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FLOPPINUX 0.2.2

When I started this project I don't think that anyone will ever use it. To my surprise many people are interested with it. I'm happy about this and obligated to continue refining it.For this small update I did a slightly refactor of the code. I removed Nomad Diskmag content

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How To Build 32-bit FLOPPINUX on a 64-bit Operating System

Thanks to the help of pappp I now have the updated instruction for 64-bit operating systems. It is little bit more complicated and I still recommend using VM or some old hardware. Follow my 32-bit tutorial and just make changes listed below. For ease let's make variable with the root

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FLOPPINUX Update 0.2.1

After finding the perfect spot between size and usability I was able to concentrate on the application side of the project.I updated the logo and typography. The OS boots fast and is configured in KIOSK mode. It can only run one application for the user. New logo and a

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FROM THE ARCHIVE: Mapping for Quake II RTX (Linux)

THIS POST NEVER END UP BEING PUBLISHED. IT IS NOW OUTDATED AS CURRENT QUAKE II RTX IS MADE BY NVIDIA AND I DON'T KNOW WHO COMPATIBLE IT IS. BUT IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO KEEP THIS POST HIDDEN. SO HERE IT IS. Prolog This was first written a year

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Floppinux - An Embedded 🐧Linux on a Single 💾Floppy

Short story why I decided to make my own one floppy distribution. An extensive yet simple tutorial/workshop on how to make embedded Linux distribution under 1.44MB.

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Enter The Fourth Industrial Revolution with RepRap

One aspect of this new Industry 4.0 is 3D printing. But this technology is with us since 1981. What changed recently is RepRap. An open source, super cheap and self-replicating 3D printer (design). I bought one, build it and make my first object. It blows my mind. Anet A8RepRap

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The Perfect GNU Distribution

After years of using GNU/Linux, distro-hopping and texting many WMs i know what I need and what not. I manage to create an private instruction what to do after the clean install to have fully working distribution. Now I decided to make a bash script from it. This will

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IBM Server Migration Part #8 - Reduction

After 54 days of running server I'm ready to decide what services should stay and what were not used thus not needed. No one even notice that they are down. And if I really need one it's just a meter of spinning it up. There are still plenty of free

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Reusing Fujitsu Lifebook P1610 - Part #2

StorageThe old disk drive was removed. In it's place I putted ATA <-> CF converter with a new SanDisk 16GB CompactFlash drive (50Mb/s). It is faster than the ATA connection and small enough to fit perfectly in the notebook. Toshiba MK6006GAHThose 1.8" drives are really small.

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IBM Server Migration Part #7

Uptime30-day uptime achieved! No problems occurred during that time. There were power loses (UPS works) and one instance of no network (I pulled the RJ45 by accident and went to work). Services reductionI take notice that cadvisor take consonantly about 20% CPU time. That's ridiculous. I stopped the container. Also

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IBM Server Migration Part #4

In this part I want to have most viral services up and running on the final hardware. Debian, RAID-1, HTTPS, DockerInstalling Debian 9.5 was as easy as always. One additional step that I learned was software RAID. The install script (text mode!) is very easy to use to I

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IBM Server Migration Part #2

DockerI learned a lot. When I know what I'm doing and I don't follow 100% what is in the most readme files Docker solves the most problems. It just works (using own configs). Each container have binded local /home/directory. It's easy to backup the important stuff. Also when something

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IBM Server Migration Part #1

For many years I have a Raspberry Pi servers. They host all of our (P1X) sites and few services like syncthing and ethercalc. It worked very well but it's time to make an upgrade. I bought and IBM x3250 (rack mounted) server. It have 4GB ram and Xeon CPU. A