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Use MPM Event

September 13, 2026 / Computer / Apache, WordPress

Johnny knows his stuff https://wpjohnny.com/ And another link by ewallzsolution with a comparison: https://www.ewallzsolutions.com/optimize-apache-mpm-settings-for-low-memory-vps

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Upgrade to LXQt on Ubuntu 26.04

August 28, 2026 / Computer / Linux

Update and upgrade 24.04 Install tasksel and sddm on 24.04 Install LXQt and on 24.04 Perform to upgrade to 26.04 Trigger an Xog install on 26.04 (it was removed) Select the LXQt Desktop session Customize LXQt The Ubuntu session on Wayland is still available by selecting it on the SDDM login screen

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Proxmox LXC ↔️ VM Converter

July 8, 2026 / Computer / Lxc, Proxmox, Vm

I was running a dozen or so Docker images in a LXC container in Proxmox. Generally you really should run Docker images in a VM because they could break at any time. Although a VM has more overhead and therefore might be slower, it is just not for certain that running Docker in a LXC

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Convert .m2t File to .mkv File (Two Pass Method)

June 13, 2026 / Computer / ffmpeg, Handbrake, Linux

flatpak run –command=HandBrakeCLI fr.handbrake.ghb -i ifile.m2t -o file.mp4 –crop 0:0:0:0 –all-subtitles ffmpeg -txt_format text -i file.mp4 out.srt ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -r 30 -vf bwdif=mode=1,subtitles=out.srt -c:a aac -b:a 128k file.mkv

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Use Iptables To Reject Excessive Apache Connections

March 1, 2026 / Computer / Apache, Linux, WordPress

No apache modules or wordpress plugins needed assuming you have your own server.

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Proxmox: Backup Server With NFS Datastore

January 27, 2026 / Computer / Linux, Proxmox

On my test server I use Proxmox Backup Server in a virtual machine to backup my VMs to a micro-SD card. I can restore backups locally and it is faster than restoring over the network from my production Proxmox Backup Server. I use Promox Backup Server because it provides de-duplication and incremental backups. I wanted

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Fix “Software & Updates” on Debian 13 Trixie

January 12, 2026 / Computer / Debian, Linux

sudo apt install wget gdebi wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/software-properties/software-properties-gtk_0.111-1_all.debwget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/software-properties/python3-software-properties_0.111-1_all.debwget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/software-properties/software-properties-common_0.111-1_all.debwget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/p/python-launchpadlib/python3-launchpadlib_2.1.0-1_all.deb sudo apt purge software-properties-gtksudo apt purge python3-launchpadlibsudo apt purge software-properties-commonsudo apt purge python3-software-properties sudo gdebi python3-software-properties_0.111-1_all.debsudo gdebi software-properties-common_0.111-1_all.debsudo gdebi python3-launchpadlib_2.1.0-1_all.debsudo gdebi software-properties-gtk_0.111-1_all.deb

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