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In a previous article, we looked into how to setup Rook Ceph within our Kubernetes setup. Within this article, I’m going to show how we… Read More »A Guide on Creating and Exposing CephFS as NFS
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Recently I faced the issue of my Logitech mouse (M275) and Keyboard (K270) with a unified receiver not working properly with a new monitor. After… Read More »Wireless mouse causing issues with a new monitor
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An eSIM, short for “Embedded Subscriber Identity Module”, is a chip that is integrated directly into a mobile device. Unlike traditional SIM cards, which must… Read More »How I converted to an eSIM Online [Dialog]