Making an Arch-based router
For a while I’ve been using OPNsense for my custom router. I recently decided, though, to migrate away from that over to Arch. Hardware I haven’t ch...
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Follow-up on my “Linux challenge”
I’ll preface this by saying that I’m no longer using OpenMandriva. I switched to openSUSE Tumbleweed after dealing with some rather interesting inst...
My own Linux challenge
Plenty of tech YouTube channels have taken a plunge into daily-driving Linux. And I’d actually been wanting to do so for the longest time. The holdup hasn...
Installing Volumio into VirtualBox
Three simple steps: Note: Follow these steps on your VirtualBox host. Download the Volumio image Go to their download page and download the PC (X86/X64) option....
Moving to Manjaro
Cordelia’s been on a couple different Linux distributions. Initially it was built in Fedora Server. Later I moved over to Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS. And rec...
Check your mainboard battery
So let’s talk for a moment about a small part on your mainboard that might have a lot more influence over your system’s stability and even performan...
Geekworm X680
As said in my review of the KVM-A8, I picked this up at the same time, though I had to wait longer to put it into service. At the time I bought the KVM-A8, I al...
Geekworm KVM-A8
For the longest time I wanted a KVM connection to my OPNsense router. I have a KVM-over-IP appliance on my rack. An Avocent MPU2032 I bought back in 2018. (Vert...
Hands-off script for setting up Firefly III for Docker
Firefly III is an open source financial management system. I’m trying it out in renewing my search for an accounting system I can use from a browser. Am I...
More upgrades but… no more NVMe
With the last update, I mentioned upgrading from 990FX to X99 with the intent of eventually adding an NVMe carrier card and additional NVMe drives so I could ha...