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Maintain, Contain, Portain
Now that we are spinning up Docker containers and maintaining them like a guru, the list of active containers can become quite cumbersome. While it is nice to see them all listed in a terminal after running ‘docker ps’ it can get a bit jumbled. Regardless of the jumble, it is still sometimes nice to…
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Automount a Drive in Linux
Do you have a spare external hard drive? Do you have a working computer? A spare thumb-drive even? I’m willing to bet you have at least one of these things. And with that being said, you are likely able to set up a static mount point. Why? Mounting a drive upon booting up would be…
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Mullvad VPN: A Review on Privacy
What is a VPN? A Virtual Private Network is an encrypted tunnel that is established between a client (like your computer) and a server (usually hosted remotely) that all traffic passes through, so any hosts on the same network cannot view the encrypted traffic. This in turn makes your traffic origin appear to be the…
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Booting With Ventoy
We have all been there. After discovering the variety of Linux Distributions that are out there, we want to try them all. We want to boot each one up individually and see what each desktop experience is like. Distro-hopping is a hell of a drug. Now this brings up quite the conundrum. Do you go…
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Modular Laptop: My Review of the Framework
Right-to-repair has always been a hotly debated item in the tech industry. Businesses want to lock down their hardware components and encourage more sales. However, consumers want control over their hardware and the ability to repair/replace each component. The tricky part is that nobody wants a chunky, frankenstein-looking piece of hardware (no offense to the…
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Snaps, Flatpaks and AppImages Oh My!
With Linux having so many distributions with so many different requirements and distro-specific commands, compatibility has been a serious issue in the past. To be more specific, if someone wanted to install a program on Fedora not only would they need to download all of the dependencies for that specific program/operating system but additionally they…
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Virtualizing with Boxes
Do you love Linux? Are you enamored with all of the different distributions and want to try all of them out without committing to a single one? Or maybe you want to virtualize different operating systems for a short time? Virtual Machines allow for the quick deployment and usage of an operating system without destroying…
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Ripping CDs with Sound-Juicer
Do you have a collection of CDs that you want digitized? Do you have a curated music library that you want on your computer? Well if you are tired of looking at that stack of CDs and you want to take your music with you on the go, we will go over a solution that…
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Should I Dual-Boot with Linux?
Are you interested in using Linux as your main operating system on your main machine? Do you want to game on Linux but don’t want to get rid of Windows quite yet? There are solutions to test out Linux on your fancier hardware instead of ‘kicking the tires’ on an old PC. If you have…
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Virtual Private Servers and Their Uses
In previous posts, we covered the utility of running a Server Operating system over a Graphical Operating System in your home network. There are pros and cons of running this type of Operating System. In my opinion, if Server reliability is what you are looking for, running a Server OS is a must. (Ideally on…
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