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    • Aug 15, 2019
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    NextCloud 16 review

    In May 2019, Linux Journal asked me to write a review and tutorial for NextCloud 16, and so I did. Then they shut down, so I decided to publish it here instead. Please use it!

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    • Jan 21, 2019
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    Four ways to take DNS services in your hand and WHY do it

    DNS is a complex system. What you have read so far is just the tip of… the tip of the iceberg. I hope it is enough, however, to help you decide if any of these “DNS hacks” could be useful for you, and show you the road to implement them:

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    • Jan 21, 2019
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    DNS glossary and tricks

    Just a few notes on the purpose, structure of DNS, with some really basic configuration procedures and tricks for DNS on Linux

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    • Nov 7, 2018
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    Hugo: a GREAT website generator with a couple pieces missing

    Static websites are great. Hugo is a really great static website generator. Except for a few things (some not even Hugo’s fault!).

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    • Apr 30, 2018
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    How to recover a post that is not even in Google's cache anymore

    Did you ever cancel by mistake a post on some website, only to find out that you had no other copy of it anywhere, not even in Google’s cache? I did. Here is how I recovered it.

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    • Mar 4, 2018
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    How to digitize a CD collection with Free Software

    A few tips and tricks, from a thread in the Fedora Users mailing list, on how to “to digitize several hundred music CDs” under any Gnu/Linux distribution

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    • Sep 1, 2016

    What is this website?

    This is a website by M. Fioretti, freelance author specialized in Free as in Freedom software and digital rights issues, co-author of the Open Government book and board member of the Free Knowledge Institute. I regularly write about digital rights and other, more or less related topics at the Stop!, which you are all invited to visit, of course. What you will find here This other website (which you can support as explained here) is a place where I plan to slowly collect in a readable, easily usable format a lot of tips and tricks that I have discovered myself or read on some mailing lists over the years about configuration, automation and performance optimization of Linux, OpenOffice and other Free Software.
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    • Jun 30, 2016
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    Why can't Ubuntu 16.04 LTS shut down?

    Why can't Ubuntu 16.04 LTS shut down? /img/ubuntu-16-04-LTS-xenial-xerox-does-not-shut-down.jpg

    update 2016/07/01 6pm: SOLVED. Details here (but DO read anyway the whole post, because the cause of this problem on your computer may still be one of those below!)

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    • Nov 9, 2015
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    How to restore a Drupal website too old for manual upgrades

    Owners of websites that remained frozen for a year or more, because the _projects _they represent also were closed, or greatly slowed down their activity, face a big problem when those projects restart: updating the website without losing all its old content is really, really hard, if not impossible. Here is how I faced this problem with an old Drupal website, with an approach that can work on many other websites running off some database.

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    • Dec 19, 2014
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    Review, CentOS System Administration Essentials

    I just finished to read a copy of “CentOS System Administration Essentials”, written by Andrew Mallett, which I got from the editor for review. Here is what I found.

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