How to assign persistent network interface names on Debian

Problem:

You have configured the network in your Debian install via the /etc/network/interfaces file and everything seems to work, except the name of your configured network interface keeps changing after every reboot and that is resulting in the network being down. How do you assign persistent network interface name to fix this issue?

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An alternative method to upgrade to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

I recently upgraded my installation of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish). Ubuntu comes with a bundled tool to handle the upgrade process, but I decided to do it a bit differently. This method is a bit more manual compared to the default Ubuntu method but, in my view, it gives more transparency and more control over the upgrade process. Here is how one can upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish),

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How to install NVIDIA drivers in openSUSE

openSUSE doesn’t include proprietary NVIDIA drivers by default. The included Nouveau driver is okay but it is not good enough for gaming and heavy multimedia tasks. openSUSE makes it pretty easy to install the proprietary NVIDIA drivers. Here is a short and to the point guide on installing proprietary NVIDIA drivers in openSUSE.

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