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Reasonix stores global state in ~/.reasonix/, project state inside the project, and the runtime in two more places. Knowing which directory holds what makes backup scripts trivial. The trickiest file is .env — it is excluded from MCP child environments but you still want it under version control, just redacted. A backup script #!/usr/bin/env bash... » read more

title: “Ubuntu vs Linux Mint vs Zorin OS: Three Easy Linux Distros Compared” date: 2026-07-14 categories: [“operating-system”] tags: [“ubuntu”, “linux-mint”, “zorin-os”, “linux-distro”, “comparison”, “windows-10-eol”, “gnome”, “cinnamon”, “snap”, “desktop-linux”] Ubuntu vs Linux Mint vs Zorin OS: Three Easy Linux Distros Compared Why these three make sense to compare side by side All three are Ubuntu-based, all... » read more

title: “Run Qwen3 and MiniCPM5-1B Locally on Linux with llama.cpp (2026 Guide)” date: 2026-07-14 categories: [“linux-software”] tags: [“llama.cpp”, “qwen3”, “minicpm5”, “local-llm”, “ai”, “ollama”, “ubuntu”, “fedora”, “arch”, “gpu-inference”] Run Qwen3 and MiniCPM5-1B Locally on Linux with llama.cpp (2026 Guide) In 2026, running a real large language model on your own Linux machine is no longer exotic.... » read more

title: “How to Install PeaZip on Linux (DEB / RPM / AppImage in 2026)” date: 2026-07-14 categories: [“linux-software”] tags: [“peazip”, “archive-manager”, “linux”, “appimage”, “7zip”, “ubuntu”, “fedora”, “arch”] How to Install PeaZip on Linux: DEB, RPM, AppImage, and Flatpak (2026 Guide) If you’ve ever missed 7-Zip or WinRAR on Linux, PeaZip is the closest thing to... » read more

Hydra Launcher: An Open-Source Game Launcher for Linux (and the Honest Install Guide) You know the drill. You want to play a game on Linux. Steam doesn’t have it (or it does, but it’s $59.99 and you’re going to refund it after four hours anyway). You’re not going to fire up Wine from scratch. You... » read more

Debian apt Stuck on “Waiting for headers”: A Root-Cause Field Guide You run sudo apt update and it freezes. The progress bar stops at 0% [Waiting for headers] or 23% [Waiting for headers], the cursor blinks for ten seconds, then thirty, then two minutes. Eventually either the connection times out and you get Connection failed,... » read more

Ubuntu China Mirrors: One-Click Switch to Tsinghua, USTC & Aliyun Ubuntu’s default repositories are overseas — one update takes forever. Switch to a domestic mirror with just three commands. Tsinghua Mirror sudo sed -i 's/archive.ubuntu.com/mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/g' /etc/apt/sources.list sudo sed -i 's/security.ubuntu.com/mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/g' /etc/apt/sources.list sudo apt update USTC Mirror sudo sed -i 's/archive.ubuntu.com/mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/g' /etc/apt/sources.list sudo sed -i 's/security.ubuntu.com/mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/g'... » read more

elementary OS China Mirror Recommendations & Installation Guide: One-Click Switch to Tsinghua & USTC Have you used elementary OS? It’s the most macOS-like Linux distro I’ve ever seen. Clean interface, rounded icons, an overall aesthetic that’s artsy to the core. Under the hood it runs Ubuntu, so compatibility isn’t a concern. But here’s the problem:... » read more

TinyMediaManager Ubuntu Installation and Configuration: Set Up Your Media Library Preprocessing Center Step by Step The previous article introduced what TMM is. Now let’s get hands-on. I’ll cover two installation methods: Direct Installation (suitable for desktop environments) and Docker Deployment (suitable for server/NAS headless operation). Choose based on your situation. Method 1: Direct Installation on... » read more

Kitty: A GPU-Rendered Terminal That Doesn’t Feel Like a Traditional Terminal Have you ever done this in a terminal — cat a log file that’s tens of MB in size, watching the screen scroll line by line, stuttering as it goes? Or wanted to view an image directly in the terminal, only to find you... » read more

WindTerm: Open-Source Cross-Platform SSH Terminal, A Swiss Army Knife for Sysadmins Have you ever had this experience — You open a terminal to connect to a server, only to find you need to open FileZilla to transfer files. Then you switch to serial debugging, which requires yet another piece of software. Want to view logs... » read more