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When I do an apt-cache search git to see all packages matching git, I see a bunch of packages whose descriptions have nothing to do with git. Why is this so and how ca......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:05:52 -0400https://pop.com.sg/what-does-docker-ce-cli-containerd-io-installation-packages-install.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/what-does-docker-ce-cli-containerd-io-installation-packages-install.htmlTo install docker engine on ubuntu, we run: sudo apt-get install docker-ce But the documentation mentions installation instruction as: sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io $ ...Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:04:42 -0400https://pop.com.sg/cannot-edit-html-in-chrome-ff-devtools-ubuntu-20.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/cannot-edit-html-in-chrome-ff-devtools-ubuntu-20.htmlIt seems that Ubuntu 20 is preventing browsers from accessing local folders thus one can view the html ( say in Chrome devtools) but cannot edit. 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My motherboard is from MSI: PRO Z690-A DDR4(MS-7D25). I have installed the OS from a bootable USB drive, and sel......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:59:31 -0400https://pop.com.sg/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-a-nvme-disk.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/how-to-install-ubuntu-on-a-nvme-disk.htmlI have a DELL XPS with 2 NvMe Disks. The installation does not see any of those NvME disk. How to be able to see the NvMe Disks during initial installation? 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For example, if I depend on libvtk6-dev being at least version 6.0.0 I can wr......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:09:37 -0400https://pop.com.sg/mdadm-trying-to-resync-rebuild-array-automatically.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/mdadm-trying-to-resync-rebuild-array-automatically.htmlPreviously I had setup a ubuntu server using mdadm with 4x 2TB drives. One of my drives died and since this was my backups of my data on different servers I didn't care about losing it. Since then......Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:06:20 -0400https://pop.com.sg/photorec-no-file-found-in-a-full-64gb-sd-card-what-to-do.htmlhttps://pop.com.sg/photorec-no-file-found-in-a-full-64gb-sd-card-what-to-do.htmlRecently my memory card (Samsung Evo 64GB, almost full) was showing 'corrupt' on my Tablet. So I tried to recover the important details using photorec. 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