I wanted to advertise Wise (TransferWise), but I could not make a transfer...
Posted by Alex On July 29, 2021
TransferWise renamed Wise You may not have heard the name Wise when it comes to cheap international money transfers, as TransferWise recently changed its name to Wise and even changed its website address. Wise is not a new company, it is a well-established English company with the cheapest international transfers. I have been using PaySend […]
How to configure the network interface to use a dynamic IP address (DHCP) in PowerShell
Posted by Alex On July 28, 2021
Note: all settings in this article must be done with administrator rights. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows the network adapter to obtain the correct network settings without manually configuring network interfaces. To manage a network interface, you need to know its index. The list of interfaces and their indices can be obtained with the […]
How to set IP address, netmask, default gateway and DNS for a network interface in PowerShell
Posted by Alex On July 28, 2021
Setting a static IP, netmask and gateway for a network adapter in PowerShell is a little confusing but possible. This post will show you how to do this using the New-NetIPAddress and Set-NetIPAddress cmdlets. The old way of configuring network interfaces is using the netsh command. First, we look at the name of the network […]
How to configure HTTP Digest Authentication in Squid
Posted by Alex On July 18, 2021
Basic authentication is bad because the password is actually transmitted in plain text (encoded in Base64). See the article “How to hack HTTP Basic and Digest Authentication” for details. Therefore, it is preferable to use Digest authentication on the Squid proxy server. Let's start by creating a file with a password hash, this is done […]
An unplugged disk causes a delay in system boot
Posted by Alex On July 15, 2021
The fstab file contains descriptive information about the file systems that the system can mount. In the /etc/fstab file, you can specify the parameters for mounting a disk, which can be either plugged to the system or unplugged from it. An example of such a disk is an external USB drive. In the latter case, […]
How to check if your computer supports TPM 2.0 on Linux
Posted by Alex On July 8, 2021
One of the requirements for Windows 11 is the TPM 2.0 chip. I think it was thanks to Windows 11 that many users learned about the existence of the TPM. This article will tell you how to find out in Linux if there is a TPM and what version is it. TPM: Trusted Platform Module […]
Linux Mint 20.2 Released: What's New & Download Links
Posted by Alex On July 7, 2021
Download Linux Mint 20.2 Linux Mint 20.2 is uploaded to the mirrors and is available for download: Linux Mint Cinnamon Development versions 20.2: x64 Linux Mint MATE Development versions 20.2: x64 Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma” The biggest piece of news this month is the upcoming release of Linux Mint 20.2 “Uma”. After the stable release is […]
Do I need to pay tax on income from bank deposit in Thailand. What is the tax on income from the deposit
Posted by Alex On July 4, 2021
In the article “What is the interest on a bank deposit in Thailand” I already wrote that “in Thailand the interest on a bank deposit is very low – as in Europe, in the region of 1% (0.5-2)”. At the moment, it is problematic to find a deposit of more than 1.5% per annum, so […]
What is the interest on a bank deposit in Thailand
Posted by Alex On July 4, 2021
Thailand is a large country in Southeast Asia with excellent economic performance. It is quite popular among foreign tourists both for recreation and for long-term residence, so there is an interest in bank deposits in Thailand. I myself live in Thailand (5 years) and I am also interested in bank deposits in Thailand. The main […]
How to simulate package installation on Linux (How to create and install a dummy package)
Posted by Alex On June 23, 2021
Sometimes, when installing packages from source code, you may encounter the problem that the required dependency is missing from the system. Usually you need to solve this problem by installing the necessary dependencies from the standard repository, or by compiling them from source. Sometimes the required package is present, but its version is not suitable, […]