Tweaking HDMI dummies
Prepare EDID blob Modify Kernel command line Update initramfs Reboot Post boot EDID ...
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Docker in Docker
Introduction Method 1: Mounting /var/run/docker.sock docker.sock permission error ...
Linux desktop default apps
User configuration System-wide configuration Additional files References ...
Linux Serial Consoles
Intro Hardware Null modem Cisco style ports ...
UEFI boot on Raspberry PI
Introduction Prepare SD card Copy UEFI UEFI boot Adding grub ...
OpenTofu
Introduction Origins Why use OpenTofu Using OpenTofu ...
IPv6 on 2023
This is a sequel to my article IPv6 blues. Layout Enabling forwarding Configure networking ...
libnss-db HOWTO
This mini-howto illustrate how to use libnss-db on a Ubuntu Linux system. Other installations should work to after adjusting package names and directory paths. I myself use as a "serverless" lightweight user directory. Essentially, I mount the db directory and the home directory from an NFS server. Package installation ...
Alpine Linux Custom Interface names
This article is a copy of this article and shows how to rename/change name of a network interface. Alpine Linux uses busybox mdev to manage devices in /dev. mdev reads /etc/mdev.conf and according to mdev documentation one can define a command to be executed per device definition. The command which is going to be used to change network interface name is nameif. ...
Alpine boot menu
This article is an update to my Alpine Boot Switcher article. Contents: Preparing boot device ...
Adding static routes in alpine linux
There are several ways to do this documented in the alpine linux wiki. My preferred way is to configure it in /etc/network/interfaces. For example: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static ...
File system encryption in Alpine Linux
This is similar to my previous article Encrypting Filesystem in Void Linux but for Alpine 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 ...
Local Startup
This is a method to control start-up of applications in a Linux Desktop session that are run by a local default configuration, but can also be overriden by the user. This is unlike the /etc/xdg/autostart which is mostly under the control of the distro packager. Aslo unlike the /etc/X11/profile.d directory, this runs inside the Desktop Session. /etc/X11/profile.d gets started before the Desktop session is available. ...
Desktop Environments 2023
Around April 2023, I decided to look for a new Linux Desktop Environment for my personal void linux. So I tried these distros: lxqt: This is the one I eventually chose to switch to. I liked it that it was very small and light, and very modular, almost like a kit that you assemble yourself. Because I have thinking for some time that I would like to make my ...
Personal thoughts on GUI programming
I have been programming for about 40 years. Going through a lot of different languages and programming paradims. Lately most of my programming is done in: bash/shell script Python ...
Raspberry Pi emulation with Qemu
The idea here is that we use a Desktop PC for developing/debugging Raspberry Pi set-ups using qemu for emulating Rasperrby Pi. qemu currently supports the following configurations: Raspberry Pi Zero and 1A+ (armhf) Raspberry Pi 2B (armv7) ...
RDP vs VNC
For years I have been using VNC for my remote desktop needs. This works usually well enough. The features that I like are: Basic set-up is easy Desktop sessions are persistent Can be used to view an actual X11.org desktop. ...
QNAP Snapshots
I wrote a small tool to access QNAP snapshots from the Linux command line. Pre-requistes: Snapshots have to be enabled You need a /share/netcfg containing the file: ...
Moving to Home Assistant
I am busy moving away from my VeraEdge installation to a Home Assistant running on a Raspberry Pi 4. This is because it looks like the maker of the VeraEdge was bought and it is slowly being phased out. For this I am using the following parts: ...
voidlinux virtualization
This recipe is for setting virtualization on a voidlinux desktop. Use this setup script to set things up on void linux. Connecting to libvirtd Note that virsh and virt-manager commands connect to different libvirtd sessions by defauult. virsh defaults to qemu:///session while virt-manager to qemu:///system. ...
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