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LibreOffice cannot print text and exported PDF are blank

Updated 22 Apr 2021 Read time 2 min(s) 14 sec(s) (2974 visits).

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

Updated 9 Nov 2019 Read time 2 min(s) 30 sec(s) (1200 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) (1231 visits).

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

Updated 13 Aug 2017 Read time 57 sec(s) (2958 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) (576 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) 9 sec(s) (638 visits).

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

Updated 11 Jan 2016 Read time 1 min 22 sec(s) (2117 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.

Updated 12 Dec 2015 Read time 55 sec(s) (2331 visits).

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

Updated 21 Oct 2015 Read time 2 min(s) 49 sec(s) (3300 visits).

This document describes how to use a Linux computer to extract the BaseSystem.dmg image file from an Mac OS X (10.7+) installation DVD

Updated 4 Nov 2015 Read time 1 min 18 sec(s) (3402 visits).

A short article on how to mount a DFS (distributed file system) on an Oracle Linux 5.11 system.