How to exclude a package when running DNF

I like keeping my workstation updated but prefer to leave the reboots for the weekends. So, I tend to ignore kernel packages when I run my updates. This is the way, sudo dnf update --exclude="kernel*"

<span title='2022-01-24 15:44:22 +0000 UTC'>Published on 2022-01-24</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span title='2024-01-22 03:28:09 +0000 UTC'>Updated on 2024-01-22</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Danesh Manoharan

Remove the OBS virtual webcam device on Mac

The OBS virtual webcam device doesn’t always get removed properly when OBS studion is removed on Mac. Here’s how to manually remove the device. Using finder navigate to “/Library/CoreMediaIO/Plug-Ins/DAL/”. Command + Shift + g will bring up the goto dialog. Delete the “obs-mac-virtualcam.plugin” file. Verify if the “obs-virtual-camera” device has been removed. The screenshot below is from MS Teams.

<span title='2021-06-23 02:44:23 +0000 UTC'>Published on 2021-06-23</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span title='2024-01-22 03:28:09 +0000 UTC'>Updated on 2024-01-22</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Danesh Manoharan

My Unbound DNS custom options

I’m running Unbound DNS on OPNsense at home. This covers my local PLEX server and DOH (DNS OVER HTTPs) setup. All my devices point to my PiHole server which then forwards them to the unbound server. server: private-domain: "plex.direct" server: forward-zone: name: "." forward-addr: 1.1.1.1@853 forward-addr: 1.0.0.1@853 forward-addr: 8.8.8.8@853 forward-addr: 8.8.4.4@853 forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1111@853 forward-addr: 2606:4700:4700::1001@853 forward-addr: 2001:4860:4860::8888@853 forward-addr: 2001:4860:4860::8844@853 forward-ssl-upstream: yes

<span title='2020-12-12 04:55:57 +0000 UTC'>Published on 2020-12-12</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span title='2024-01-22 03:28:09 +0000 UTC'>Updated on 2024-01-22</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Danesh Manoharan

Installing KIND on Ubuntu 20.10

KIND == Kubernetes in Docker I will install the KIND binary into my ~/bin/ directory since that’s where I keep all my binaries. >_ cd ~/.bin >_ curl -Lo ./kind https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/dl/v0.9.0/kind-linux-amd64 % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 97 100 97 0 0 163 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 162 100 642 100 642 0 0 831 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 831 100 7247k 100 7247k 0 0 4742k 0 0:00:01 0:00:01 --:--:-- 18....

<span title='2020-11-11 02:19:36 +0000 UTC'>Published on 2020-11-11</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span title='2024-01-22 03:28:09 +0000 UTC'>Updated on 2024-01-22</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;1 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Danesh Manoharan

Install Helm on Ubuntu 20.10

Go to the release page to get the download link for the latest version of helm. https://github.com/helm/helm/releases I prefer the binaries to be in my ~/.bin/ directory as it is already in my PATH >_ cd ~/.bin >_ wget https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz --2020-11-06 19:41:28-- https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz Resolving get.helm.sh (get.helm.sh)… 152.195.19.97, 2606:2800:11f:1cb7:261b:1f9c:2074:3c Connecting to get.helm.sh (get.helm.sh)|152.195.19.97|:443… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK Length: 13315267 (13M) [application/x-tar] Saving to: ‘helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz’ helm-v3.4.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz 100%[======================================================>] 12.70M 77....

<span title='2020-11-08 02:00:00 +0000 UTC'>Published on 2020-11-08</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span title='2024-01-22 03:28:09 +0000 UTC'>Updated on 2024-01-22</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;2 min&nbsp;·&nbsp;Danesh Manoharan