Category Archives: Linux

This is just a note really to myself as I always have to look this command up because I do not use it often. To add a user to the sudoers: I’m actually embarrassed I am posting this here to remember.

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: Debian Ping not working »

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: Linux Firefox touchscreen support »

Years ago, when I spun up my OpenSuse VM to run my website and Nextcloud, I used the Nextcloud installer from the software repository included with OpenSuse. I realized after a few years now that decision was a huge mistake! Don’t ever do this! The Nextcloud version still listed today in the OpenSuse repo is… Read More: Never ever install Nextcloud from Yast »