How to download and install Windows 10 LTSC

Published: 08 May 2019 | Author: Mentor
Asimov is the code name of the telemetry system that Microsoft introduced with Windows 10 and that shamelessly tracks everything a user does with a PC and it sends and stores everything on Microsoft servers with unique identifiers that allow to recognize each device. Officially it is needed to allow the correct functioning of the OS and softwares like Cortana, but we really do not know what is...

Linux: how to run speedtest from terminal

Published: 29 Aug 2019 | Author: Mentor
Sometime I need to check the internet speed via command line interface (cli) on some headless Linux server without X11. I could install some apposite tool but considering that I usually need to execute the speedtest on the fly and once only, then I prefer a simpler alternative, I use speedtest-cli . Speedtest-cli is a an open source software that can be execute without installation, via wget or...

FritzBox 6890 LTE: great ambitions but bad results with serious Wi-Fi problems

Published: 24 Oct 2019 | Author: Mentor
A few months ago I was been able to update my home internet connection from an ADSL line to an FTTC line, so I also had to buy a new VDSL2 modem/router to replace the old ADSL2. I would have liked to buy a VDSL2 modem/router on which to install OpenWrt and the only one available would have been the BT Home Hub 5 which unfortunately only supports profile FTTC 17a and not 35b, I could have bought a...

Remove Green Power function from UPS: allow UPS work with low load

Published: 25 Nov 2019 | Updated: 13 Dec 2019 | Author: Mentor
Does your UPS turn off after exactly 5 minutes? Quiet, it's not broken, it's the fault of the Green Power function. In the past years, in fact, several brands manifactured their UPS with a function called Green Power, and due to Green Power function the UPS shutdown in 5 minutes when it is on battery and the total load on the UPS is equal or less than 10% of the UPS capacity, therefore if there...

Voipblock for modem-router Technicolor: calls blacklist for several devices provided by italian ISP

Thanks to the joint effort of an entire community it has been possible to unlock many modems/routers produced by Technicolor and based on OpenWrt Chaos Calmer 15.05.1, including the Smart Modem Plus DGA4130 (AGTEF), the FastGate DGA4131, the TIM HUB DGA4132 (AGTHP) and also several other devices: TG589vac TG788vn v2 TG789vac v2 HP TG789vac v1 TG789vac v2 TG789vac XTREAM 35B TG799vac TG799vac XTREAM TG800vac After unlocking it is also possible to install a GUI that allows access to all the features of the device. More info can be found here , here and here . The hard-working community has also proposed several implementations of a system to create a calls blacklist, some implementations use the iptables firewall, other implementations use asterisk. Below is a new solution called Voipblock...

Install the Melopero FAN HAT on a Raspberry Pi 4 with LibreELEC

Published: 09 Dec 2019 | Updated: 02 Feb 2020 | Author: Mentor
Yesterday a friend asked me for help to make the fan Melopero work on a Raspberry Pi 4 with LibreELEC. The Melopero fan installation procedure is designed for Raspbian and this is the python script that manages the fan. To make the fan working on LibreELEC it is necessary to perform the following steps: Install the Addon Raspberry Pi Tools in LibreELEC Connect to the Raspberry via ssh: ssh root@...

Trenitalia and online tickets with wrong QR Code: you could miss the train

Published: 18 Nov 2021 | Author: Mentor
Last week, for a weekend out of town, I organized my round trip by train, combining different tickets on the Trenitalia website, paying for them in a single solution via PayPal. Immediately I notice a very strange thing, the electronic tickets that are delivered to me by email don't indicate the real price I paid for each route but for each ticket repeat the total amount paid. Perplexed, I check...

Technicolor violates OpenWrt GPL License

Published: 02 Jan 2022 | Author: Mentor
Technicolor provides modem-router to several ISP around the world, they all have a good hardware and the firmware homeware that is based on OpenWrt and for this they have to provide their GPL Source Code. In the Technicolor website there is an apposite section to request the GPL Source code and it can be reached at this page , and where they offer to send their Open Source Code to everyone get in...

Cache Expire: Drupal 7 module to flush the cache

Cache Expire is a Drupal 7 module to automatically flush the cache when node or a comment is published or updated, this module only flushes the cache without rebuilding the system bootstrap. The module empties the tables: cache cache_block cache_filter cache_form cache_menu cache_page cache_path cache_views cache_views_data and it self integrate with Cloudflare Cache Clear and with APC patched for APCu . Here the code: <?php /** * @file * * Expires caches automatically when certain Drupal actions are taken. */ /** * Implements hook_menu(). */ function cache_expire_menu() { $items['admin/config/system/cache_expire'] = array( 'title' => 'Cache Expire', 'description' => 'Configuration for Cache Expire.', 'page callback' => 'drupal_get_form', 'page arguments' => array('...

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