Tag: ubuntu
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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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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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Digitizing Your Movies with VLC on Linux
Anyone who knows me, knows that I am huge on Self-hosting. Give me four minutes and I’ll probably mention my Plex server. Twice. Organizing and hosting my own data is something I’m proud of and something I really enjoy. All that being said, it doesn’t take years of experience to self-host your own media server.…
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Free Dropbox Alternative with Syncthing via Docker
Are you looking for a Dropbox-type solution for your Linux Server?Would you like to backup files across multiple computers? Today we are going to deploy a solution that will accomplish both of those objectives while using a fancy Web-based User Interface. The best part of this solution is that it is Free and Open-source. Syncthing…
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Deploying your own Dashboard via Docker
Now that we have familiarized ourselves with Virtualized Services in the context of Containers, let’s install a fun little starter project. We are going to set up a simple Dashboard, (vital if you are joining the Homelab community) and it should only take a single docker command. In the Self-hosting community there are a few…
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Containerization and Installing Docker
Now that we have a solid understanding of Virtual Machines or VMs, it is now time to cover containerization. Containerization refers to running a virtual process or service in a limited environment, with only pre-established access to storage volumes that you have allowed. Now what the heck does all that mean? It just means you…
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