Tag Archives: linux

XPS 13: Replacing WiFi Adapter

2016-03-07Technologydell, diy, fedora, laptop, linux, wifi, wirelessOliver Radwell

Size of WiFi adapter compared to mini laptop mouse — Size of WiFi adapter compared to a laptop mouse (Logitech Anywhere MX)

For those who don’t know, the Broadcom WiFi that comes with Dell XPS 13 is not supported by most current Linux distributions (kernel version < 4.4). Continue reading XPS 13: Replacing WiFi Adapter →

UEFI and GPT Mess with Windows 10 and Linux

2016-01-25Technologybios, boot, fedora, linux, uefi, windowsOliver Radwell

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I’ve recently bought a Dell XPS 13 9350.

Problem

I tried installing Fedora on it but the installer was not able to detect the SSD. I tried disabling UEFI and it worked. The problem was that as soon as I disabled it I was no longer able to boot into Windows 10. I tried different combinations and every change that resulted in Fedora installer seeing the drive, broke Windows 10 boot setup. I thought I would be able to enable UEFI after the setup and use Windows 10 whenever I needed it and decided to install Fedora.
Continue reading UEFI and GPT Mess with Windows 10 and Linux →

Run Vendor Binaries w/o Typing vendor/bin

2014-09-07Programming, Server Configurationcentos, composer, linux, phpOliver Radwell

In this tutorial I will explain how to execute composer vendor binaries without typing vendor/bin every time. Continue reading Run Vendor Binaries w/o Typing vendor/bin →

WordPress Backup Script

2014-07-12System Administrationbackup, bash, centos, linux, mysql, wordpressOliver Radwell

Recently I remembered that I had this little handy script that I used to backup my WordPress blog. The script contains only 2 actual commands.

I used nice while compressing / uncompressing the files to avoid CPU throttling since my blog is running on a shared hosting server.

This WordPress backup script doesn’t work without user interaction since it needs you to enter the password. Continue reading WordPress Backup Script →

Merge PDF Files on CentOS

2014-05-14Uncategorizedcentos, linuxOliver Radwell

Install EPEL YUM Repository

Get EPEL YUM Repository installed on the machine if you don’t already have it. The package you require is in EPEL repository. You can check if the repository is installed using “yum repolist”

Click here for instructions on installing EPEL YUM Repository

Install PDFjam

You need to install PDFjam using the following YUM command:

yum install pdfjam

Continue reading Merge PDF Files on CentOS →

Minecraft Server Memory Issues on Linux

2013-12-09Server Configurationcentos, linuxOliver Radwell

Are you having memory leak issues with your Minecraft Server on Linux? The solution might be in this post. I’ve been running a MC server on my VPS (HeartInternet) for the last 4 months. It was all good until we started exploring the map. The MC server was randomly being killed and this message was coming up in our screen:

Internal Exception: java.io.IOException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

Continue reading Minecraft Server Memory Issues on Linux →

Fortinet SSL VPN Client for Linux

2012-07-29Technologylinux, vpnOliver Radwell

After long searches I found a version of Fortinet SSL VPN Client for Linux that works well on my Ubuntu 12.04. The previous versions I found was causing the VPN connection to terminate in less than 30 seconds. This version (4.0.2254) is released in 2012 so it is pretty recent. Continue reading Fortinet SSL VPN Client for Linux →

Why Linux is Better as a Server Compared to Windows

2012-06-07Server Configurationcentos, development, linux, speed, web, windowsOliver Radwell

As a web developer having experience on Windows and Linux, I prefer to work on Linux servers. Here are the reasons why (for CentOS – might not be same for all distributions):

Viewing error and access logs
No need to waste RAM
Many free tools
Easier to access remotely
No need to reboot Continue reading Why Linux is Better as a Server Compared to Windows →