Yet Another SysAdmin

We are sitting on our computer somewhere and are in the need of an ISO.

Over the years I’ve collected quite some amount of links/sites covering different aspects of the tech world - especially Linux and BSD related stuff.

I wanted a small webdev setup where I could test some Python CGI code and do some shenanigans with PHP.

We all know that DNS is the lifeblood of the modern Internet.

If you’ve ever logged in to a FreeBSD system, you have certainly seen the line “you have mail”.

Motivation I think we all have some notes that we take from time to time.

I did a resource list for Debian and Arch Linux so far… so why not do the same for FreeBSD!

Since I’ve already done a overview/resources list for Debian it is time to make one for Arch Linux.

Sometimes one wants to download YouTube videos for example in advance to watch them later.

Most of us enjoy playing games - For the most part.

I thought it would make sense to run Unbound locally to cache my DNS queries - which can speedup DNS resolution quite a bit.

Lately I’ve been thinking about putting together a little blog post on where to find information/help/guides/etc. on Debian.

In this little guide we will create a custom .deb package from vsftpd with the version information patched out.

Foray into analytics So far, all the websites I hosted never had any sort of analytics at all - Never.

Ventoy is a fantastic way of booting many different iso’s on computers.

Sometimes it is helpful to build a custom kernel.

Choice - The enternal enemy We all know well how much options are all around us… From simple things like what food to order all the way up to who to marry.

Password Generators Imagine needing to come up with passwords all the time, which is not impossible.

Arch Wiki Everyone knows and loves it.

OPNSense and backups I lately searched for a way to do automated config backups which will be stored directly on my NAS.

Why?

A new (used) Laptop emerges I’ve lately found a nice deal while browsing eBay on a ThinkPad Yoga 260 which I could not resist.

The struggle I remember a time in my life where I was changing my distro literally on a weekly and sometimes on a daily basis.

Before FOSS In the beginning there was… No, not gonna start like that.

Debian: Docker and KVM Virtualization under Debian is a breeze.

Why?

Motivation I personally use vanilla FreeBSD on a low power PC to handle all my data needs.

Creating a swapfile can be easily done with dd. $ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=4k This will create a 4GB file directly under the / (root) directory.

Installing Fail2Ban Fail2Ban is available in the Debian repository.