church1e's blog

External devices now mount under /run/media/${USER}/{volID}

7 May 2026 1 minute read 426 visits.

After upgrading Ubuntu, I find that external devices now mount under /run/media/${USER}/{volID} instead of the former /media/{volID} mountpoint.

24 Apr 2026 1 minute read 432 visits.

APT now provides an interface for viewing and manipulating its command history.

10 May 2024 1 minute read 4436 visits.

"The following upgrades have been deferred due to phasing" message in Ubuntu 24.04

8 Jun 2022 1 minute read 1235 visits.

How to create a scheduled task to reboot your windows machine weekly, or even on a daily basis.

22 Apr 2021 1 minute read 3895 visits.

Mozilla has recently announced Mozilla's Firefox web browser won't support the FTP protocol from Firefox 90 onward.

2 Jan 2021 1 minute read 881 visits.

A short article providing examples of IP essentials using both 'ifconfig' and 'ip' commands.

18 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1616 visits.

A simple article providing steps on how to convert an existing VM disk from qcow2 to raw format.

6 Oct 2020 1 minute read 429 visits.

How can I view the history of 'apt-get install' commands that I have manually executed?

7 Aug 2020 1 minute read 5319 visits.

If your Sky Q TV apps are missing or the app freeze 15-30 seconds after starting, then use these steps to try and fix the issue.

11 May 2020 12 minute read 7529 visits.

This article shows how to configure iSCSI LUNs on an ZFS Storage Appliance and integrate them to a Ubuntu Server using the command line.