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Proper Multicast DNS Handling with NetworkManager and systemd-resolved
Posted Fri Jan 19 17:10:00 2024

Filtering your own spam using SpamAssassin
Posted Mon Dec 18 22:20:00 2023

Automatically rebooting for kernel updates
Posted Mon Nov 27 15:30:00 2023

Upgrading from Debian 11 bullseye to 12 bookworm
Posted Wed Nov 1 20:40:00 2023

Enabling AppArmor on a Linode VPS in enforcement mode
Posted Sat Oct 14 15:15:00 2023

Things I do after uploading a new package to Debian
Posted Fri Sep 29 23:15:00 2023

Using iptables with systemd-networkd
Posted Sun Aug 13 15:00:00 2023

Name resolution errors in Ubuntu repositories while building a docker container
Posted Wed Nov 23 00:10:00 2022

Making the mounting of an encrypted /home optional on a home server
Posted Fri Oct 28 23:45:00 2022

Upgrading from chan_sip to res_pjsip in Asterisk 18
Posted Tue Sep 27 16:30:00 2022

Remote logging of Turris Omnia log messages using syslog-ng and rsyslog
Posted Fri Jul 1 20:45:00 2022

Using Gandi DNS for Let's Encrypt certbot verification
Posted Thu Jun 2 21:45:00 2022

Using a Streamzap remote control with MythTV on Debian Bullseye
Posted Tue Mar 8 16:00:00 2022

Ways to refer to locahost in Chromium
Posted Tue Mar 1 18:45:00 2022

Removing an alias/domain from a Let's Encrypt certificate managed by certbot
Posted Sat Jan 8 22:00:00 2022

Setting up a JMP SIP account on Asterisk
Posted Sat Oct 2 13:10:00 2021

Using implicit TLS in Postfix
Posted Sat Sep 4 21:30:00 2021

Time-stretch in Kodi
Posted Sun Aug 1 12:45:00 2021

Zoom WebRTC links
Posted Sat Jul 3 13:00:00 2021

Removing unsafe-inline from Ikiwiki's style-src directive
Posted Sat Jun 26 20:45:00 2021

Self-hosting an Ikiwiki blog
Posted Mon Jun 14 00:20:00 2021

Upgrading an ext4 filesystem for the year 2038
Posted Sat May 8 12:00:00 2021

Deleting non-decryptable restic snapshots
Posted Mon Apr 12 21:20:00 2021

Creating a Kodi media PC using a Raspberry Pi 4
Posted Sat Feb 13 19:25:00 2021

Opting your domain out of programmatic advertising
Posted Tue Dec 8 00:10:00 2020

Removing a corrupted data pack in a Restic backup
Posted Sun Nov 22 11:30:00 2020

Using a Let's Encrypt TLS certificate with Asterisk 16.2
Posted Sat Oct 17 17:45:00 2020

Making an Apache website available as a Tor Onion Service
Posted Tue Oct 13 20:45:00 2020

Repairing a corrupt ext4 root partition
Posted Sat Sep 26 12:45:00 2020

Setting the default web browser on Debian and Ubuntu
Posted Fri Aug 7 21:10:00 2020

Extending GPG key expiry
Posted Thu Jul 30 20:45:00 2020

Automated MythTV-related maintenance tasks
Posted Wed Jun 24 09:45:00 2020

Printing hard-to-print PDFs on Linux
Posted Sat May 23 20:05:00 2020

Displaying client IP address using Apache Server-Side Includes
Posted Mon May 18 14:50:00 2020

Backing up to a GnuBee PC 2
Posted Sat May 2 18:05:00 2020

Disabling mail sending from your domain
Posted Thu Apr 23 22:10:00 2020

Using Gogo WiFi on Linux
Posted Sat Apr 11 16:30:00 2020

How to get a direct WebRTC connections between two computers
Posted Sat Mar 28 16:55:00 2020

Fixing MariaDB InnoDB errors after upgrading to MythTV 30
Posted Sat Mar 7 10:00:00 2020

Fedora 31 LXC setup on Ubuntu Bionic 18.04
Posted Sun Feb 9 21:30:00 2020

Sharing your WiFi connection with a NetworkManager hotspot
Posted Wed Jan 15 18:15:00 2020

Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code
Posted Sat Dec 28 19:25:00 2019

Passwordless restricted guest account on Ubuntu
Posted Thu Aug 15 20:10:00 2019

Installing Debian buster on a GnuBee PC 2
Posted Sun Jul 14 15:30:00 2019

SIP Encryption on VoIP.ms
Posted Sat Jul 6 16:00:00 2019

OpenSUSE 15 LXC setup on Ubuntu Bionic 18.04
Posted Fri Jun 14 20:15:00 2019

Installing Ubuntu 18.04 using both full-disk encryption and RAID1
Posted Wed May 22 21:30:00 2019

Secure ssh-agent usage
Posted Sat Apr 13 06:45:00 2019

Connecting a VoIP phone directly to an Asterisk server
Posted Thu Feb 28 22:25:00 2019

Encrypted connection between SIP phones using Asterisk
Posted Tue Feb 5 22:40:00 2019

Fedora 29 LXC setup on Ubuntu Bionic 18.04
Posted Sat Jan 26 08:00:00 2019

Erasing Persistent Storage Securely on Linux
Posted Tue Jan 8 08:55:00 2019

Looking back on starting Libravatar
Posted Mon Apr 2 18:00:00 2018

Dynamic DNS on your own domain
Posted Sun Mar 18 13:45:00 2018

Redirecting an entire site except for the certbot webroot
Posted Thu Mar 1 21:40:00 2018

LXC setup on Debian stretch
Posted Tue Jan 23 21:30:00 2018

Using all of the 5 GHz WiFi frequencies in a Gargoyle Router
Posted Sun Dec 10 18:00:00 2017

Proxy ACME challenges to a single machine
Posted Tue Nov 28 22:10:00 2017

Test mail server on Ubuntu and Debian
Posted Mon Nov 13 01:30:00 2017

Checking Your Passwords Against the Have I Been Pwned List
Posted Mon Oct 16 22:10:00 2017

TLS Authentication on Freenode and OFTC
Posted Fri Sep 8 21:50:00 2017

pristine-tar and git-buildpackage Work-arounds
Posted Wed Aug 9 22:25:00 2017

Time Synchronization with NTP and systemd
Posted Sun Aug 6 13:10:00 2017

Toggling Between Pulseaudio Outputs when Docking a Laptop
Posted Tue Jul 11 22:00:00 2017

Mysterious 400 Bad Request in Django debug mode
Posted Sat Jun 10 17:20:00 2017

Recovering from an unbootable Ubuntu encrypted LVM root partition
Posted Mon May 15 21:10:00 2017

Automatically renewing Let's Encrypt TLS certificates on Debian using Certbot
Posted Thu Apr 13 08:00:00 2017

Manually expanding a RAID1 array on Ubuntu
Posted Fri Mar 31 23:00:00 2017

IPv6 and OpenVPN on Linode Debian/Ubuntu VPS
Posted Sun Feb 5 05:20:00 2017

Creating a home music server using mpd
Posted Sun Jan 29 22:20:00 2017

Using iptables with NetworkManager
Posted Mon Dec 26 14:05:00 2016

Tweaking Referrers For Privacy in Firefox
Posted Sun Oct 23 17:00:00 2016

Debugging gnome-session problems on Ubuntu 14.04
Posted Wed Aug 24 22:00:00 2016

Replacing a failed RAID drive
Posted Fri Jul 22 22:00:00 2016

Cleaning up obsolete config files on Debian and Ubuntu
Posted Sat Jun 11 14:40:00 2016

Simple remote mail queue monitoring
Posted Tue Jun 7 22:30:00 2016

Using DNSSEC and DNSCrypt in Debian
Posted Mon Apr 25 20:00:00 2016

How Safe Browsing works in Firefox
Posted Thu Mar 31 23:00:00 2016

Streamzap remotes and evdev in MythTV
Posted Thu Jan 7 09:50:00 2016

Linux kernel module options on Debian
Posted Wed Dec 30 09:25:00 2015

Tweaking Cookies For Privacy in Firefox
Posted Mon Dec 7 14:45:00 2015

How Tracking Protection works in Firefox
Posted Fri Nov 13 12:40:00 2015

Introducing reboot-notifier for jessie and stretch
Posted Fri Oct 16 18:00:00 2015

Hooking into docking and undocking events to run scripts
Posted Sat Sep 19 16:55:00 2015

Setting up a network scanner using SANE
Posted Sun Sep 13 22:40:00 2015

Letting someone ssh into your laptop using Pagekite
Posted Sat Aug 29 14:20:00 2015

Setting the wifi regulatory domain on Linux and OpenWRT
Posted Sat Aug 1 13:20:00 2015

Usual Debian Server Setup
Posted Sat May 23 02:00:00 2015

Using OpenVPN on Android Lollipop
Posted Thu Apr 2 20:45:00 2015

Keeping up with noisy blog aggregators using PlanetFilter
Posted Wed Mar 25 02:55:00 2015

Upgrading Lenovo ThinkPad BIOS under Linux
Posted Sat Jan 31 19:30:00 2015

Using unattended-upgrades on Rackspace's Debian and Ubuntu servers
Posted Mon Jan 26 00:25:00 2015

Making Firefox Hello work with NoScript and RequestPolicy
Posted Thu Dec 25 20:40:00 2014

Hiding network disconnections using an IRC bouncer
Posted Wed Nov 26 02:30:00 2014

LXC setup on Debian jessie
Posted Sun Oct 19 19:00:00 2014

Encrypted mailing list on Debian and Ubuntu
Posted Mon Sep 29 22:30:00 2014

Outsourcing your webapp maintenance to Debian
Posted Sat Aug 30 14:45:00 2014

Creating a modern tiling desktop environment using i3
Posted Mon Jul 21 04:03:00 2014

What's in a debian/ directory?
Posted Sat May 3 19:40:00 2014

Using vnc to do remote tech support over high-latency networks
Posted Sat Mar 1 16:00:00 2014

Hardening ssh Servers
Posted Thu Feb 20 02:52:00 2014

Running your own XMPP server on Debian or Ubuntu
Posted Wed Jan 1 19:45:00 2014

Creating a Linode-based VPN setup using OpenVPN on Debian or Ubuntu
Posted Sun Dec 22 02:00:00 2013

Things that work well with Tor
Posted Mon Nov 18 21:38:00 2013

The Perils of RAID and Full Disk Encryption on Ubuntu 12.04
Posted Tue Oct 15 12:27:00 2013

Presenting from a separate user account
Posted Tue Sep 17 22:04:00 2013

Server Migration Plan
Posted Thu Aug 8 05:20:00 2013

Debugging Gearman configuration
Posted Sun Aug 4 02:10:00 2013

FISL for foreigners HOWTO
Posted Sun Jul 28 01:40:00 2013

Three wrappers to run commands without impacting the rest of the system
Posted Fri May 17 23:14:00 2013

Poor man's RAID1 between an SSD and a hard drive
Posted Sat Mar 30 20:20:00 2013

Doing a fresh Debian/Ubuntu install without having to reconfigure everything
Posted Fri Feb 22 01:30:00 2013

Moving from Blogger to Ikiwiki and Branchable
Posted Wed Jan 16 01:30:00 2013

Keeping GMail in a separate browser profile
Posted Wed Dec 19 22:34:00 2012

Advice to newcomers and veterans of the Free and Open Source software communities
Posted Tue Sep 18 02:42:00 2012

Browsing privacy and ad blocking on Android
Posted Mon Jun 11 00:15:00 2012

Proper indentation of Javascript files using js2-mode in emacs
Posted Wed May 30 22:30:00 2012

Creating a FreeDOS bootable USB stick to upgrade BIOS
Posted Mon Mar 12 12:00:00 2012

Putting a limit on Apache and PHP memory usage
Posted Tue Feb 21 00:50:00 2012

Debugging OpenWRT routers by shipping logs to a remote syslog server
Posted Sat Jan 14 00:45:00 2012

Installing Etherpad on Debian/Ubuntu
Posted Thu Dec 15 11:00:00 2011

Optimising PNG files
Posted Sat Dec 3 21:30:00 2011

Ideal OpenSSL configuration for Apache and nginx
Posted Mon Nov 14 07:00:00 2011

Reducing the size of Apache 301 and 302 responses
Posted Sat Oct 22 16:50:00 2011

Three Firefox extensions to enhance SSL security
Posted Mon Oct 3 01:57:00 2011

Adding X-Content-Security-Policy headers in a Django application
Posted Sun Sep 18 01:30:00 2011

Code reviews with Gerrit and Gitorious
Posted Sat Apr 16 22:00:00 2011

Encrypted system backup to DVD
Posted Sat Apr 2 16:30:00 2011

Setting up RAID on an existing Debian/Ubuntu installation
Posted Sun Mar 13 03:25:00 2011

Keeping a log of branch updates on a git server
Posted Mon Jan 31 11:00:00 2011

Serving pre-compressed files using Apache
Posted Mon Jan 24 20:00:00 2011

Sample Python application using Libgearman
Posted Tue Jan 11 23:20:00 2011

Peer-to-peer video-conferencing using free software
Posted Sat Dec 18 22:55:00 2010

RAID1 alternative for SSD drives
Posted Tue Nov 2 00:10:00 2010

Manipulating debconf settings on the command line
Posted Mon Oct 18 11:30:00 2010

Setting up your own DNSSEC-aware resolver using Unbound
Posted Sat Sep 11 23:00:00 2010

Combining multiple commits into one using git rebase
Posted Tue Aug 24 00:25:00 2010

Cherry-picking a range of git commits
Posted Tue Jul 20 04:30:00 2010

Improving the performance of Request Tracker by reducing latency
Posted Thu Jul 8 21:30:00 2010

Querying deleted content in git
Posted Sun Jul 4 02:02:00 2010

Restoring a single table from a Postgres database or backup
Posted Tue Jun 8 22:15:00 2010

List of Open Source Conference Management Systems
Posted Sun May 16 23:30:00 2010

Preventing man-in-the-middle attacks on fetchmail and postfix
Posted Fri Apr 30 14:00:00 2010

Monitoring a Belkin 600VA UPS with NUT on Debian/Ubuntu
Posted Fri Apr 23 21:30:00 2010

"Abusing" git storage
Posted Tue Mar 30 17:36:00 2010

Excluding files from git archive exports using gitattributes
Posted Mon Feb 8 19:45:00 2010

Restoring lost RT tickets
Posted Mon Jan 4 10:30:00 2010

Ignoring files in git repositories
Posted Sun Dec 27 00:45:00 2009

Debugging logcheck rule files
Posted Sat Dec 19 19:00:00 2009

Reducing website bandwidth usage
Posted Thu Oct 8 22:30:00 2009

Keeping track of what others are saying about your project
Posted Thu Oct 1 22:30:00 2009

OpenStreetMap/OpenLayers and Privoxy
Posted Wed Sep 23 23:30:00 2009

grub on a bootable USB rescue stick
Posted Wed Aug 19 01:44:00 2009

Migrating Sahana from cvs to git
Posted Mon Aug 3 19:41:00 2009

3 ways to improve your source control history
Posted Wed Jul 29 04:52:00 2009

Writing the perfect patch
Posted Tue Jun 30 04:00:00 2009

Stopping long-running Postgres queries
Posted Thu Jun 11 12:00:00 2009

Reinstalling grub on an unbootable Debian system
Posted Sat Jun 6 17:00:00 2009

Troubleshooting Postgres Performance Problems
Posted Fri May 29 22:00:00 2009

Safer synergy setup for laptop-desktop keyboard sharing
Posted Wed Apr 1 03:39:00 2009

Handling security bugs in your Free Software project
Posted Tue Mar 10 01:45:00 2009

Using Wikia Search in Firefox and vimperator
Posted Mon Jan 12 21:22:00 2009

Recovering lost git commits
Posted Fri Dec 12 13:00:00 2008

Setting the default git branch in a bare repository
Posted Thu Dec 4 00:31:00 2008

Converting any video to a podcast
Posted Tue Nov 4 22:00:00 2008

mutt's OpenPGP support and FireGPG
Posted Sun Oct 12 19:51:00 2008

Starting a Free Software project
Posted Fri Sep 19 18:30:00 2008

Getting your project included into Free Software distributions
Posted Fri Sep 19 14:00:00 2008

Growing the community around your new Free Software Project
Posted Fri Sep 19 00:13:00 2008

Promoting your Free Software Project
Posted Thu Sep 18 04:46:00 2008

Logging kernel messages over the network using netconsole
Posted Sat Jul 19 23:21:00 2008

Preventing accidental deletion of important files using safe-rm
Posted Fri Jun 20 04:19:00 2008

Watch all of your logs using monkeytail
Posted Sun Jun 15 03:40:00 2008

Choosing the right license for your new Free Software/Open Source project
Posted Sun May 25 17:00:00 2008

Encrypting your home directory using LUKS on Debian/Ubuntu
Posted Sat May 24 00:47:00 2008

Logstalgia (aka ApachePong) now in Debian
Posted Sun May 4 14:45:00 2008

Disabling the GMail spam filter and handling it yourself using SpamAssassin
Posted Sat Apr 26 17:10:00 2008

News feeds (RSS/Atom) for MythTV.org and SchedulesDirect.org
Posted Wed Apr 16 22:18:00 2008

Two-tier encryption strategy: Archiving your files inside an encrypted loopback partition
Posted Wed Apr 9 21:53:00 2008

Searching through the contents of emails in mutt
Posted Sat Apr 5 03:30:00 2008

Handling multiple identities/accounts in mutt
Posted Tue Apr 1 12:39:00 2008

Encrypted swap partition on Debian/Ubuntu
Posted Sat Mar 29 18:29:00 2008

Debugging concurrency problems: Forcing a process to run on a single CPU
Posted Sat Mar 29 15:51:00 2008

Background compilation using ionice as a normal user
Posted Sat Mar 22 21:58:00 2008