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ubuntu

ubuntu(see also 20.04 see also 20.04 18.04 16.04) is my current favorite GNU/Linux distribution and a derivative of debian. I run it on all my servers, workstations and my laptop. ubuntu has a dedicated stackexchange site askubuntu.com, where I participate as pim.

ncdu - a ncurses based du - 2025-11-25 - 20.04 22.04 24.04 server ubuntu
sudo without password - 2025-11-12 - 20.04 server ubuntu
Predictable or easy network names - 2025-11-11 - 20.04 24.04 ubuntu
Qt6 windows static executables compiled from linux - 2022-09-14 - qt ubuntu
ssh configuration - 2021-04-01 - ssh ubuntu
~~ssh configuration~~ - 2020-11-05 - ssh ubuntu
Understanding and configuring locale - 2020-09-08 - 18.04 20.04 locale ssh ubuntu
somu - FIDO2 security key - 2020-01-31 - 16.04 18.04 2fa ubuntu
shellcheck - a shell script static analysis tool (update #1) - 2019-07-10 - 16.04 18.04 atom bash shellcheck ubuntu
df vs du - where my free disk space is gone? - 2019-05-24 - 18.04 server ubuntu
Finding home - dynamic DNS (update #1) - 2019-03-08 - 18.04 hw2018 network openwrt server ubuntu
rsync over ssh to Android - 2019-02-22 - 18.04 android rsync ssh ubuntu
A webserver to rule them all (update #2) - 2019-01-25 - 18.04 apache hw2018 mysql server ubuntu
atom - yet another editor - 2019-01-24 - 16.04 18.04 atom shellcheck ubuntu
~~shellcheck - a shell script static analysis tool~~ - 2019-01-24 - 16.04 18.04 atom bash shellcheck ubuntu
grafana speedup (update #1) - 2019-01-15 - 16.04 18.04 apache grafana hw2018 server ubuntu
syncthing headless - 2019-01-14 - 18.04 hw2018 server syncthing systemd ubuntu
gpg encrypt/decrypt with a passphrase - 2018-12-12 - gpg rfc2119 ubuntu
snapper quotas - 2018-12-12 - 18.04 btrfs hw2018 server snapper ubuntu
lnav the log file navigator - 2018-10-27 - 18.04 server ubuntu
cron tips - 2018-09-25 - 18.04 cron hw2018 server ubuntu
System health monitoring (update #1) - 2018-08-27 - 18.04 apache grafana hw2018 server ubuntu zabbix
~~A webserver to rule them all (update #1)~~ - 2018-08-27 - 18.04 apache hw2018 mysql server ubuntu
Custom service using screen - 2018-07-31 - 18.04 hw2018 screen systemd ubuntu
~~grafana speedup~~ - 2018-07-12 - 16.04 18.04 apache grafana hw2018 server ubuntu
Dropbox headless - 2018-07-06 - 18.04 18.04 dropbox hw2018 server syncthing systemd ubuntu
Offline notification - 2018-07-04 - 16.04 18.04 openwrt raspberry server telegram ubuntu
kodi (was xbmc) standalone - 2018-07-01 - 16.04 hw2018 kodi tvheadend ubuntu
~~System health monitoring~~ - 2018-06-29 - 18.04 apache grafana hw2018 server ubuntu zabbix
~~A webserver to rule them all~~ - 2018-06-29 - 18.04 apache hw2018 mysql server ubuntu
Custom services - 2018-06-27 - 18.04 hw2018 systemd ubuntu
Services - 2018-06-26 - 18.04 hw2018 systemd ubuntu
ubuntu 18.04 server btrfs backup - 2018-06-26 - 18.04 backup btrfs hw2018 server snapper ubuntu
Installing ubuntu 18.04 server with snapper (update #2) - 2018-06-18 - 18.04 btrfs hw2018 raid-lvm server snapper ubuntu
Growing RAID+LVM+filesystem - 2018-06-13 - 18.04 hw2018 raid-lvm server ubuntu
motd please be quiet! - 2018-06-12 - 18.04 hw2018 ubuntu
snapper, the snapshot manager (update #1) - 2018-06-11 - 18.04 btrfs hw2018 server snapper ubuntu
~~Installing ubuntu 18.04 server with snapper (update #1)~~ - 2018-06-11 - 18.04 btrfs hw2018 raid-lvm server snapper ubuntu
Disk health monitoring - 2018-06-04 - 18.04 backup hw2018 server ubuntu
Upgrade to openvpn 2.4 on unbutnu 16.04 - 2018-05-30 - 16.04 openvpn ubuntu
~~Finding home - dynamic DNS~~ - 2018-05-29 - 18.04 hw2018 network openwrt server ubuntu
Virtual machine made easy - 2018-05-24 - 18.04 hw2018 server ubuntu vm
ubuntu 18.04 server network bonding - 2018-05-22 - 18.04 hw2018 network server ubuntu
Playing with RAID - 2018-05-22 - 18.04 hw2018 raid-lvm server ubuntu
Sending email from the server - 2018-05-22 - 18.04 hw2018 sendmail server ubuntu
ubuntu 18.04 server backup with rsync - 2018-05-21 - 18.04 backup hw2018 server ubuntu
~~snapper, the snapshot manager~~ - 2018-05-17 - 18.04 btrfs hw2018 server snapper ubuntu
~~Installing ubuntu 18.04 server with snapper~~ - 2018-05-17 - 18.04 btrfs hw2018 raid-lvm server snapper ubuntu
ubuntu root on LVM over RAID1 degraded boot - 2018-04-19 - 16.04 18.04 raid-lvm ubuntu ximport
Use your outlook calendar from thunderbird+lightning - 2018-04-17 - lightning outlook thunderbird ubuntu ximport
ssh keepalive - 2017-04-25 - ssh ubuntu ximport
raspbian headless install - 2017-03-03 - raspberry ubuntu wifi ximport
Find a device on the network, knowing it’s MAC address - 2017-01-24 - network raspberry ubuntu ximport
Add a temporary ip address to an existing interface - 2016-12-21 - ubuntu ximport
buspirate and SPI LED strip - 2016-11-23 - apa102 ubuntu ximport
perl: warning: Setting locale failed. - 2016-09-26 - ubuntu ximport
USB relay (ICSE013A) - 2016-08-22 - openwrt ubuntu ximport
Eclipse Mars requires libwebkitgtk - 2016-06-01 - eclipse ubuntu ximport
Verifying certificates before deployment - 2016-03-11 - openvpn ssl ubuntu ximport
Purge removed packages - 2016-03-02 - apt ubuntu ximport
Dropbox icon and ubuntu 15.10 - 2016-02-29 - 15.10 16.04 18.04 dropbox syncthing ubuntu xfce ximport
Tired of bad usb install disk? - 2015-11-05 - ubuntu ximport
qt5 static executables compiled from linux - 2015-07-27 - qt ubuntu ximport