Recipe for thorx

mix one mad rush of idea through a brain premixed with random knowledge and strange imagination. Please avoiding zombies whilst brain is exposed. Baste with motivation and bake well in the oven of the wiki. Serve to blog.

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new $HOME, state of the files

So I’m calling it. I think my systems are back up to speed – indeed, I’ve not had a failure in weeks now. I’ve been running my desktop from a spare account for a little while, and I think I’ll migrate this setup to my primary account and let the file cruft begin solidly . . . → Read More: new $HOME, state of the files

ssh_exchange_identification tip

ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host

…can also be caused by incorrect permissions on /var/run/sshd on the server

(I found various other solutions when trying to troublesolve this yesterday. But not the above one which was the actual problem!

6 weeks of computer hell … so far

So, dear reader[12], you may have noticed that it’s been a month since the last update in my $HOME rebuild, and may be wondering what’s going on. I have had ongoing issues, so here is the summary, broken down per-machine… Continue reading 6 weeks of computer hell … so far