TechBear I’m running Debian Testing as my daily driver. I also enjoy using Spotify for background music when working, and I want this to be the latest release, like my OS. The following shell command are how I installed the latest testing or beta version of Spotify curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_C85668DF69375001.gpg | sudo gpg –dearmor –yes -o … Read more
Most folk have encountered the tool speedtest.net for testing broadband bandwidth speeds. To test your debian linux server/vps bandwidth speed using the same service via CLI do the following: SSH to your server as root or use sudo Download the speed test python script Set permissions to allow it to be executed At this point … Read more
How I resolved composer ‘memory exhausted’ errors on a 2GB cloud server with php-cli memory already set to unlimited in php.ini.
Out the box MariaDB on Debian 9 was 10.1 on my VestaCP server. This wasn’t high enough to run some of the web apps I needed, so I did the following to upgrade (based on MariaDB’s recommended process for upgrading). This guide will show you how to easily upgrade your MariaDB database server if you’re … Read more
This guide will show you how to install WordPress to your linux server with a single SSH input. Point your domains dns at your webspace (if it isn’t already). Create your wordpress MySQL database in your hosting control panel noting down username, password and database name in your text editor of choice. SSH to your … Read more
This process will ensure your VestaCP admin area is secured with a Lets Encrypt SSL which will autorenew (set and forget). Add your server hostname (e.g server.yourhostname.com) as a web domain in the ‘Web’ section of your VestaCP panel. Go into your newly created web domain and tick ‘SSL Support’ and ‘Lets Encrypt Support’. Verify … Read more
I’ve been meaning to try out Postman for a while now to learn more about API’s and how they work. Anyway, I finally got round to doing this thanks to the current lock-down situation. Initially I tried to install it using snap as follows: Snap Install Install snap Install postman via snap This however resulted … Read more
I just got a new Matebook X Pro from Amazon (which was the best UK price I could find). The hardware is very nice indeed, excellent screen with super slim bezels, great keyboard, excellent general hardware quality, and a powerful cpu. The Matebook X Pro isn’t touted as a great laptop for no reason. Debian … Read more
I had the following issue when running sudo apt update to update my repositories in Debian Stretch W: An error occurred during the signature verification. The repository is not updated and the previous index files will be used. GPG error: http://repository.spotify.com testing InRelease: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not … Read more
Debian 9 introduces support for hybrid graphics, where an intel gpu is used for day to day desktop operation, and then more intensive operations like video and 3d are offloaded to the more powerful and battery draining AMD gpu. This is how I set it up on my Ativ Book 8 Samsung laptop to utilise hybrid … Read more