Node.js is required to build several JavaScript packages (Quill, for example) and the version that was available from the repository of my Linux Mint 18.1 was way too old: node v4.2.6 and npm v3.5.2. The attempt to build the Quill Webpack with those oldies failed miserably. Truth to be said, there are instructions on how [...]
To run over SSH: Not This is how to run a Firefox browser on a cheap VPS machine (e.g. a Google Cloud VM Instance) with an X-server connection. It’s actually not a good idea, because it’s extremely slow. The correct way is to set up a VNC server, because the X server connection exchanges information [...]
Background More than anything, this is a reminder to self why I must use a temporary credit card number when I’ll renew my EV Code Signing certificate I purchased from ssl.com, a few years from writing this (if they’ll still exist by then). I need it for Microsoft’s Attestation signing of drivers for Windows, as [...]