today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 19, 2025

• nmilosev: TPU Monitoring in MLFlow Part 2

  As promised, this is a follow up post with a cleaner way to track Google’s TPU performance in MLFlow while training your models.

  This will spawn a background process (not thread, jaxlib didn’t like that) that will periodically send to the MLFlow Tracking server the relevant TPU information.

• dwaves.de ☛ GNU/Linux open source warning files.svg created with Inkscape 1.2 (Debian 12) and opened with 1.4 (Debian 13) might not work

  thanks for inkscape, it’s an amazing alternative to closed source desktop publishing. usually it works very well, but had some bad experience when files.svg created with Inkscape 1.2 (Debian 12) were edited with 1.4 (Debian 13) then exported to pdf: [...]

• idroot

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install ClamAV on Fedora 43

    Protecting your Fedora 43 system from malicious threats requires reliable antivirus software, even on GNU/Linux platforms. ClamAV stands as the most trusted open-source antivirus solution for detecting trojans, viruses, malware, and other security threats on GNU/Linux systems.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Blender on AlmaLinux 10

    Blender stands as one of the most powerful open-source 3D creation suites available today, offering professional-grade tools for modeling, animation, rendering, and video editing. AlmaLinux 10, a robust enterprise-grade GNU/Linux distribution, provides an ideal foundation for running Blender in production environments and creative workstations.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install FreeRADIUS on Linux Mint 22

    FreeRADIUS stands as the world’s most popular and widely deployed open-source RADIUS server, providing robust authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services for network infrastructure. Network administrators and system engineers rely on this powerful solution to secure wireless networks, VPN connections, and network access control systems.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install FreeIPA on Debian 13

    Managing user authentication and access control across multiple GNU/Linux systems can be a complex challenge for system administrators. FreeIPA offers a comprehensive solution by providing centralized identity management that integrates LDAP directory services, Kerberos authentication, DNS management, and certificate authority capabilities into a single unified platform.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Apache Kafka on AlmaLinux 10

    Apache Kafka has revolutionized how organizations handle real-time data streaming and event-driven architectures. As a distributed streaming platform, it processes millions of events per second while maintaining exceptional reliability and fault tolerance.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Ansible on Fedora 43

    Ansible has revolutionized the way system administrators and DevOps engineers manage infrastructure. As an open-source automation platform sponsored by Red Hat, Ansible simplifies configuration management, application deployment, and infrastructure orchestration through its agentless architecture.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Joomla on AlmaLinux 10

    Joomla stands as one of the most powerful and flexible content management systems available today, offering an excellent alternative for users seeking more control than WordPress provides. When paired with AlmaLinux 10, a rock-solid enterprise-grade GNU/Linux distribution, you get a robust platform capable of handling everything from personal blogs to complex business applications.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install GIMP on Fedora 43

    The GNU Image Manipulation Program, commonly known as GIMP, stands as one of the most powerful free and open-source image editing applications available for GNU/Linux systems today.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install Lazygit on Manjaro

    Managing Git repositories through command-line interfaces can be challenging, especially when dealing with complex operations like interactive rebasing, cherry-picking, or resolving merge conflicts. Lazygit transforms this experience by providing an intuitive terminal-based user interface that simplifies Git workflows without sacrificing the power and flexibility of command-line operations.

  • ID Root ☛ How To Install FreeRADIUS on Manjaro

    Network security and centralized authentication have become critical components of modern IT infrastructure. FreeRADIUS stands out as one of the most powerful and widely-deployed open-source RADIUS servers available today, offering robust authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) services for network administrators.

• Morten Linderud ☛ Self-hosting DNS for no fun, but a little profit!

  After Gandi was bought up and started taking extortion level prices for their domains I’ve been looking for an excuse to migrate registrar. Last week I decided to bite the bullet and move to Porkbun as I have another domain renewal coming up. However after setting up an account and paying for the transfer for 4 domains, I realized their DNS services are provided by Clownflare!

• Linux Links ☛ HP ProBook 440 G8 Laptop running Linux: Introduction to the Series

  This is a new series looking at running GNU/Linux on a refurbished HP laptop.

• LinuxTuto ☛ How to Install ERPNext v15 on Debian 13

  ERPNext is one of the most powerful open-source ERP systems available today.

• Linux.org ☛ Terminal Prompt Customization

  In two previous articles, Gentoo OpenRC Installation and Bash 02 – Variables and Such, I mentioned the use of the Prompt String 1, 'PS1', to change the prompt for the Command-Line Interface (CLI).

  Let's look at this in more detail to get your prompt to be more specific to what you want it to be in the terminal.