Frank
My passions are software development, databases, movies, series and WoT. I love good food, audio books and exciting Japanese anime 
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How do I remove the Google Updater from macOS?
Who hasn't experienced this: you delete Google Chrome in macOS and yet the annoying ‘Google Updater has added objects that can run in the background’
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Frank 5 days ago
Fast string compare function for PHP
Hello User, As a developer, I was faced with a challenge: I needed a fast but rough string comparison function for our website. It checks
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Frank on Oct 12, 2024
Web server tuning: display WebP images directly in the browser
When switching to WebP images, I encountered a little unexpected behaviour: When linked directly, most browsers immediately start downloading WebP images instead of displaying them
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Frank on Oct 12, 2024
Intel Screwed Up Again: Core Ultra 200S
On many hardware sites I read the new announcement of the Intel Core Ultra 200S CPU, codenamed Arrow Lake-S. Intel’s latest work is supposed to
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Frank on Apr 28, 2024
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat available
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed "Noble Numbat", is the latest long-term supported version of Ubuntu and is available for download from. Some of the key features
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Frank on Feb 15, 2023
Emergency patch: Zero Day security update for all Apple platforms
Apple released an urgent security update for all its platforms on Feb. 13, 2023 CVE-2023-23529. The vulnerability is in Apple's browser engine WebKit. Using specially
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Frank on Jan 20, 2023
Install Monitoring Uptime Kuma
I have been looking for a simple monitoring program for our website for some time. Thanks to the help of our users I found in
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Frank on Nov 21, 2022
Ubuntu: Build Redisearch v2 module for Redis from source code
Here is a tutorial to compile the Redisearch module v2.x for Redis by yourself. At the moment you can get it as binary only as
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Frank on Aug 16, 2022
Debian turns 29 - Happy Birthday
Not only has a birthday today, but also the Linux rock Debian. It turns 29 years old. On August 16, 1993, Ian Murdock, who died
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Frank on Aug 16, 2022
Gnome turns 25 - Happy Birthday
Today Gnome turns 25 years old! I've been using this user interface for over 15 years and we've had our ups and downs. Currently it
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Frank on Aug 11, 2022
Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS available - Focal LTS to Jammy LTS upgrade now possible
Canonical has released Ubuntu version 22.04.1 LTS. From now on the 20.04 LTS (focal) to 22.04 LTS (jammy) upgrade via "do-release-upgrade" works in the console.
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Frank on Aug 11, 2022
New Ubuntu 22.04 promotional video released
Canonical has released a new promotional video "Upgrade your Desktop" from the current Ubuntu 22.04 LTS release. Looks very fancy :-) Important for Ubuntu Server:
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Frank on Aug 05, 2022
Lighttpd, Rewrite and a strange Error-handler
From the everyday life of an admin: Actually I wanted to do something completely different, but when I got a mail with an update request
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Frank on Aug 03, 2022
Malware system found in several Github forks
Security researcher and developer Stephen Lacy has discovered a very large malware system on Github. The malware's code was found over 35K code results in
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Frank on Jul 27, 2022
Thunderbird will get a new design in 2023
In the middle of next year the open source mail client Thunderbird will finally get a new and clean design. The screenshot was shared via
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Frank on Jul 26, 2022
Microsoft: Windows Server 20H2 will be the last version
Microsoft points out the end of support for Windows Server version 20H2 on its release page and at the same time announces the end of
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Frank on Jul 05, 2022
Software Freedom Conservancy: Give Up GitHub
The Software Freedom Conservancy urges developers in the open source community to completely abandon the services of the code hosting site Github. The main reasons
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Frank on Jun 08, 2022
HTTP3 officially adopted as a standard
The IETF has officially adopted HTTP/3 as a standard. The Quic transport protocol, formerly developed by Google in 2013, was originally an acronym for Quick
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Frank on May 30, 2022
Minmax() CSS error inside grids since macOS 12.4 or iOS 15.5
Hi, here's a little info, as it also hit our site. Since the update to macOS 12.4 (Safari 15.5) or iOS 15.5 the CSS command
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Frank on Apr 25, 2022
Update: Elon Musk acquires Twitter - not
Hi guys, Elon Musk is acquiring Twitter after all! On 25.04.2002, the Twitter board of directors surprisingly approved the complete acquisition. For about 44 billion
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Frank on Apr 22, 2022
MacOS Server app was discontinued
The macOS Server app can no longer be installed via the Apple App Store as of 04/21/2022. Back in 2018, Apple discontinued the full Apple
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Frank on Apr 11, 2022
Its back: Mini version of the Amiga 500 is available
I loved it so much, the Amiga home computer was the most important technical device in my youth. Smartphones or tablets didn't exist yet. Especially
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Frank on Apr 11, 2022
Update: Elon Musk does not want to be on Twitters board of directors - he wants to buy the whole store
First there were polls by Elon Musk on Twitter about the freedom of information and the future of the company. Followed by thoughts about a
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Frank on Jan 03, 2022
Solved: Microsoft Exchange Y2K22 Bug
Some users on our site reported problems with Microsoft Exchange at the turn of the year: (German) (German) This bug in the Microsoft Exchange server
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Frank on Dec 23, 2021
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2022
Hello administrator users, I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas and a happy, successful and healthy New Year. Enjoy the beautiful Christmas season
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Frank on Nov 10, 2021
Facebook transforms into Meta and the Metaverse becomes a kind of OASIS
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021, that the Facebook Group will rename itself "Meta." The names of the services "Facebook", "Instagram"
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Frank on Oct 05, 2021
Windows 11 Download (MediaCreationTool, ISO)
Microsoft released Windows 11 to the general public yesterday evening. From now on you can either download and install Windows 11 via the internal update
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Frank on Sep 21, 2021
Add an Outlook 2019 IMAP account - No more username in settings - Solution
Another curiosity under Office 2019 just hit me hard. I wanted to add a normal IMAP/SMTP account to Outlook 2019. But that was so difficult
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Frank on Sep 01, 2021
Windows 11 will be released on 5 October 2021
Microsoft has announced the official release date for Windows 11 on its blog: It will be distributed from October 5, 2021. However, the integration of
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Frank on Aug 19, 2021
Debian version 11 released (codename Bullseye)
After two years, one month and nine days of development, the Debian Project released the next stable version 11 (codenamed Bullseye) on Aug. 14, 2021.
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Frank on Aug 18, 2021
Elementary OS version 6 (Odin) released
Now I almost forgot: The Linux distribution Elementary OS version 6 (Odin) was released last week. It is based on 20.04.2 LTS but has its
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Frank on Jul 22, 2021
Vulnerability in Linux kernel file system affects many distributions
Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2021-33909). A vulnerability in the Linux kernel file system allows root privileges. Any unprivileged
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Frank on Jul 22, 2021
Vulnerability in Systemd affects many Linux distributions
Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability in systemd (CVE-2021-33910). The vulnerability in the system and service manager (systemd) can cause the entire operating system
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Frank on Jul 09, 2021
Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 available
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22000.65 and fixed some bugs. You can find all the details on the official Windows
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Windows 11: Feature deprecations and removals
When upgrading to Windows 11 from Windows 10 or when installing an update to Windows 11, some features may be deprecated or removed. Please see
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Windows 11 requirements
Here are the current Windows 11 requirements for services and hardware. According to Microsoft, the upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 will be free
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Windows 11: Set the Start menu back to the left
In the latest Windows 11 version, the new Start menu is displayed in the centre: You can easily set it back to the left side
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Frank on Jun 24, 2021
Microsoft announces Windows 11 with new Start menu
On June 24, 2021 Microsoft has presented the new Windows 11. Via an online event, Microsoft showed what the future of Windows 11 will bring.
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Frank on Jun 22, 2021
Windows 10 Core Isolation: Remove incompatible drivers
Hello, Actually, I just wanted to follow the Windows Security recommendations and under Settings -> Windows Security -> Core Isolation, turn on Memory Integrity. According
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Frank on Jun 22, 2021
Install Powerline for Fedora
Powerline is a very practical optical extension for vim and the Linux shell (bash, zsh, tmux, IPython, Awesome and Qtile). You can find an overview
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