Author: XceptN

Analyzing Memory Usage on Linux 6.19

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Enabling “real-time-protection” with ClamAV on Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop for Palo Alto Networks Global Protect (PanGP) VPN

Some Palo Alto Networks Global Protect (PanGP) VPN servers require a running anti-malware product on the connecting client computers. Unfortunately, just installing clamav using apt does not solve the problem. If you just install ClamAV, you’ll see the product in your PanGP UI host info section but “real-time-protection” will appear as “no” This post intends…

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Dipping Toes into Nix Package Manager | Installing Freeplane

I have been hearing a lot about Nix and NixOS for the last 2 years. I have been meaning to learn the specifics of Nix for a while now. Recently I got some time to start with https://nixos.org/learn/ . Especially while progressing into Nix language, I discovered that the Nix language is of “functional paradigm”…

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Fujitsu Workplace Protect Face Recognition Best Practices on Q704

The Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q704 hybrid tablet has many security features delivered

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Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q704 Fingerprint Scanner Problems

On Fujitsu LIFEBOOK U904, the fingerprint sensor is my favorite biometric device. I use it for logon

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Two Generations of Computing Equipment…

I love new tech and gadgets… I love old ones too…

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IBM Model M Keyboard Goes Blank

I am a proud owner and user of a Das Keyboard Ultimate. Some weeks ago I had the chance to lay my hands on (thanks to a friend who found it in a junkyard and cleaned it) an original IBM Model M keyboard produced on 1991-01-22. Nearly 24 years old equipment.

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Customer IT Support Business Is All About Communication

I remember 20 years ago when I just gone into customer IT support business. Many customers could only rely on fax, phone instead of emails where they actually prefer to communicate face-to-face. As the business was transforming in past years,

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Darn! Scanned Document into PDF but Need to Rotate

Don’t you also get frustrated by that? You scan a landscape document into PDF and you need to rotate to have something readable. Or worse, a 50 page document and then find out that everything is upside down?

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