After years, I decided to try a FreeBSD fresh install, to revive a old MacBookPro: the results was great and impressive, also if you think the hardware is over 15 years old. I want to share with you my success.

On 2023 Ubuntu 18 LTS support will end, so I started to evaluate the next LTS release, Ubuntu 20.

Do you have cygwin base install right? So no dos2unix…you can convert a windows file to unix format with a small tr command like

I am a very happy owner of a RaspberryPi Model B 2, a quad core ARMv7  computation unit for a price between 45 and 35 €.

If you plug only a network cable it can be powered by a USB port of your router (!avoid putting on it other USB stuff, because the energy drain can be too much).

RaspberryPI  is a perfect all-time-running machine, just follow this smart guide…

Working in a big company, my work laptop came with MS-Windows7 Enterprise installed. But as you imagine, Unix is my preferred desktop environment. So let’s how to configure a perfect Debian Linux for a old wolf consultant like me. You will be able to install commercial software mubmo jumbo like Oracle Express and IBM Websphere in a snap, and have a 64 rock solid system, easy to bring in a USB stick if you like.

A Gioorgi.com ci siamo già occupati di argomenti prettamente sistemistici come la virtualizzazione di ambienti Unix. Visto il successo del Cloud Computing, abbiamo pensato di tornare sull’argomento.

In questo articolo mostrerò come creare insieme di macchine configurate in modo omogeno, con il minor effort sistemistico possibile. Si tratta di un primo esercizio molto semplice.

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To convert an Emacs buffer from DOS line endings to Unix, type C-x [ENTER] f unix [ENTER].