Jimmie Lightner

Technology, Truth, and Common Sense

Category: Technology

  • qemu 9.1.1-1 / virt-manager Audio Shenanigans

    The upgrade of qemu packages from 9.1.0-2 to 9.1.1-1 broke the audio output of my Windoze 11 VM that I typically work from. Arch Linux is a rolling release, so it’s not as easy to just specify the version of a package you want to install using any of the normal commands with Pacman –…

  • WTF Google

    It’s no secret that I’ve fallen out of love and into a constant state of disgust with “Big Tech.” Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon… they all do repulsively shady things that make me want to swear off tech, sell every gadget I own, and become some kind of Amish hipster. Okay, okay, that might be a…

  • High Speed Home Networking

    Sometimes I forget … This isn’t “normal” for most other people.

  • Updating Dell XPS 15 9530 Firmware on Linux

    Today marks the first time I’ve updated the BIOS in my Laptop since I bought it. When I initially powered it up, Windows 11 was “installed” (more like present, it took almost 2 hours for it to fully update itself before it was usable) so I used that to update the BIOS and various firmware…

  • See you around, Apple

    I wrote a blog post a short while back about why I loved Linux. I waxed nostalgic for a while about my history with the OS and how it impacted my life. In the same post, I talked about my then-current setup utilizing a MacBook Pro, but I managed to get a bit off track…

  • Install and trust DoD Certificates on Arch Linux

    Continuing our journey to install and configure DoD Certificates on various platforms – this time I submit for your reading pleasure: Arch Linux! This one is relatively easy. Like other platforms, trusted roots can live in a few places on Arch (Personal NSS or System stores, as well as some various Apps that have their…

  • Install and trust DoD Certificates on MacOS

    Trying to use your CAC on a Mac? Don’t want to run some sketchy compiled app to install DoD Certs on your box? Check this handy scripty-doo out. It grabs the latest PKI zip, unpacks it, converts the certificates into a format that works and then installs them into the system’s trust store. Be prepared…

  • Fixing janky Spaces behavior on MacOS with Azure Virtual Desktop and Microsoft Remote Desktop App Streaming

    Since joining Microsoft I’ve worked remotely for nearly 9 years. My current setup consists of a MacBook Pro, a Thunderbolt 4 Dock, and an LG 34WK95U-W (which is an UltraWide 5K2K Nano IPS LED Monitor). I run a Windows 11 ARM VM via Parallels full-screen on the MacBook (basically for Teams and Outlook, so I…

  • Making W3-Total-Cache work with Storage Accounts in Azure Government

    So you thought you were going to be slick and save some time by using the Marketplace template to deploy “WordPress on App Service” in Azure Government? You likely even selected the ‘Recommended’ tick-box to offload media content to Azure Blob Storage via the template add-on section and then hit “Review and Create!” But when…

  • How to host WordPress without it being a SNITCH

    I hate companies that make users think they’re getting something for free but then have these hidden functions that report back to the mother-ship what users are doing with them. WordPress’s parent company, Automattic, doesn’t have the best reputation as of late (check out the deal they made to sell your data to OpenAI). Just…