Abandon Windows in favor of Linux operating system – Tips&Tricks – Part 1

Lately, I've been moving around a bit more and working with more computers. As it happens, the manufacturer announced that it was discontinuing support for Windows 10, and the next release seems like a bad joke from a privacy perspective. That's why I decided to abandon Windows 10 in favor of the Linux operating system on my desktop machines. I thought it would be a cool topic to show that it can be done and to sell a few solutions to the problems I encountered. Enjoy the material!

First, I would like to explain (in very general terms and simple language) what I gain from using Linux, and give a general overview of what it actually is. If you are an advanced user of this system, you can skip to the second part of this text, where I will start with the problems I encountered.

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ConnectX firmware update with mstflint

Today I had the opportunity to update the firmware of the Mellanox ConnectX-3 card, and I thought I'd give a closer look at the process (it should work for previous ConnectX series card models as well).

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MOTD for EL

I prepared new scripts package, that will install colorful and nice motd  (message of the day) with some system informations.
MOTD is generated with scripts, that will be extracted to /etc/profile.d where you may modify them to suite your needs.
fail2ban and docker stats will not be shown if user do not have correct permissions for that.
The script runs on EL based Linux systems ie: RedHat, CentOS, RockyLinux, Fedora etc.
You may find more info here: MOTD dla EL

UNMS / UISP on EL8 Linux

I published a script that executes the installation of UNMS (Ubiquiti Network Management System) on CentOS 8 Linux / RHEL 8, despite the lack of support for those distribution by the manufacturer.

Installation manual and download link can be found in projects – "UNMS / UISP for CentOS 8 Linux installation script".

KIOSK generator v1.3

I released new version of KIOSK generator for RHEL operating systems, like CentOS, Scientific Linux and similar. In newest version i've added comatibility with systems version 7, and i made Opera browser not to ask for license on first run.

New version is available here: http://www.marcinwilk.eu/lang/pl/projects/scientific-linux-and-centos-kiosk