Posts with the tag: Linux
Quick Tip: Repair UEFI
Upon flashing a new image to my motherboard something went wrong. My UEFI boot entries were gone and thus I was not able to boot anymore. In order to fix this I manually added a boot entry again and here’s how to do it.
Cross-Platform LAN-Party 101 Guide
This guide aims at putting you into the position of conducting a LAN party at home. Contrary to what one might think a successful cross-platform LAN-party needs some preparation or it might end up in a horrible mess. We assume that the reader has some knowledge about their operating system, i.e. Windows, Linux or Mac OS X.
The exact commands you need to do may differ slightly depending on your distro or OS version. Since this is a practical guide we will go through the topic systematically by splitting it up into a preparatory part (i.e. what you need to do before your guests come), a carry-it-out part (i.e. what to do when your guests are there) and a troubleshooting part (i.e. what you should do if something doesn’t work out-of-the-box).
Note: This guide will probably be extended each time the author is hosting another LAN party, especially the troubleshooting section
A Convenient Game Launcher for Linux
Gaming on Linux? Ever wanted to get rid of all the clutter and want one unified, easily extensible and customizable, yet ultra-lightweight launcher for your games, that does all the abstraction for you? Forget about your Wine prefixes or PlayOnLinux drives, Steam versions, nVidia Optimus and Bumblebee and all the troubles related to them…
Pacman: Reinstall All Script
Here comes a simple solution to all kinds of annoying problems: reinstall all packages that you installed with pacman. Repair your Arch Linux, Manjaro, Antergos and more now!
Operating Systems Basics
This post is aimed to summarize the lecture “Operating Systems” in the winter semester 2016/2017. As a basic lecture, it should give newcomers a fundamental understanding of how modern operating systems work. The main sources are “Modern Operatings Systems” by Andrew Tanenbaum and “Betriebssysteme”, the script complementing the lecture given by Prof. Lankes (RWTH ACS).