PulseAudio hints and tricks
PulseAudio is nowadays the default sound system in many Linux distributions. It lets you do a number of useful things. PulseAudio comes with a handy command line utility pacmd to do a number of things. pacmd commands ...
Getting the current proxy pac configuration
This is done using tcl for convenience. If you do not have it installed you can download freewrap executable and rename freewrap.exe to wish.exe or freewrapTCLSH.exe to tclsh.exe. Registry Key : HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\ REG_SZ AutoConfigURL = https://<your url>/proxy.pac ...
Definiton of maturity
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it’s finished. The ability to do a job without being supervised. The ability to carry money without spending it. And the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even. ...
Using XScreenSaver Hacks with mate-screensaver
Here we explain how to use XScreenSaver EXCELLENT screensaver hack collection with the MATE screensaver applet. Install xscreensaver and mate-screensaver On my linux distribution this creates the following directories: ...
nginx's auth_request_module howto
This article tries to supplement the nginx documentations regarding the auth_request module and how to configure it. In my opinion, that documentation is a bit incomplete. What is the nginx's auth_request module The documentation for this module says, it implements client ...
Python Virtual Environments
This is the least you need to know to get to use a Python virtual environment. What is a Virtual Environment At its core, the main purpose of Python virtual environments is to create an isolated environment for Python projects. This means that each project can have its own dependencies, regardless of what ...
Secure erase of disc drives
This article is about erasing disc drives securely. Specially for SSD drives, writing zeros or random data to discs is not good enough and counterproductive. One way to do secure erase (for disposal) is to begin with an encrypted disc. However, after the fact the following options are possible: ATA Secure Erase ...
Co-existing GLIBC binaries with Void-Linux MUSL edition
I am running void-linux at home with musl as the standard C library. While most things work well, there is a number of programs that do not and must be using glibc counterparts. To enable this I followed this guide here: Live switching Void Linux from glibc to musl. To set-up: ...
Calculate system availability
To calculate the availability of redundant systems you can use this formula: total_avail = 1-(1 - single_avail) ^ (number_of_nodes) Nodes: ...
Ad-Hoc rsync daemons
The other day I needed to copy a bunch of files between to servers in my home network. Because of the volume I wanted to copy the files without having to go through ssh's encryption overhead. So I figured I could use netcat for the data transport. To do that I wrote these short scripts. Remote scripts ...
Resizing Virtual Disks with virsh
I am currently using libvirt for managing my VMs. For virtual discs I am using LVM2 volumes. On a regular basis I need to resize these virtual discs, but not that often that I can do this from memory. This is a short procedure to do this: ls -l /dev/vgX/lvX # note down the major/minor numbers for later lvextend -L +50G /dev/vgX/lvX # adding 50GB to this volume ...
Z-Wave Associations with With Vera UI
I couldn't find any to the point documentation on how to do this, so I am writing this. The way I understand Z-Wave associations work is that once devices are in the same Z-Wave network, a device can directly send a command to another device without intervention of the Hub or controller. ...
Encrypting FileSystem in Void Linux
The point of this recipe is to create a encrypted file sytem so that when the disc is disposed, it does not need to be securely erased. This is particularly important for SSD devices since because of block remapping (for wear levelling) data can't be overwritten consistently. The idea is that the boot/root filesystem containing the encryption ...
Installing Void Linux
I made the switch to void linux. Except for compatibility issues around glibc, it works quite well. Most compatibility I have worked around with a combination of Flatpaks, chroots and namespaces. The highlights of void linux: ...
My Linux Keyboard Shortcuts
In general we try to be similar to MS-Windows shortcuts. Default bindings (in MATE) Key ...
Global Windows Keyboard Shorcuts
Common Window Management Shortcuts Key Action ...
Third Party SimpleNote clients
An inventory of simplenote clients: SimpleNote clients: sncli nvpy notestack ...
Docker on Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux Quick installation See wiki For Alpine Linux > 3.8 Un-comment community repo from /etc/apk/repositories apk add docker rc-update add docker boot ...
Alpine on OTC
These are just random thoughts nothing really was implemented. Alpine Linux image preparation: jq and other deps to /apks/x86_64 ...
Windows Account Lockouts
To prevent windows lockouts the following can be done: Delete Internet Explorer browsing history Run the following: Open Start --> Search filed--> Type in Run --> rundll32.exe keymgr.dll, KRShowKeyMgr --> Delete ...