OpenSUSE – Blog by Jay Mutkawoa (Nitin)

OpenSUSE Mauritius – Powered by cyberstorm.mu

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date June 9, 2016
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Since the beginning of this year, I was much involved in Linux and opensource activities carried out under the umbrella of cyberstorm.mu and it was pretty fun. After the Hackathon – Operation SAD where members of Cyberstorm Mauritius have fixed [Read More…]

KIWI – Cross-distro images on the cloud with OpenSUSE

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date April 3, 2016
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Rest assured, Kiwi is neither a bird nor a fruit in the OpenSUSE world! Kiwi is an open source project licensed under the the GPLv2 and it is written in Perl. The project is sponsored by SUSE to build OS [Read More…]

Linux Application Linux System

Converting a deb into rpm using alien on openSUSE

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date March 29, 2016
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The alien command is used by almost all system administrators. You might come across situations where you may need to install a .deb package on an OpenSUSE machine. You will need to convert it to a .rpm prior to doing [Read More…]

Linux Application Linux System Security

Installing and configuring OpenVAS on OpenSUSE Leap

Post Author By Nitin J Mutkawoa
Post Date March 19, 2016
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“openSUSE Leap is a brand new way of building openSUSE and is new type of hybrid Linux distribution. Leap uses source from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE), which gives Leap a level of stability unmatched by other Linux distributions, and combines [Read More…]

test

Stelo by Dexcom finally here!

It’s been since some time, I have been waiting for Dexcom to release the prescription-free CGM called Stelo. It finally arrived here today Tuesday 08/27/2024 after ordering last Friday. So a CGM – Continuous Glucose Monitor is a device that [Read More…]

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Artificial Intelligence, Machine & Deep Learning

GenAI the buzzword everyone is talking about

That’s true that everyone is talking about AI. Most precisely about GenAI. GenAI is a type of intelligence that can produce synthetic data like texts, pictures, words, etc. In a simple term, Generative AI is a type of AI that [Read More…]

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

Yeti and his FI collar

What features can a dog collar have? Navigation, sleep tracking, and activity monitoring, to name a few. Pretty cool, right? Initially, I was only looking for a GPS-tracking device for my dog. However, when I discovered the FI collar, which [Read More…]

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

Yeti, the Labrabull adopted from NFSAW

On 19 Feb 2024, I adopted Yeti from the New Fairfield / Sherman Animal Welfare Society (NFSAW). Working from home and having a dog keeping me company looks promising. So I just took the decision and thought that I needed [Read More…]

Posted on May 14, 2024May 14, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Linux System

Overlay Union Filesystems in Linux

Returning to the world of blogging after nearly a month’s hiatus, I find myself intrigued by the concept of Overlay Filesystems. This article has piqued my curiosity, and I am convinced it will offer valuable insights for my future endeavors. [Read More…]

Posted on February 18, 2024February 18, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa

Uncategorized AKA Non-Tech-Stuffs

My indoor plants in Winter 2024

I used to have a cool indoor greenhouse in my living room growing lettuce, arugula, and thyme. However, since I work from home most of the time and need a dedicated office space, I decided to make some changes. I [Read More…]

Posted on January 19, 2024 by Nitin J Mutkawoa