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I used to be xfce user for very long time. But I am suckless for several years now. Let's find out if it is good for me and/or if it may be good for you too.
2021-11-21 | 5 minutes reading | tags:
Linux, Minimalism
There are several good reasons to have your own chat server instance. Some are philosophical like federalization of internet, some practical like keeping your data safe and only for yourself, some ethical like creating secure communication node for those who for any reason can not host their own. Or maybe you would like to know how the basic architectural patterns of client-server and server-server communication works. So let's dive in.
2021-08-04 | 11 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
Do you like to backup or share your calendar and contacts, but you don't want to rely on proprietary companies and solutions built into your phones? You don't like to share such information? You don't want to be restricted to specific number of calendars, events or contacts? You want to be sure your provider won't close the service and lock you out from your data? Then it is time to self-host your own CalDAV and CardDAV service!
2021-07-01 | 6 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
Many services available for self-hosting provide promised functionality, but let you take care of security and/or authentication. These are the cases when web server comes to the rescue with its ability to create a layer between internet and your service, which will provide additional features like authentication, upgrade to https with valid certificate, DoS prevention using fail2ban, or ability to communicate with service using custom (sub)domain. These features were explained in the previous article.
2021-02-12 | 7 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
Web server is one of the most basic services you can self-host. Very simple to install, reasonably simple to configure for basic use. Not that hard to setup for more robust usage, but the hardest thing is to run it in secure way. This is also the reason why this episode is a bit longer than usual.
2021-01-08 | 20 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
Fourth article of the Linux VPS series covers some of the services you can selfhost and and what are the pros and cons of selfhosting them compared to using established cloud services from big companies.
2020-12-30 | 6 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
I have been using several TUI libraries. curses, urwid, Npyscreen and also some non Python ones. The story is always the same. Library is written using catasthrophic api, obsolete paradigms and with no simple way of extending existing code. The code is often very hard to understand. So I went on a quest to find the most understandable one, that will suit my needs.
2020-10-04 | 5 minutes reading | tags:
Linux, TUI
This is the third part of a small "Linux VPS howto" series and it talks about securing the default linux installation.
2020-09-22 | 15 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
This is the second article of a small series about taking care of your own VPS. This one is about all necessary non admin things to think about when setting the VPS up.
2020-08-21 | 6 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
This article is first from a small series about owning your personal VPS. It is about reasons why you should or should not host services by yourself on personal VPS.
2020-07-20 | 3 minutes reading | tags:
VPS, Linux, Self-host
I started working with linux 17 years ago (in 2003). It was Debian Woody. Kernel version was 2.4.x and everybody was talking about making the big step to 2.6. Linux of that era was complete disaster when it comes to UX, or working "out of the box", but for me it was fun and I also liked that "underground" feeling about it. I didn't understand most of the underlying things, and to be honest, every time I got sick of it, or I wanted to play some games, I just rebooted to Windows XP :)
2020-06-13 | 7 minutes reading | tags:
Gentoo, Linux, Personal