As a frequent traveller, I’ve connected to more hotel Wi-Fi networks than I can count. While these networks claim to be “guest-only”, they’re essentially public battlegrounds for security. After years of relying on OpenVPN to keep my data safe, I decided to try the much-hyped WireGuard. What should have been a simple upgrade turned into hours of frustration. Here’s what I learned.
Last week, I bit the bullet and upgraded both my personal desktop and work laptop (Lenovo P1) to Fedora 42. With Fedora 41 retiring in less than 6 months, procrastination wasn’t an option. Here’s my experience - including the moment my desktop decided to play dead during the upgrade.
I recently hit an issue when trying to upgrade 1Password on my Linux system (I’m running Fedora 41, but this affects all Linux distributions). Despite being on 1Password version 8.10.75, which should have automatically updated the GPG key according to 1Password’s own guidance, I couldn’t upgrade to version 8.10.78.
Here’s how I fixed it.
I’ve been using KVM for virtualization after making the leap from Windows to Linux over 18 months ago. Like most hypervisors, virtual machines under KVM need to be configured to run at their best. Let look at how to get the best from Windows Operating System guests under Linux KVM.
Getting PowerShell Core to run on Linux was easy enough. As I’m running Kubuntu 18.10 it’s a simple case of using snapd.
However, I didn’t expect running PowerShell Core on Linux to be problem free. And it wasn’t. After installing my own PsTodoTxt module from the PowerShell Gallery, PowerShell couldn’t find it.
I started using PC’s with MS Dos 4 and then 5. I graduated to Windows 3.11 and I’ve used every single version of Windows released since then. I lasted two months on Vista which some have claimed I should get a medal for (Vista wasn’t all that bad…).
But I’ve also dabbled outside of the Windows world. I used OS/2 Warp for almost a year in 1995 (I still have the box!). I’ve used Linux server on and off for around 18 years, starting with Red Hat Linux. I’ve had forays into Linux desktop in the past and none of them have lasted beyond the initial couple of days trial.