From Windows to Ubuntu and Beyond Status: Ongoing Learning My journey through various operating systems has been an intriguing personal exploration of different philosophies and technologies. Here’s a brief overview of my OS history (I tried to find photos of my old setups, but I only have a few): Windows I started, like many, with Windows. School stuff and games.It was familiar and widely supported, but I wanted to see what else was out there....
Status: Ongoing I’ve been exploring various containerization technologies to enhance my development workflow and system management. Here’s a brief overview of my experiences: Docker and Podman Docker has become one of the most popular containerization tools, allowing developers to build, share, and run containers seamlessly across different environments. I’ve started leveraging Docker to streamline development environments by packaging applications with their dependencies into containers, ensuring consistency across multiple systems. However, I’ve also been exploring Podman as an alternative to Docker....
Status: Solved Implementing full disk encryption on Ubuntu was initially tricky, but I successfully configured it for enhanced security. I recently got an HP G9 445, with an AMD Ryzen 5625U CPU, 16GB RAM, and a 256GB SSD (Upgraded to 500GB). Microsoft got a great idea to change some stuff with the SBAT policies (deleted before being able to install Ubuntu), so I had to dabble a lot with SecureBoot, and TPM stuff including BIOS, just to get Ubuntu to install, but having FDE is a way to practice how security is handled on corporate systems, so I’m happy....
Status: Solved After some persistence and troubleshooting, I successfully got Ubuntu running smoothly on the Orange Pi 5 single-board computer. My goal was to install the OS directly to the eMMC, so I had to boot first with an SD card and then download the image and flash it with the dd command (thanks XDA). While the process was initially challenging, due to trying other OSes before, I managed to push through and now have a fully functional Ubuntu system on this compact device....
Status: Solved After some trial and error, and searching online, this is how I was able to install and set up Cursor in my Linux environment. The steps are: Download the AppImage from the Cursor AI website Make the AppImage executable chmod +x cursor-*version*-amd64.AppImage Move the AppImage to the /opt directory On Ubuntu, you need to install some dependencies: sudo apt-get install -y libfuse2 WARNINGIf you are on Ubuntu, and install fuse directly, your Ubuntu installation will (probably) not boot anymore....
Status: Unsolved I’ve been trying to get Optane to work on my HP G9 445, but I’ve been unable to do so. HP makes it impossible to access Optane settings on the BIOS menu.
Just some photos I’ve taken over the years. The following are from a trip to Hierve el Agua, Mexico in 2019. A look through the telescope from my rooftop to the moon.