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Compiling and Running native Neo4j on Apple M1 ARM64

If one needs to run neo4j natively on the Apple M1 hardware (for example to analyze/query BloodHound ingestor data from an Active Directory) and benefit from the fast CPU it seems to be possible to build and run from source. Continue reading

NetBSD -current on RPI4 Model B (8GB RAM)

For anybody that wishes to experiment and track NetBSD evbarm(aarch64) -current on the latest Raspberry Pi4 I have compiled this how-to guide. Pre-requisites RPi4 Model B Working Linux distribution on which we will prepare the environment microSD card + Continue reading

Running HP-UX 11.11 on the Apple M1

After some time I decided to write another entry here that some might find useful, especially if they wish to run HP-UX (32bit) guest under Qemu on their Apple M1 hardware. What is HP-UX ? Well it is one of Continue reading

pkgsrc 2020Q3 on PPC64 MacPro G5

Text only friendly version @ http://45.76.81.249/PPC64/Linux/ - The following entry is dedicated to a Linux PPC64 (Big Endian) platform - All was done on a legendary PowerMac G5 Binary pkgsrc PPC64 (64bit ABI) selected packages for Linux PPC64 (glibc based Continue reading

Starcraft on Pinebookpro Manjaro (aarch64)

Lately Im not updating this blog too much, so if anybody wants to follow some fresh randomness please check https://twitter.com/astr0baby Added a few HOWTOs for the Pinebookpro here in case anybody is interested Age of Empires II http://45.76.81.249/Pinebook64/pinebook-pro/GAMES-HOWTO/openage/ Continue reading

CDE (Common Desktop Environment) on NetBSD ebvarm Pinebook

WordPress does strange formatting, so if the below text is hard to read use a link here http://45.76.81.249/Pinebook64/NetBSD/CDE/ Not much time to post nicely formatted articles now, so hopefully the below format would do - if you are into some Continue reading

Using PKGSRC on Manjaro Linux aarch64 Pinebook-pro

I wanted to see how pkgsrc works on aarch64 Linux Manjaro since it is a very mature framework that is very portable and supported by many architectures pkgsrc (package source) is a package management system for Unix-like operating systems. Continue reading

Pinebookpro gaming part 3

This time we will be doing a pure stock Debian 9 Stretch aarch64 that the PinebookPro ships with. I always keep the stock system installed on the eMMC and use other systems off the microSD (Manjaro, NetBSD) I have kept Continue reading

Pinebookpro gaming part 2

Next chapter in PinebookPro gaming would be for OpenArena Following was tested on the Manajaro Linux (aarch64 with the latest updates) and the Panfrost driver (mesa-git) In order to use the Panfrost drivers please do the following pacman -R xf86-video-fbturbo-git Continue reading

Pinebookpro virtualization

Sharing my virtualization configurations and howtos here with others in case anybody would find them usable. Currently a full 64bit support for KVM is only possible with Manjaro Linux (https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Pinebook_Pro_Software_Release#Manjaro_ARM) which I run off a microSD card (faster the better, Continue reading