Install Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS server on HP t610 Flexible Thin Clients 8 Jun, 2025

I’m working with an HP t610 Flexible Thin Client — a low-end PC — and here are my notes on how to install Ubuntu Server 24.04.2 LTS on this hardware.

Since the T610 is a low-spec device, a few extra steps are needed to get everything working smoothly.

  1. Download the Ubuntu Server ISO and write it to a USB drive.

  2. During boot, press ESC and choose the USB drive from the boot menu.

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Troubleshooting Oracle Cloud Compute Instance Serial Console Access via Local SSH 3 Jun, 2025

This post walks through resolving a common issue when connecting to the Oracle Cloud Compute Instance serial console using SSH on macOS or Linux.

1. Review the Oracle Documentation

Start by reading the official guide on connecting to the serial console. This article specifically focuses on the section: Using an SSH client on macOS or Linux.

2. Create a Serial Console Connection

In the Oracle Cloud Console:

  • Navigate to Compute > Instances.
  • Select an instance.
  • Under Instance Details, go to OS Management > Console Connection.
  • Click Create Local Connection.
  • Follow the wizard to either generate a new SSH key pair or use your existing public key.

3. Get the SSH Command

Once the connection status shows Active, click the three-dot menu on the right side of the console connection.

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Setup Xubuntu Desktop in a Macbook Pro 1 Jun, 2025

Burn a bootable USB dongle and boot the macbook pro with it

Try and install

  1. Follow this link with mac book pro HW to setup Xubuntu. Pay attention to the describe on how to using private wifi driver:

    If you're WIFI is not working, then open the start menu, search "driver" and click on "Additional Drivers" and that should find what you need. Otherwise, you may need to resolving the missing driver issue using ethernet after installing. For me, simply clicking "Using Broadcom 802..." and applying those changes gets the WIFI working even when just "trying" xubuntu.

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Using a Private GitHub Repository to Deploy a Hugo Blog on Cloudflare CDN 31 May, 2025

This is a step-by-step guide on how to use Hugo to create a blog site, manage your content and configuration in a private GitHub repository, and deploy it to Cloudflare Pages, which offers global CDN acceleration and built-in web security.

1. Create a New Hugo Site

Follow the official Hugo Quick Start Guide to set up your new site. Make sure to initialize Git and add your theme as a submodule. Do remember to do the git related commands:

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Publish Hugo site with Github Actions 25 Apr, 2022

Thanks aneesahammed’s blog, I finally made it. Now my hugo site (this blog) has used the Github Actions to publish to Github Pages.

My Hugo site workspace is in a private github repository and my pulished site is in a public repository. Most of the article about publishing Hugo site and Github pages are talking about the same github repository with diffrent branch. Then finally I found aneesahammed’s blog and this is exactly what I need.

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How Check the Password of the Transmission in Docker 6 Jan, 2020

how to start a Transmission in Docker

docker run --name transmissionbt --restart=always -d  -e TZ=Hongkong  -e USERID=1001  -e GROUPID=1001 -v /your/local/path/to/transmission:/var/lib/transmission-daemon -p 9091:9091 -p 51413:51413  dperson/transmission

how to check the password:

first get the console of the container:

docker exec -it transmissionbt /bin/sh

then in the shell console of the container:

ps -ef | grep transmission

you will seee the password transmis 0:11 transmission-daemon --allowed * --blocklist --config-dir /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info --foreground --log-info --no-portmap --auth --username admin --password aaabbbccc

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Raspberry Pi Time Machine 29 Dec, 2019

This one is useful for the USB disk in fstab and delay mount in crontab

I always use Docker as possible as I can to simplify the deployment

Mac OS X Backup in Single Mode 29 Dec, 2019

Backup files in Mac OS X single mode

Migrating Outlook 2016 from one Mac to a new one

A quick notes on how to use Hugo to do personal publication 27 Dec, 2019

hyde-hyde options

static sites hosting:

static sites hosting reference:

Work with git submodule

TODO

  1. customize the blog. (layout/color/Portfolio)
  2. publish to gitlab.
  3. study how to publish to surge.sh and netlify
  4. study Front Matter
The first post in this blog 25 Dec, 2019

This is my new blog hosting on github pages with Hugo, I will write my notes mostly in technical area and sometimes in other area such as thoughts, stories, ideas and life

Hope this may help myself and others.