This post for my own references, is made thanks to this great article. https://www.teknophiles.com/2018/02/19/disk-pooling-in-linux-with-mergerfs/ [http://Teknophiles.com] Start by downloading the latest version, for me it is the mergerfs_2.31.0.ubuntu-bionic_amd64.deb [https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs/releases/download/2.

Simple How-To for adding a graphical display to a base Ubuntu Server 20.04 system. sudo apt update && apt upgrade -y sudo apt install lightdm tasksel sudo tasksel install xubuntu-core reboot Should you install multiple desktop environments, to specify the default session, use the following command. sudo update-alternatives --config x-session-manager

Following on from my efforts building a dedicated data recovery box, I decided to use Samba as an easy way of looking through the recovered data, in addition to the local client disks. First of all, a quick update as always to check the latest packages in the repo: root@

The Background After years of having multiple floppies, SCSI, IDE, SATA, USB drives and sticks kicking around the office I’ve decided it can’t carry on like this. I’ve fallen into the habit of buying the biggest USB disk I could afford to shuffle data back and forth

Grub has been around for years, sitting in the boot process allowing us to choose which OS to boot from. One option which I find particularly useful is the ability to remember the last selection and default to that selection. If like me you have ever needed windows in a