Author Archives: chris

Debian Ping not working

By | December 6, 2025

I came across an issue with trying to use the ping command after I installed the latest SparkyLinux (A Debian based distro). It would only work when run as sudo, but I got an error, “missing cap_net_raw+p” when run as a normal user. After some digging, I found the solution on a blog post at… Read More »

Install RustDesk via Action1

By | December 3, 2025

I use Action1 to manage endpoints across many locations. The one thing Action1 is not excellent at and does not plan to be is a great remote access tool. Self-hosting RustDesk fits in perfectly for this need. I created a powershell script that can be run via Action1 to quickly install the RustDesk client onto… Read More »

Linux Firefox touchscreen support

By | November 23, 2025

I updated my laptop to Ubuntu 25.10 which no longer has Xorg. Since I am not a fan of Wayland due to issues with some applications I use have with Wayland, I decided to install the Mate desktop environment which has Xorg support. I then noticed that Firefox does not work well with touchscreens (No… Read More »

Easily create a bootable external drive

By | October 23, 2025

I like having a bootable partition on my external drives and larger USB flash drives. This makes a great emergency rescue, cloning device or a bootable private PC environment without disrupting the actual computer and without taking up much space on the external drive. The 2 bootable images I like to use on external devices… Read More »