systemd ain’t kissing well… https://dwaves.de/2017/05/02/the-unix-philosophy-simple-and-beautiful-so-it-just-works/ “supporting multiple init systems can give trouble downstream” http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/130722 systemd started with the promise to “unite” startup management across distributions, 3 years later: yep would say mission accomplished. “One of systemd’s main goals is to […]
what you will need is a NULL-MODEM CABLE (with all the twist an wirering) Linux Debian picocom / minicom settings: [cc lang=”bash” escaped=”true” width=”600″] apt-get update; apt-get install picocom; # install picocom sudo bash; # become root dmesg | egrep […]
This article is about finding out: What low-power PC with decent performance is best suitable for solar-powered (12v would be nice) Off-Grid-computing while respecting your privacy in an FSF-kind? done! see: run a Solar-Battery powered 12V Raspberry Pi Model B […]
Strange enough – there are a lot of CLOSED SOURCE firmware out there – be it realtek or be it intel Wifi-Adapters. Per default Debian will NOT install non-free firmware which is because of privacy reasons. Vendors kind of “not […]
massively interesting article in German “how much do they know?” https://www.kuketz-blog.de/datenhaendler-wir-sind-glaesern-datensammler-teil1/ security alert: modern cpus from intel and amd have an build-in backdoor i just wonder when there will be an automatic self-destruction mechanism in your HARDWARE – “ah. You […]
All GUI programs are based/use streamripper. no gui/bash/terminal version: hostnamectl; # tested with Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster) Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-8-amd64 Architecture: x86-64 su – root; # become root apt update; apt install streamripper; Ctrl+D; # logoff root # […]
“SELinux is very secure, its also very annoying” X-D SELinux vs AppArmor https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/29378/comparison-between-apparmor-and-selinux src: https://serverfault.com/questions/142934/selinux-vs-apparmor-vs-grsecurity if there are problems with SELinux, try temporarily disabling it (for example, samba share shows empty folders) see if it works then reenable and fix […]
in General: NFS is pretty fast protocol for accessing files. It uses less overhead than SMB/CIFS and therefore acchieves greater performance. method1) rsyncing to a nfs-mounted qnap nas went with 20,7 MBytes/sec. method2) while directly ssh-rsyncing to qnap works only […]
what rkhunter is also doing nicely… it keeps a hash of every file on your system… and if this file changes… you will get noticed. rkhunter (Rootkit Hunter) is a Unix-based tool that scans for rootkits, backdoors and possible local […]
[cc lang=”bash” escaped=”true” width=”600″] uname -a; lsb_release -a; Linux debian 3.16.0-4-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) i686 GNU/Linux No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 8.5 (jessie) Release: 8.5 Codename: jessie [/cc] here you can look […]
USE YOUR QNAP ONLY TO STORE BACKUPS! NEVER UNIQUE DATA OF WHICH NO BACKUP EXISTS! (like your holiday-pictures that you removed from your laptop harddisk to free some space… ARGH… and that you PLANNED to burn on DVD but never […]
if possible (hardware support) please use replicant, not cyanogen – it might fix this backdoor: https://dwaves.de/2017/05/01/the-problem-with-closed-source-drivers/ successor to cyanogen mod: LineageOS: https://download.lineageos.org/i9300 All i9300 users: -> https://dwaves.de/2016/06/29/alternative-firmware-for-samsung-i9300-android-6-0-1-beanstalk-6-18-20160624-i9300-seems-to-work-pretty-well/ <- testing: i tested the ROM since 2 Months now and i have […]
Qubes OS Applications running in different security domains From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other uses, see Qubes (disambiguation). Qubes OS Developer Invisible Things Lab OS family Unix-like Working state Current Source model Open source (except for Windows Support Tools)[1] […]
Update: video series on GNU Linux Video Editing Eps 01: Video Editing with Linux Eps 02: Kdenlive Video Editor Reviewed Eps 03: Tips and Tricks to Manage Kdenlive’s Settings, Files and More. Eps 04: How to Get the Most Out […]
Update: 2020-05 PDF are important file formats for document exchange, but in 2020 PDF as Mail-Attachments can not be 100% trusted anymore. how to create PDF under Linux? there are various programs that support export to PDF format least but […]
update: safety first! when it comes to important files: safety comes first while xfs is surely doing a great and fast job, test if undelete utilities work now for ext4, if yes, go for ext4 (having experienced some problems with […]
update: WHILE STILL POWERED ON IMMEDIATELY backup the ext4 journal to file on usb stick: debugfs -R “dump <8> /mount/usb-stick/sda.journal” /dev/sda (assuming sda is the drive where the deletion happened) then “hard reset” unplug the system. then checkout this guide […]
Update: 2021-01 Mozilla changed a lot in Thunderbird, Enigmail and other addons are not working anymore. This guide will need be be rewritten. Update: 2020-10 apt-listchanges: News ——————— thunderbird (1:78.3.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium The Thunderbird ESR series starting with version 78.x […]
if you try to install debian-7.5.0-amd64-netinst.iso that you can download here on a lower power (50watts with 2x disks and “normal” power supply) ASRock E350M1 if not found check here: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/debian-cd/ you will get a message like: “firmware for your network card […]
The Story: Beeing fed up with OSX 10.8.6 (performance is significantly worse (my old macbook boots faster than the new one) they changed hotkeys and menus and i can’t produce *.gif with preview no more… since Jobs is dead – […]
Virtualization is a must, if you want to have 50x mail servers, 20x windows servers and 10x linux servers on the same machine 😉 meaning: if your requirements reach a certain complexity, you will not be able to get all […]