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1. st
1.1. Obtain Files
1.2. Dependencies
1.3. Building
1.4. Customization (Patches)
1. st
st standards for Simple Terminal, a simple terminal implementation for X made by
the suckless team.
This post walks through the dependencies needed a...
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1. Problem
2. Solution
2.1. Nginx Config
1. Problem
I recently migrated domains and replaced the old webpage with a simple info page
with instructions to users on how to edit their bookmarks and URLs to get to the
page they were seeking.
Th...
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1. Text Compression
2. Enable Nginx Compression with gzip
3. Explanations of ngxhttpgzipmodule Options
1. Text Compression
Text compression allows a web server to serve text-based resources faster than
uncompressed data. This can speed up things l...
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1. Creating the Ban List
2. Configuring Nginx
3. Enabling the Ban List
4. Restart Nginx
5. Testing Results
1. Creating the Ban List
In order to ban list referral domains or websites with Nginx, you need to create
a ban list file. The file below wi...
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1. The Dilemma
2. Components
3. Building the Server
4. Software
5. The Results
5.1. Mistakes I Made
1. The Dilemma
For years, I have been using desktops and a Raspberry Pi as the backbone of my
homelab. I have always wanted to move toward a si...
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1. The Problem
2. The Solution
This is a brief post so that I personally remember the solution as it
has occurred multiple times for me.
1. The Problem
After migrating to a new server operating system (OS), I started receiving quite
a few permis...
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1. Display Manager Services
1.1. Disabling the Current Display Manager
1.2. Enabling a New Display Manager
2. Set Up .xinitrc
3. Set Up Your Shell Profile
1. Display Manager Services
In order to change the display manager on Void Linux - or an...
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1. Alpine Linux
1.1. Installation
1.2. Post-Installation
2. Nginx Web Server
3. Docker Containers
4. Git Server
5. Thoughts on Alpine
1. Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is a very small distribution, built on musl libc and busybox. It
uses ash as the...
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1. An Overview of Syncthing
2. Installing Syncthing
2.1. Server & Desktop
2.2. Mobile
3. How Does Syncthing Work?
3.1. Local Syncthing Server(s)
3.2. Syncthing Dashboard
3.3. Remote Devices
4. My Personal Cloud Storage Set-up
5. Pros & Co...
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1. Use a Universal Serial Bus (USB) 3.0 Port
2. Switch USB Preferences to MTP
3. Install jmtpfs
4. Create a Mount Point
5. Mount & Access the Phone's File System
I recently ran into trouble attempting to mount my GrapheneOS phone to my laptop
run...
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1. Overview
2. Building
2.1. Clone
2.2. Build
3. Issues
4. Screenshots
1. Overview
SerenityOS is a unique operating system (OS) that I have seen pop up in my news
feed a few times over the last few years, but I have never had time to test it
o...
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1. Privacy.com Changes Their Terms
1.1. Changing from a "Prepaid Debit" Model to a "Charge Card" Model
1.2. Daily Payments and Available Credit
1.3. Personal Information
1.4. Fees
2. My Thoughts
1. Privacy.com Changes Their Terms
Recently, Pri...
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1. Bash
1.1. Installation
2. Bash-it
2.1. Installation
2.2. Aliases
2.3. Plugins
2.4. Themes
2.4.1. ble.sh
3. Restart the Session
1. Bash
For those who are not familiar, Bash is a Unix shell that is used as the default
login shell for ...
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1. Converting FLAC to OPUS
1.1. Dependencies
1.2. Conversion Process
1.3. Cleanup
1.4. Check the Resulting Size
1. Converting FLAC to OPUS
I am currently rebuilding my music library from scratch so that I can
effectively archive all the music ...
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1. Overview
2. Features
2.1. Commands/Shortcuts
3. Installation
3.1. Dependencies
3.2. Repository Source Installation
4. Run the Application
1. Overview
While exploring some interesting Linux applications, I stumbled across
curseradio, a c...
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1. My Approach to Self-Hosting Git
2. Assumptions
3. Adding a Git User
3.1. Import Your SSH Keys to the Git User
3.2. (Optional) Disable Password-Based SSH
3.2.1. Setting up the Base Directory
3.2.2. Creating a Test Repository
4. Change the Login...
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1. Leaving macOS
2. Fedora
2.1. i3
3. Software Choices
1. Leaving macOS
As I noted in a recent post, I have been planning on migrating from macOS back
to a Linux-based operating system (OS). I am happy to say that I have finally
completed my m...
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1. Source Code
2. My Daily Dose of Poetry
3. Prerequisites
4. Breaking Down the Logic
4.1. Required Packages
4.2. Sending the API Request
4.3. Parsing the API Results
4.4. Composing the Email
4.5. Sending the Email
5. The Result!
6. Scheduling the Da...
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1. Text-Based Simplicity
2. Living Life in the Terminal
2.1. Browsing the Web
2.2. Chatting with Friends
2.3. Email
2.4. RSS Feed Reader
2.5. Writing & Programming
1. Text-Based Simplicity
I've detailed my views on web-based minimalism and...
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1. Registrar
2. DNS
2.1. Dynamic DNS Updates
2.2. Njalla's DNS Tool
3. Tunnel
4. Access
1. Registrar
After spending a year or so using Cloudflare for DNS (Domain Name System) only -
no proxying or applications - I spent the last few months usi...
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1. What is a Reverse Proxy?
1.1. A Brief Example
2. Reverse Proxy Options
3. Nginx Reverse Proxy Example
3.1. Local Applications
3.2. Step 1: DNS Configuration
3.3. Step 2: Open Network Ports
3.4. Step 3: Nginx Installation
3.5. Step 4: Nginx Confi...
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1. What is Nextcloud?
2. Install Dependencies
3. Set Up MySQL
4. Download & Install Nextcloud
5. Configure the Apache Web Server
6. DNS
7. Certbot
8. Results
1. What is Nextcloud?
Nextcloud is a self-hosted solution for storage, communications...
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1. DDNS: Dynamic DNS
1. DDNS: Dynamic DNS
If you're hosting a service from a location with DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name
System), where your internet protocol (IP)address may change at any time, you
must have a solution to update the DNS (Domain Name ...
