Solutions to tech problems
As of late I have had some pain points with iocage, which I used since I started using FreeBSD in 2017. I came from an Ubuntu with LXD + ZFS background and iocage had the command line interface I wanted that felt familiar with LXD at the time. Well, iocage seems dead now. Its last […]
I have been a FreeBSD user for 4 years now, and a FreeBSD desktop user full time since December of last year (2020). Previously, I used FreeBSD on my desktop on and off since the end of 2019 and have enjoyed it, despite some of the creature comforts that are lacking (which I’ll explain later). […]
Recently I upgraded my computer to an Intel 10700K and Z490 motherboard. I had a Ryzen system and my graphics card took a dive. I needed a computer, but graphics cards were unattainable. So, I bought an Intel setup for the integrated graphics while my graphics card was being RMAd. Immediately, I found networking not […]
For my home setup, I’m often a lazy admin with simple needs. Especially when it comes to VPNs. I find they’re too complicated and being they’re a single point of entry into your network, with the complexity of these systems I often worry a bit that I’m exposing my network in a way I don’t […]
I want to focus on something more broad than the *NIX scope in this post, because it has been a big thing to me. In a day and age where there are multiple database breaches each year, and millions of passwords leaked to the Internet, your passwords could either be potentially stolen themselves or your […]
Just recently I needed to upgrade my hard drive that I have my /home directory on. In this post, I will show the steps I took to replace my drive. This guide is also beneficial if you plan to replace a drive that is beginning to fail. The scenario: My hard drive was originally […]
