/1/2020. XYZ from XDA developers was kind enough to put together a new root package / tutorial for the Kinde Fire 7 9th generation (2019 edition). All credit to xyz of XDA Developers for making this all possible. Their post can be found on the […]
View full articleIn this video, I explain how to get a raspberry pie 3 to pull double dute as an entertainment device as well as some added utility by having is run both retropie for gaming and pihole for advertisement filtering. Oh -and we are doing this all from a linux (Debian 10 ) basedclr computer. Things […]
View full articleI bought a $35 kindle fire 7 a few years ago. 2019 is the year to “root it” and make it mine. Loading a custom rom on a Kindle fire 7 (5th gen) in 2019 Lately, my kindle has been acting slow, freezing, disconnecting from wifi, and generally being a party pooper, plus all of the “offers”. […]
View full articleWindows password reset tool This bootable USB tool allows you to reset the local administrator password on a windows system. It is easy to use and can be very helpful for that old computer that has been in the closet for 10 years. Offline Windows Password & Registry Editor, usb Bootdisk or CD. This is a free software project maintained by Petter […]
View full article1 year with Linux All the things I learned using debian at home for a year. About a year ago, I started playing around with linux as my primary operating system. I had played with linux many times, loading it up on old computers or using it in specific instances at work for items like […]
View full articleAny computer system can be “cloned” using a variety of methods. Clonezilla is my preferred method. This post is the companion notes to my video Clone / upgrade a Debian system with Clonezilla and Gparted When using Clonezilla, we ideally clone from a small drive to a large drive, performing a disk to disk copy […]
View full articleVideo notes for SPI display install on a raspberry pi, “liveblog” style. A bit lengthy due to my preferred editing style (none). Part 1 is riddled with typos and ends with some frustration. Part 2 is a roller coaster of excitement, but more importantly, many lessons learned. Part 3 has some feedback from the author of the […]
View full articleSometimes you have multiple PDF files you want to put together into one file. If you have linux, it couldn’t be easier using the convert command. You have to have the files in the same folder. This will take file1 and append it to file2 and save the output as fileOut.pdf. Covert file1.pdf file2.pdf fileOut.pdf […]
View full articleScenario: Your file is on one linux machine. You want it somewhere else. You SSH to the machine where the file is at, and run the following scp command (Secure Copy Protocol) to copy it to your local machine. Use the SCP command Sudo SCP /home/user/source.file user@destinationip:/home/user/destinationfolder/ Example: I have a file on […]
View full articleDD (or Data Duplicate) is a handy tool for working with disk images. It can also be dangerous if you do not know how it works or get your “if” swapped with your “of” or have the wrong device. “If” is the “source” of the image you are working with, usually an image but it […]
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