linux The PinePhone is a world of possibility thats not ready for you just yet. Lets start with some brutal honesty, the PinePhone is not your next phone. The PinePhone has woeful spec's, seriously they are pretty basic SoC Allwinner A64 Quad Core, Mali 400
linux Using Wireguard when your Linux Distro hasn't caught up yet Update: 31 August 2020 - Added command to stop WG VPN launching on OS StartupUpdate: 30 Aug 2020 - Added nm-connection-editor information following reddit conversationPublished 29 Aug 2020 September is
selfhosted Self-hosting an image gallery with Chevereto As an avid personal photographer, I'm always looking for good ways to display my photos. I'd prefer not to host my photos on Instagram, Flicker or one of the commercial
automation Rudder: Checking your Automation is not breaking your servers. In today's IT landscape Automation is seen as the route forward by many. From the consistent builds of systems, servers and desktops to the reduction of IT costs doing it
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
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
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
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
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.
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
opensuse OpenSUSE: Month 2 - Feb 2020 - What does OpenSuse do? Following on from last month, this is a post about what makes OpenSUSE a good distro and sets it apart.
review OpenSuse: Month 1 - Jan 2020 - Setting up the KDE Desktop This is the first post from the first month of not Disto hopping for a whole year and sticking with one Distro, OpenSuse Tumbleweed, for 12 months (at least) DisclaimerRemember
linux Using OpenSuse the year begins — Tumbleweed on my Dell XPS-13 (2019) The Dell XPS 13 Developers edition is a laptop designed for Linux, it’s built from the ground up to support most if not all of the Linux major distributions which makes it straight off the bat the right laptop for me.
