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"upgrades have been deferred due to phasing"

Published 10 May 2024 Read time 1 min 13 sec(s) (456 visits).

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

Updated 22 Apr 2021 Read time 2 min(s) 14 sec(s) (3804 visits).

Under Lubuntu 20.04, I could not get libreoffice to print the text of any documents and created PDFs produce blank documents.

Published 9 Nov 2019 Read time 2 min(s) 30 sec(s) (1721 visits).

Whilst its an annoyance, this message is harmless. Here we show three examples of how you can overcome this issue.

Updated 18 Feb 2022 Read time 2 min(s) 7 sec(s) (1838 visits).

By default "hammer" prompts for a password each time the command is invoked (updated to include Satellite 6.3).

Published 13 Aug 2017 Read time 57 sec(s) (3114 visits).

A simple article on how to create a failover SSH server on a Ubuntu system, allowing you to connect on an alternative port of the original SSHD fails

Updated 2 Jul 2017 Read time 2 min(s) 36 sec(s) (710 visits).

Vagrant is a tool for building and managing virtual machine environments in a single workflow. With an easy-to-use workflow and focus on automation.

Published 29 Aug 2016 Read time 3 min(s) 10 sec(s) (806 visits).

Every Linux system has three options when clearing cache without interrupting any processes or application services.

Published 11 Jan 2016 Read time 1 min 22 sec(s) (2299 visits).

By default, RHEL doesn't prompt for a password and we are given root shell directly, as usually Single User mode can be used to reset root password.

Published 12 Dec 2015 Read time 55 sec(s) (2457 visits).

During a test build of Ubuntu 15.10 I suddenly received the following error when refreshing the packages from the repository.

Published 5 Nov 2015 Read time 2 min(s) 51 sec(s) (141 visits).

Access control lists (ACLs) allow you to assign permissions to many different users and groups on individual files or directories.