blog July - Distro Hopping IntroFollowing on from the issues I was having after 6 months of using OpenSuse Tumbleweed I needed to find a stable daily driver distro who has lead to a month
linux Top 10 - Homelab Tools and Software The homelab and selfhosted movements are very strong in the world of the internet. People have various reasons for doing it from self education all the way through to keeping
review Note Taking Apps I take a lot of notes, be it my age or being constantly busy I need to write things down. Because of this I've tried a lot of applications from
howto Setting up a locked down Mattermost Server The following instructions will take you through installing a locked down, docker driven Mattermost server which uses AD Authentication and denies logged on AD users access to peer to peer
Using a Homelab Riot.IM/Matrix server with WhatsApp I've previously written a post on getting riot and matrix working on a homelab environment. The point of the post was a starting ground for creating a central hub for
blog How to set up Ubuntu for Work There are some clear advantages to using Linux in the workplace, and the days of compatibility and difficulty in doing this while not totally over are far less than they were a few years back.
opensuse OpenSUSE Month 6 - June 2020 - Goodbye, for now, its been amazing. As the title says, on my Dell XPS 13, unfortunately its goodbye OpenSUSE this month. The experience over the last few major updates this month has become, in my environment,
devops Rundeck 3: Setting up simple jobs to run on remote nodes Following on from my previous post which guides you through setting up Rundeck and adding Nodes. Rundeck 3: Install, Setup a Project and Add NodesIntroduction Rundeck is both a hugely
opensuse Setting up Ansible on my HomeLab I'm with out a doubt not a coder, i'm a more traditional sysadmin who over the years has turned to services like Puppet and Chef to perform automated tasks on
howto Installing AWX on Ubuntu 18.04 The following Tutorial will take you through installing AWX the community version of Ansible Tower on Ubuntu 18.04. In this example the Docker Compose version of AWX will be
blog The best form factor for a Chromebook Tablet isn't the one it comes with. The X2 comes with a clip on keyboard which while it does an alright job, and holds the Tablet well, what I have figured out is over time the First World Problem of disconnecting the keyboard doesn't always fit my workflow.
OpenSUSE: Month 5 - May 2020 - Going All In It's month 5 already, this is coming up to the half way of the year, the planet is in COVID19 lockdown, and this month I've gone where possible all in
howto Rundeck 3: Install, Setup a Project and Add Nodes IntroductionRundeck is both a hugely powerful method of centralising your scripts and time based (cron) jobs and a right royal pain in the bum to setup. Being an open source
opensuse Setting up Foreman 2.0 and Puppet 6 to manage Opensuse Leap and Ubuntu 18.04 servers As I continue Building out my Homelab and the number of servers grow, managing the environment manually is going to get harder and harder. With this in mind this guide
Using Red Hat Cockpit to centrally manage my Homelab As I've been redesigning how i use my homelab, having a central console I can go to to manage the servers and get viability has become more of a requirement
opensuse Self Hosting your own Riot.im Front End and Matrix server using Docker (with Postgres) IntroductionThis is a home project, a should not be used in a production environment type project. The scope of what I'm trying to do here is a simple one, its
howto Installing OpenStack Devstack Setting up OpenStack DevStack on an Ubuntu 18.04 minimum install to create a test environment.
opensuse Installing a cluster on OpenSUSE using Hawk2 and iSCSI Some notes on setting up Hawk2 on OpenSUSE as a multi node cluster backed by FreeNAS ISCSI
blog OpenSUSE: Month 4 - Apr 2020 - Support and Branching out How does OpenSUSE work as a daily driver? What is ti like to run the applications you need and get support issues resolved?
opensuse OpenSUSE: Month 3 - Mar 2020 - Getting on and using it. Having got to grip with the tools and the command line last month this month I've been getting my daily drivers and applications working which means getting the Applications I need to use and connectivity back home working.
opensuse Turning web content into a Linux App.. A command line tool that can turn any web URL into a native Linux Electron App which came in very handy today.
homelab VNC Connect as a Teamviewer Replacement. A cloud managed remote desktop server solution which has been around for a very long time just not in this guise.
howto Wireguard Roadwarrior setup using Ubuntu Server 18.04, Pi-hole and Google Wifi (with some double NAT) Wireguard has had a lot of press because of its addition to the Linux Kernel. With this in mind I look to setup a Roadwarrior setup
homelab Home Video Surveillence made easy.. For most people the first introduction into some form of home automation is the Camera either through a Doorbell or using one of the many available home surveillance systems.
opinion I will never chat online like I want to.. Its 2020 and we still cant chat on the internet like we want to
