This guide uses Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, but it should work equally well on any Debian-flavor Linux variant.
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Linux
Mounting a RAID assembly after a reboot requires three steps:
Setting up a Samba share on Debian Linux allows you to share files across different operating systems within your local network. This is useful in both homelabs and work environments when you want ...
The company I work for uses Lansweeper to keep tabs on network assets, but Lansweeper is complete overkill when you just need to take a quick snapshot of critical systems. So I wrote a simple batch...
System76 is an American computer maker known for their first-class Linux support and repairable, high-performance machines. While their laptop line up is composed of chassis built by the Taiwanese ...
If you try to install Jekyll on a base install of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you’ll run into a few errors. This is because we need to be able to build Jekyll, but the required compilers, li...
BASH aliases are a handy way to create shortcuts for commands you use frequently or may otherwise be long and tedious to remember. I’ll briefly explain how to create BASH aliases and then show you ...
A number of years ago I wrote a little utility that generates Diceware passwords. “Big deal!”, you might think. But my utility has a unique feature. It generates passwords using quantum random data...
Bash
Mounting a RAID assembly after a reboot requires three steps:
The company I work for uses Lansweeper to keep tabs on network assets, but Lansweeper is complete overkill when you just need to take a quick snapshot of critical systems. So I wrote a simple batch...
BASH aliases are a handy way to create shortcuts for commands you use frequently or may otherwise be long and tedious to remember. I’ll briefly explain how to create BASH aliases and then show you ...
Windows
Windows includes a simple Visual Basic script that checks if Windows is properly activated. You can run the script by opening the Run box (WIN+R) or a Command Prompt and entering slmgr /xpr. This w...
The company I work for uses Lansweeper to keep tabs on network assets, but Lansweeper is complete overkill when you just need to take a quick snapshot of critical systems. So I wrote a simple batch...
If you try to install Jekyll on a base install of Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL), you’ll run into a few errors. This is because we need to be able to build Jekyll, but the required compilers, li...
Tools
The company I work for uses Lansweeper to keep tabs on network assets, but Lansweeper is complete overkill when you just need to take a quick snapshot of critical systems. So I wrote a simple batch...
A number of years ago I wrote a little utility that generates Diceware passwords. “Big deal!”, you might think. But my utility has a unique feature. It generates passwords using quantum random data...
Python
A number of years ago I wrote a little utility that generates Diceware passwords. “Big deal!”, you might think. But my utility has a unique feature. It generates passwords using quantum random data...
Review
System76 is an American computer maker known for their first-class Linux support and repairable, high-performance machines. While their laptop line up is composed of chassis built by the Taiwanese ...
Batch
The company I work for uses Lansweeper to keep tabs on network assets, but Lansweeper is complete overkill when you just need to take a quick snapshot of critical systems. So I wrote a simple batch...
FAQ
Synchronization is about duplication and timing, whereas orchestration is about effort and effect. Syncing devices ensures they all perform the same task in the same way and at the same time. This ...
PowerShell
Windows includes a simple Visual Basic script that checks if Windows is properly activated. You can run the script by opening the Run box (WIN+R) or a Command Prompt and entering slmgr /xpr. This w...
Debian
Setting up a Samba share on Debian Linux allows you to share files across different operating systems within your local network. This is useful in both homelabs and work environments when you want ...
Ars Technica
The astonishing hubris of Synology’s decision to require their self-branded hard drives, which are merely white-labeled WD Reds, is an egregious incursion on user’s right to choose. The best decision users can make is to refuse to use Synology products.
Thurrott
Rectangles with round corners don’t seem like a big deal today, but before the technique for drawing them on a computer diplay was invented by Bill Atkinson, some, including the inventor himself, had deemed it impossible. Bill was a pioneer of the GUI and his techniques will forever influence human interfaces.
Independant Research
It has long been know that Meta/Facebook has gone to great lengths to get their “pixel” tracker embedded in every possible web page. But their latest abuse of users demonstrates a gross lack of ethical judgement. By exploiting the ability of browsers to connect to locally hosted services, Meta knowingly and willfully ignored every indication that a user wanted privacy by breaking out of sandboxed environments, bypassing history/cookie preferences and DNS sink-holes, and tracking user activity even in privacy mode.