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Auto Mounting a Network SMB or CIFS Drive As always, backup your working fstab first:sudo cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak The following is a way to automatically mount a network share without the risk of it blocking you computer from booting. This is useful for...

Low Disk Space Running out of disk space can cause all sorts of havoc. Get list of directories & files that are taking up the most space. This checks from the current dir, but replace the * with a specific dir to check it specifically. du -hsx * | sort -rh ...

Percona Tools can help perform schema updates on a busy DB without needing to take it offline. You will need enough performance overhead to perform the migration and keep up with normal traffic at the same time. WARNING: This still requires getting a table met...

This is not a full review of the Tapo Wifi plugs, this page is a warning about a potentially dangerous yet common failure mode for Tapo wifi plugs that all owners need to be aware of. The Problem Reports online show that many models of Tapo Wifi plug have ...

This page lists my unorganized thoughts on Frigate NVR which I plan to turn into a full review eventually. Thoughts Configuration is complicated and error prone. Configuration in the UI is generally great, but more advanced config that's required in th...

Lady Catterton isn't allowed outside, but she doesn't let that stop her from keeping a close eye on the neighborhood cats that pass by. Here's how she does it completely locally. Lady Catterton runs Home Assistant OS on a spare HP Mini PC. You can read about ...

There are several people online who have written JS scripts to turn a Mastodon thread into a comment thread on a website. The ones I came across did not directly work with Bookstack however. This is a quick guide for doing the same with Bookstack, although the...

Install mp3check Probably already available in your distro. Example: sudo apt install mp3check Scan a directory of MP3 files with: mp3check -erBR3 "SOME_DIR" This only scans files and reports issues, it does not make any changes This is recursive...

The End of the World By Geoffrey Dennis Originally published 1930 Also available in hardcover and paperback How? The origin of the world is unknown. When geological time begins, some short thousand million years ago, the earth is already a globe, in sh...

These are native MySQL Alter Table recommendations for 8.0 and above production systems. If they don't fit your needs, check out Percona Tools as well. The advice below will always suggest the least-blocking option. In general: ALGORITHM=INPLACE - Requires a ...