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How to Install the Latest Linux Kernels on Debian and Debian Based Distributions

Posted by Alex On September 23, 2021

Recent versions of the Linux kernel have drivers for new devices and other innovations. Unfortunately, many popular Linux distributions are in no rush to update their kernel. This tutorial will show you how easy it is, without compiling, to install any version of the Linux kernel on Debian and derived (more…)

How to Install the Latest Linux Kernels on Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Posted by Alex On September 23, 2021

Recent versions of the Linux kernel have drivers for new devices and other innovations. Unfortunately, many popular Linux distributions are in no rush to update their kernel. This tutorial will show you how easy it is to install any version of the Linux kernel on Ubuntu and Linux Mint without compiling. (more…)

Gmail does not receive forwarded emails (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On September 3, 2021

Some Gmail users face the problem that the configured forwarding to the Google mailbox (Gmail) does not work, or is unstable.

I faced such a problem when trying to set up forwarding from mail.ru mail to @gmail.com mail. In my case, forwarding from mail.ru was configured correctly and enabled. (more…)

Error “trid: loadlocale.c:129: _nl_intern_locale_data: Assertion `cnt < (sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC_TIME) / sizeof (_nl_value_type_LC_TIME[0]))' failed” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On September 1, 2021

When running this or that command, you may encounter an error in which the word “loadlocale.c” appears. You can report this bug to the author so that he can fix it, as it is more of a program bug. However, there are several ways to fix this error.

As you can tell from the “locale” (more…)

Error “cannot resolve dependency lib32 (32-bit library)” (SOLVED)

Posted by Alex On September 1, 2021

When installing a package on Arch Linux or a distro derived from it, for example, by running the following command:

sudo pacman -S trid

an error may occur stating that dependencies could not be resolved. The name of this dependency can contain the number “32” or the string (more…)

How to pause GIF on Windows, Linux, Mac OS

Posted by Alex On August 23, 2021

GIF animation can be used as a visual demonstration of anything: the operation of programs, physical processes, the sequence of actions during repairs or exercise – anything.

GIF animation is like a small looped video without sound. This way of presenting changing data and schemas is (more…)

How to block access to my site from a specific bux site or any other site with negative traffic

Posted by Alex On August 21, 2021

There are situations when negative traffic comes from certain sites, for example, from bux sites or simply from sites that you don't like. In some cases, such traffic can be dealt with, but not always.

Quite often, there are tasks like “go to a search engine, enter such and such (more…)

How to protect my website from bots

Posted by Alex On August 19, 2021

In the article “How to block by Referer, User Agent, URL, query string, IP and their combinations in mod_rewrite” I showed how to block requests to a site that match several parameters at once – on the one hand, it is effective against bots, on the other – practically eliminates (more…)