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Creating a quick wireguard tunnel to my VPS

This is a quick setup to create an ipv6 tunnel over ipv4. Well, kinda because the idea here is to route all traffic through my VPS but most important, to enable my machine to also have a valid ipv6 address on the internet. I’ll follow the same model as my previous article where I’ll provide the steps first and the explanation later, since I have received some feedback that this format…

A Tale of UDP tracking: Hytale server auto stop and start with systemd

This is a quick guide on how to auto-stop a Hytale server if no activity is seen after 120 seconds to pause the world time.

Installing Arch Linux on encrypted ZFS and ZFSBootMenu

I'm not using this setup anymore due to the following bug I have reported - https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/issues/17805 - I know some people have stable setups with ZFS, but mine wasn't anymore after I have faced this so, while I do intend to get back to this in the future, right now I'm not using it so, be advised that ZFS 2.3.x has this caveats and nasty bugs. Even FreeBSD 15-RELEASE provided…

Dell removed S3 (aka Suspend to RAM) from laptops and Windows is the one to blame

Dell XPS laptops are great for mobility and they are really silent even with load. Got one for work and this laptop is an absolute beast when it comes to battery savings during the day and hardware support. Ubuntu 24.04 recognized all the hardware including the fingerprint reader built-in into the power button. But one thing was not that great: battery consumption after closing the laptop lid.

Como eu trouxe meu cachorro pra Irlanda

Este é um pequeno grande relato de como trouxe meu cão, o Beico(isso, misspelled Bacon ou Bacon abrasileirado) para a Irlanda. De antemão aviso que este não é um processo fácil e neste artigo tentarei fazer um passo a passo do processo de “importação” do nosso doguinho relatando minha própria experiência. Este guia se restringe ao transporte de cães na cabine visto que foi o processo…

Generating QR Codes for your Guest wifi on OpenWRT

It’s been a long time since I use OpenWRT on my home routers, and prefer to buy a router that could be a little outdated but has support to this wonderful firmware. This is a quick tutorial on how to automate qr code generation and password rotation for your OpenWRT-based devices.

Secure your boot process part 2: Fedora and Unified Kernel images made easy with Dracut

I don't use Fedora anymore and these procedures might be considerably outdated. Fedora folks are working on a way to integrate and deploy [UKI by default](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Unified_Kernel_Support_Phase_2). As you may notice, this is almost a part 2 of my Secure your boot process: UEFI Secureboot EFISTUB Luks2 lvm ArchLinux. Except that here i’ll not talk about all the…

PRIME and battery usage: sometimes it's not what it seems to be

I don't own this laptop anymore, and now I have a ASUS which with a mux switch, a more beefy Intel UHD and also a more powerfull NVIDIA dGPU so, these metrics might not be true anymore and disabling the NVIDIA Gpu will bring battery gains. Intel iGPUs got to a point where they can handle pretty much the modern web animations of today. PRIME is a technology used to manage hybrid graphics. It was…

Secure your boot process: UEFI + Secureboot + EFISTUB + Luks2 + lvm + ArchLinux

This guide was created back in 2020, and while the methodology of deploying your own Secure Boot CA remains the same, more modern tools were introduced like sbctl which is the de facto standard for generating and deploying your CA or MOK. This tutorial isn’t a basic setup how-to in a way you will learn how to install Arch Linux, neither is intended to replace the Installation Guide, This is…

DNS and Geopolicy: Sometimes, you need to go back to basics

There comes a time in life where you enable a high-level protection in your firewall, but you somehow forget the basics and that is where the problem lives..

Useful Zimbra mailbox management Tips and Tricks

These are some of the commands I use most, or, zimbra commands that were relevant to a very specific goal and i had to document them to avoid losing them :)

Creating a site-to-site VPN with dynamic internet IP addresses with OPNSense - part01

How to create a good Mate

You can find the resources to make a Chimarrão(Mate) in Ireland at the Yerba Mate website (https://www.yerbamate.ie/), the South American Shop (https://southamericanshop.com/), and some Asian Markets(yerba only) Yeah, you are not misreading it. Although this blog is about technology, I’m not talking about this Mate. I’m talking about this one ;) Making a decent chimarrão(mate) is…

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