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Setting Ubuntu 20.04 to use bfq block scheduler with Ansible

This is a simple ansible config that will set your machine to use the bfq scheduler: Put this in a file called enable_bfq_playbook.yml and then run it with ansible-playbook: Reboot, and you should now have bfq enabled on your disk:

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Linux

How to enable BFQ IO Scheduler on Ubuntu 19.04 – with Ansible playbook to set it up

I was trying to enable the BFQ scheduler on my laptop running Ubuntu 19.04, because as I moved around and created some large files my computer became basically unusable. After some investigation I found the page on the BFQ scheduler and how it is meant to address these sorts of issues. There is some instructions […]

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Linux raspberrypi

Running Nextcloud on the Raspberry Pi 3 – Nginx Reverse Proxy, fixes for upload timeouts and more

Under my TV I have a Raspberry Pi 3 running Kodi, which works great for watching/listening to all my media. However, with it idling and always-on, I thought it would be great to be able to use it as a Nextcloud server as well. Here’s some details on my setup, as well as a some […]