A Pastebin is a quick and handy way to share logs, debug output, etc. They are usually used in support situations. There are quite a number of public pastebin services out there, with the most known being pastebin.com. But they...
Installing PHP on a Raspberry PI is actually pretty straightforward, PHP is available in the Raspberry’s package repository. But, at the time of this writing, Just PHP 7.4 is available. Still ok, not terribly outdated, but dropped out of active...
If you’re running a Raspberry Pi with a somewhat important service in your network, like a DNS-Level Adblocker, Nextcloud, a proxy web server and so on, you’ll probably like to back it up on a regular basis. One way could...
Lego is a Let’s Encrypt client written in Go, hence the name. It serves as an alternative to Let’s Encrypt’s own client certbot which can be found in many Linux distribution repositories to install. It is relatively simple to handle...
By default, when setting up a Raspberry PI, Bluetooth and WiFi are enabled. This is not always what you want, especially when you don’t need either of them. So, time to disable them, because having them enabled and probably unsecured...
For someone who works a lot with Git repositories, it is interesting to see some basic information in the console while working on the repo. Stuff like which branch or tag is currently active. Sure, there are commands to show...
Keeping your kernel up to date on Gentoo can be a bit daunting, especially when you are running the “keyworded” kernel, meaning not the stable version, but the “always latest” version by keyword ~amd64. There’s a new version almost every...
One of the challenges when installing a new Gentoo Linux is getting the correct compiler and CPU flags for your /etc/portage/make.conf file. Maybe not only while installing the system, but also when optimising things, it is nice to set the...
If you want to install Go on your Raspberry Pi you have a few options. In the past, there was a lot of cross-compiling and hacking to get it done, but now you can install it through Apt. However, you’re...
There are times when you want to mount a remote network location into your local file system. Especially when you have a NAS or cloud storage with a provider who provides CIFS or NFS access to it. One way would...