Phil's Occasional Blog

Converting CentOS 8 Stream to AlmaLinux 8.4

27 May 2021 17:28:28 +0100

There's no better time to migrate CentOS 8 Stream to AlmaLinux 8.4. Because RedHat Enterprise Linux 8.4 has only just...

16 Sep 2019 17:25:23 +0100

I've just purchased a Lenovo IdeaPad S340-15API From Argos to replace our aging and very slow Acer Aspire E5-511 laptop....

17 Aug 2019 19:32:07 +0100

There's a couple of caveats before upgrading to RHEL / CentOS 7.7.

1: Upgrading to latest RHEL 7...

14 Jul 2019 22:06:25 +0100

Trying out the latest LibreElec alpha on a Raspberry Pi 4 on the hottest day of the year so far...

27 Apr 2019 19:12:42 +0100

Updated for the Pi 5 and Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm

The following instructions are...

29 Jan 2016 15:39:00 +0000

When I saw the announcement of the Raspberry Pi Zero my first thought was that it would...

18 Jan 2015 19:28:11 +0000

The concept of "Technological Unemployment" seems to be in fashion once again.

The sanest words I've read on...

4 Jun 2014 20:44:52 +0100

The Beeb's been at it again. Their finest journos have rehashed a press release from Premier Oil into yet another...

13 Oct 2013 20:45:01 +0100

Of late I've been looking in the lighting sections of supermarkets in search of usable LED replacements for compact fluorescent...

6 Sep 2013 11:53:14 +0100

The Beeb are are being sloppy, ignorant, incompetent, or just plain malicious propaganda-spreaders once again.

A tweet by...