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  • Lightweight WordPress Meta Tag Description Plugin in 5 Minutes

    No child themes. No heavy plugins. No file hacks that vanish on updates. Just your own lightweight WordPress plugin to add a global meta description tag. To verify it works, reload a page on your blog, view the page source, and search for:

  • Ubuntu NVIDIA Driver & the Missing Secure Boot Key Enrollment

    Preface When switching from the Nouveau to the NVIDIA driver in Ubuntu for the first time—for example, using the GUI under Software & Updates -> Additional Drivers—Ubuntu automatically triggers a key enrollment procedure if Secure Boot is enabled, allowing the driver to be loaded. The process requires the user to set a one-time password, restart…

  • GIGABYTE X570 AORUS XTREME CMOS Battery Replacement

    GIGABYTE X570 AORUS XTREME CMOS Battery Replacement

    More Work Than Expected If your computer does not boot anymore because your BIOS settings always get reset, then maybe your CMOS battery is empty. You can check the state of the CMOS battery in Windows, for example with the open source software Open Hardware Monitor. Search for VBAT (voltage of battery). If a VBAT…

  • Vodafone begünstigt Tracking im Internet

    Vodafone begünstigt Tracking im Internet

    Quasi statisches IPv6-Präfix bei Vodafone Quizfrage Wie nennt man ein IPv6-Präfix, das sich jahrelang nicht ändert und selbst Firmware-Updates der FRITZ!Box überdauert? Rückblick Um das Jahr 2011 stellten die größten Internet-Provider auf IPv6 und damit verbundenen Techniken wie Dual Stack Lite (DSlite, DS-Lite) um. Die Bundesdatenschutzrepublik Deutschland war in Aufregung! Keine IPv4-Adressen mehr, die sich…