Month: July 2024

How to force Timeshift to schedule backups at a specific time of day

… this article deals with one particular and sometimes annoying quirk of Timeshift – it does not allow you to schedule backups at a particular time of day if you use its GUI to schedule backups (this assumes you are not doing hourly backups; in that case you probably want a backup to be made every hour no matter what). Maybe you are using Linux to run a home theater PC – in that case you probably don’t want Timeshift deciding to do a backup during prime time. Or in an office setting, you might not want Timeshift running during your busiest time of day. But Timeshift gives you no way to control that (unless you resort to running it from the Linux command line, and that may have certain other disadvantages). Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to force Timeshift to do its backups in the middle of the night, or at some other preferred time of day?

Well it turns out it is possible. …

Source: How to force Timeshift to schedule backups at a specific time of day – Two “Sort Of” Tech Guys

A $60 Intel-Based SBC Cheaper & Faster than a Raspberry Pi 5

Love the idea of tinkering around with a small, single-board computer (SBC) but need something more powerful than most ARM-based offerings provide?

If so, the new Radxa X4 from Radxa may be of interest.

Powered by an Intel N100 CPU with Intel UHD graphics, the Radxa X4 delivers better performance in CPU and GPU tasks than a Raspberry Pi 5, at a similar price point. …

Source: A $60 Intel-Based SBC Cheaper & Faster than a Raspberry Pi 5 – OMG! Ubuntu

Six Bartender Alternatives to Manage Your Mac’s Menu Bar

Popular Mac menu bar management utility Bartender was recently quietly sold to another company … However, the new Bartender owner is a largely unknown entity that has reportedly hiked Bartender’s purchase options, and is alleged to have added code to the app that may be associated with collecting analytics data on users.

Given that Bartender requires extensive permissions to operate in macOS, including screen recording, the whole event has understandably left many users concerned about privacy … here are some alternative menu bar utilities that are worth considering.

Source: Six Bartender Alternatives to Manage Your Mac’s Menu Bar | MacRumors

Add Trash Can to Activities Panel in GNOME Desktop

…But how do you add the application to the Favorites menu that is not in the list of installed applications, such as the Trashcan application? If you search for it, you will not find it in the list of installed applications.

In this article we will learn how to work around this problem and how to add the Trashcan to the Activities panel in the Debian system. We will create a script to add the trash can to the list of applications and then add it to your favorites.

Source: Add Trash Can to Activities Panel in GNOME Desktop – VITUX

Midnight Commander remote connect via Shell link (copy files over SSH) and SFTP link using FISH and public key authentication

In this post, I show you how to configure SSH for Midnight Commander to remotely copy or move files with the file manager’s Shell link feature and public key authentication. I will also explain the difference between files transferred over Shell Protocol (FISH) and Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) and say a word or two about Midnight Commander’s SFTP feature.

Source: Midnight Commander remote connect via Shell link (copy files over SSH) and SFTP link using FISH and public key authentication – 4sysops