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How to Use Resource Monitor on Windows Server 2016 — step-by-step Windows Server 2016 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use Resource Monitor on Windows Server 2016

How to Configure Windows Server 2016 Resource Monitor Resource Monitor is a built-in diagnostic tool in Windows Server 2016 that provides a detailed, real-time view of how CPU, memory, disk, and network resources are being consumed by individual processes. Unlike Performance Monitor, which focuses on counter-based historical trends, Resource Monitor excels at pinpointing exactly which […]

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FreeBSD 12 — ppxp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 12

FreeBSD 12 — ppxp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 3 November 2019 Affected versions: FreeBSD 12 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: ppxp — local root exploit Related CVEs: CVE-2005-0392 Upstream summary: A Debian Advisory reports: Jens Steube discovered that ppxp, yet another PPP program, does not release root privileges when opening […]

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Arch Linux — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Arch Linux

Arch Linux — zsh — multiple vulnerabilities (5 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: Arch Linux (rolling release) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Arch ASA ASA-201804-5 Related CVEs: CVE-2018-1100 CVE-2018-7549 CVE-2018-7548 CVE-2018-13259 CVE-2018-0502 Upstream summary: Type: arbitrary code execution. Status: Fixed. Affected: 5.4.2-2. Fixed in: 5.5-1. Group: AVG-669. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment […]

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Android Face Detection — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

Android Face Detection

With the release of Google Play services 7.8, Google has brought in the Mobile Vision API that lets you do Face Detection, Barcode Detection and Text Detection. In this tutorial, we'll develop an android face detection application that lets you do detect human faces in an image. Android Face Detection Android Face detection API tracks […]

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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS cron jobs not executing after timezone change

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2019 Affected versions: 16.04 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention & Hardening Related Errors & Cross-Refs […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS – SSH login rejected despite correct credentials

🟠 High   ⏱ 5–30 min  Last verified: 2 November 2019 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 18.04 Ubuntu 18.04.6 📖 ~1 min read Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & Acceptance Criteria Rollback Plan Prevention […]

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How to Set Up Nexus Repository Manager on Debian 9 — step-by-step Debian 9 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Nexus Repository Manager on Debian 9

Introduction Debian 9 Stretch is built around the ethos of stability and free software. Setting up set up nexus repository manager on debian 9 on Stretch leverages the same proven Debian packaging system that powers millions of servers worldwide, while benefiting from the latest upstream releases included in the Stretch freeze. Follow each step carefully […]

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