How to find out which Linux distribution a script runs on

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I just faced an issue I thought should be easy to solve. I wanted to know which Linux distribution a bash script runs on. There exists a proposal of the FSB (Free Standards Group) to implement lsb_release which delivers all the info.Unfortunately it's not implemented by all Linux distributions so I installed various distributions on VMWare to get a clue how to write code to extract the Linux distribution. Finally I wrote a bash script and python script to extract the Linux distribution.

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How to calibrate a Delock 11827

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The Delock 11827 switchable power outlet is not calibrated by default. You can calibrate it yourself very quickly as follows:

 

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Tools to debug any GPU issues with an AMD GPU

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I recently bought a new MiniPC which now substitutes my old desktop. I immediately wiped out the preinstalled Windows with Linux Mint Cinnamon. Everything is fine now but when I view HD SAT channels I get intermittently annoying artefacts. So I started to debug the issue and detected following tools which helped me to find the root cause for this issue. 

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Failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - Not Found message on a Lenovo Ideapad 3 when installing Mint Cinnamon

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I recently wanted to install Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon on my Lenovo Ideapad 3 and got this error message when I started the Mint installation image. Fortunately I found a thread which explained how to get rid of this message: Linux Mint Forums Just rename grubx64.efi to mmx64.efi on the second partiion of the flash drive and then the Mint installation image boots successfully.

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