Linux and vintage tech
When I say "Return" what I mean is, return to a fully functional state. I fancy myself a vintage computer enthusiast, although I haven't done a whole lot with my Amigas as of late, a part of that has been my apprehension in being able to access the data on my old drives. I also … Continue reading Amiga Fast File System Return to the Linux Kernel
I have become quite the fan of Gparted over the years of my Linux life and I started wondering if there were other partition management options out there. Specifically one that is Qt based instead. This is not a light on GTK based applications, I just find that they don't tend to look as nice … Continue reading KDE Partition Manager on openSUSE
This past Monday, 27 May 2019, there was a somewhat severe storm that rolled through Southwestern Michigan that had a disruption on power. I have numerous computers in the house, most of which run some variation of openSUSE. Most of the computers are also battery backed in some form except for one, my Kitchen Command … Continue reading Power Outage Corrupted XFS Filesystem | How I Fixed It
Throughout my time helping users with openSUSE, one reoccurring issue that I have heard or read from some users has been the issue of system snapshots by Snapper filling up the root file system. Users have complained that their root file system fills up which ultimately locks up their system. This is often caused by … Continue reading Tuning Snapper | BTRFS Snapshot Management on openSUSE