Tag Archives: gnu

Rescuing a corrupt tarfile

Having upgraded OS recently, I was using a poor quality sneakernet of free USB sticks to transfer some data from my previous installation. This dodgy process strangely enough managed to result in some data corruption of my .tar.bz2 file, leaving … Continue reading

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Thunderbolt and other Macbook hardware issues with Linux

Having semi-recently switched to a Macbook Pro Retina 15″ at work, I decided to give MacOS a go. It’s been interesting, it’s not too bad an operating system and whilst it is something I could use on an ongoing basis, … Continue reading

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Incur the Wrath of Linux

Linux is a pretty hardy operating system that will take a lot of abuse, but there are ways to make even a Linux system unhappy and vengeful by messing with available resources. I’ve managed to trigger all of these at … Continue reading

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