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By Greg Nowak , 3 December, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: USB headphone detection reintroduced in Ubuntu 20.10

USB headphone detection reintroduced in Ubuntu 20.10

Fix with: pkill -U $USER pulseaudio

(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/alsa-lib/+bug/1865499)

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By Greg Nowak , 3 December, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Sending Mail from a Linux Server with Postfix: A Reliable, Relay-First Setup

Sending Mail from a Linux Server with Postfix: A Reliable, Relay-First Setup

Set up Postfix as a secure outbound mail service using an SMTP relay, then test delivery, authentication, DNS, logs, and queue health.

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  • Postfix
  • Email Delivery
  • SMTP Relay
  • Server Operations
By Greg Nowak , 12 November, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Linux Show Final URL Programatically

Linux Show Final URL Programatically

curl tags: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3074288/get-final-url-after-curl-is…

How to solve CloudFlare protection: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18500088/curl-load-a-site-with-clou…

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By Greg Nowak , 28 October, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Strip Metadata

Strip Metadata

PDF

https://blog.joshlemon.com.au/protecting-your-pdf-files-and-metadata/

https://gist.github.com/hubgit/6078384

exiftool -all:all= $FILE ; qpdf --linearize $FILE output.pdf

Images

imagemagick: mogrify -strip NAME_OF_FILE

 

Test with: exiftool -all NAME_OF_FILE

 

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By Greg Nowak , 27 October, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Grub settings and options

Grub settings and options

Default kernel parameters: "quiet splash".

In my opinion you will get more sucessful boots and reduced graphical errors on boot if you remove quit and splash. Specifically the splash screen can make strange things happen and when removing "quiet" you are able to debug if there is an error.

 

I also tried to fiddel with "/etc/grub.d/48_linux_zfs" where I tried to out comment #vt_handoff="1" and set quiet boot to zero: 

 

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By Greg Nowak , 28 May, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Certbot notes

Certbot notes

Remove ssl cert: sudo certbot-auto delete 

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By Greg Nowak , 26 May, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Keyboard Mapping Kubuntu 20.04

Keyboard Mapping Kubuntu 20.04

Quick instructions:

insert: "keycode 49 = less greater backslash backslash backslash" in "$HOME/.Xmodmap" and run "xmodmap .Xmodmap" - this will setup your keys on the system.
To make these keys persistent run: "xkbcomp $DISPLAY $HOME/.xkbmap"

Very interesting: https://medium.com/@saplos123456/persistent-keyboard-mapping-on-ubuntu-using-xmodmap-cd01ad828fcd

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By Greg Nowak , 24 May, 2020
Illustrated infographic summarizing: Suspend Issue AMD Graphics Driver Kubuntu 20.04

Suspend Issue AMD Graphics Driver Kubuntu 20.04

If you have the black screen of death when trying to get back from suspend mode, you might want to check out this bug description and possible resolutions: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/plasma-desktop/+bug/1849084

Otherwise disable compositor: qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor suspend

Check if compositor is enabled: qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.active
Or: qdbus org.kde.KWin /KWin supportInformation

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Illustrated infographic summarizing: From Sales Meeting to CRM: Automate Follow-Up Without Compromising Data Quality
From Sales Meeting to CRM: Automate Follow-Up Without Compromising Data Quality
2026-09-01

How to use AI for meeting notes and follow-up while fixed rules protect CRM data, customer matching and the sales pipeline from errors and premature changes.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Your AI Gateway Can Name the User. Decide What That Log Is For
Your AI Gateway Can Name the User. Decide What That Log Is For
2026-08-31

Identity-aware AI Gateway logs can sharpen security and cost control, but only when attribution, access, retention, guardrails, and response are clearly defined.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Zero Data Retention Is a Workflow Audit, Not a Checkbox
Zero Data Retention Is a Workflow Audit, Not a Checkbox
2026-08-30

Zero Data Retention covers the provider, not every copy in your stack. See how to audit endpoints, logs, storage, deletion and project-level controls.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: MCP 2026-07-28 Is an Auth Migration, Not a Version Bump
MCP 2026-07-28 Is an Auth Migration, Not a Version Bump
2026-08-29

MCP’s July 2026 release removes protocol sessions and tightens OAuth. Here’s a practical plan for migrating clients, servers and enterprise access safely.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Turn a Technician’s Voice Note into a Work Order—Not Raw Audio
Turn a Technician’s Voice Note into a Work Order—Not Raw Audio
2026-08-28

Voice input can reduce the technician’s documentation burden when hours, materials and status are validated before the information is saved in the work order system.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: ChatGPT Disabled Personal Knowledge Sync. What Broke on Your Team?
ChatGPT Disabled Personal Knowledge Sync. What Broke on Your Team?
2026-08-27

ChatGPT retired personal sync connections for Enterprise and Edu. Here is how to find affected workflows, migrate access, and test permissions.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Cloudflare’s September Bot Defaults Could Quietly Cut AI Visibility
Cloudflare’s September Bot Defaults Could Quietly Cut AI Visibility
2026-08-26

Cloudflare’s September bot defaults give publishers more control, but one training block could also cut search crawling and AI-driven discovery.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Does Your AI Chatbot Clearly Identify Itself?
Does Your AI Chatbot Clearly Identify Itself?
2026-08-25

The EU’s transparency requirements for AI chatbots now apply. Here is how to make your bot’s identity clear, limit its system access and provide a genuine route to a member of staff.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Should publishers add Google’s new Preferred Sources button?
Should publishers add Google’s new Preferred Sources button?
2026-08-24

Google’s Preferred Sources button is worth a controlled test for eligible publishers, with careful choices around placement, performance and measurement.

Illustrated infographic summarizing: Search Console Can See TikTok Now. Your Reporting Has to Catch Up
Search Console Can See TikTok Now. Your Reporting Has to Catch Up
2026-08-23

Google can now report how social profiles appear in Search. Here is how to measure cross-channel discovery without mistaking visibility for business results.

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