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But one thing annoys me is that each time I boot from live usb, I have to choose between "Try Ubuntu" and "...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:16:55 -0400https://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-mellanox-mt27800-40gbit-capacity.htmlhttps://liberty.io/ubuntu-20-04-mellanox-mt27800-40gbit-capacity.htmlServer Specifications Platform: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen9 BIOS v2.90 Processors: Dual Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2650 v3 @ 2.30GHz Network Interface: HPE InfiniBand EDR/Ethernet 100Gb 2-Port 841QSFP28 ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:12:47 -0400https://liberty.io/pdf-to-mobi-convertor.htmlhttps://liberty.io/pdf-to-mobi-convertor.htmlIs there any application which can convert a .pdf file into a .mobi file?...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 20:10:47 -0400https://liberty.io/permissions-problem-with-sonarr-move.htmlhttps://liberty.io/permissions-problem-with-sonarr-move.htmlI am having a problem getting Sonarr to post-process downloaded files, then move them to my Plex media folder. Sonarr runs as myuser and Sabnzbd runs as sabnzbd. 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This call will probabl......Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:00:06 -0400https://liberty.io/sendmail-logging-to-mysql.htmlhttps://liberty.io/sendmail-logging-to-mysql.htmlI am quite new to Linux and I've setup a Ubuntu 14 box with sendmail. I'd really like to pipe the output of the logs to Mysql for analysis with PHP. My issue however is I can't even seem to start ...Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:58:20 -0400https://liberty.io/installing-a-web-browser-in-linux-server.htmlhttps://liberty.io/installing-a-web-browser-in-linux-server.htmlI have a website which is being hosted by a Linux Server. I can access my files of my website using SSH. 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