Building an anti-bitrot bunker

October 20th, 2024 – 12:18 am
Tagged as: Computing Notes

When I first obtained a CompTIA A+ certification some time ago, the concept of bit rot related to what happens to software reliability as the number of updates to the system increases. Over time, software that worked in years past ceases to work as new system updates block system calls or change permissions and files [...]

Debian 12 PATH and X11

May 18th, 2024 – 4:46 am
Tagged as: Computing Notes

A few quirks with Debain 12 include that path not being set in similar fashion to Fedora, Ubuntu, and other distributions.  One must regularly set export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin In Gnome, applications will open on the server instead of the client when using X11 forwarding.  This will occur even though xcalc opens on the client normally.  The [...]

Install Java 21 in Debian 12

May 4th, 2024 – 11:50 pm
Tagged as: Computing Notes

Minecraft Java edition lost compatibility with Java 17 between 1.20.4 and 1.20.6. Version 1.20.4 works with Java 17, and 1.20.6 no longer works with Java 17.  Several guides appear online for installing downloaded packages of the 64-bit runtime from Oracle or other sources.  Since Debian offers 32-bit server operating systems in the present day, the [...]