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Arch Linux on The Surface Pro 4
I recently acquired a Surface Pro 4 and it was instantly obvious what a great machine it is. Having a tablet for casual use, while still having the capabilities of a powerful computer that you can use...
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Arch Linux on ZFS - Part 3: Backups, Snapshots and Other Features
In previous posts I went though setting up a custom Arch Linux install image with ZFS pre-installed, and then installing ZFS on Arch linux. Once finished the install, the fun part comes; playing with...
View ArticleContainerizing Graphical Applications On Linux With systemd-nspawn
Recently I was looking to install an application on Linux with a large number of dependencies: TeXstudio and it’s TeXLive libraries. I wasn’t sure I wanted the packages sitting around on my computer...
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A Brief Introduction to LXC Containers
I recently found myself needing a machine to compile binaries on for a CentOS server. I first considered actually spinning up a CentOS system on a VPS; however, that seemed a little overboard just for...
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Running Nextcloud in a jail on FreeBSD
I configured Nextcloud 12 inside a FreeBSD jail in order to allow me access to files i might need while at University. I figured this would be a optimal solution for files that I might need access to...
View ArticleSwitching to Nixos from Arch Linux
I recently made the switch to NixOS after using Arch for several years. NixOS is different from any other operating system I’ve ever used. It has a built-in declarative functional programming language...
View ArticleInstall FreeBSD's Iocage from git into a virtualenv
I’ve been using the new python rewrite of the jail manager iocage for FreeBSD, and since it’s still in rapid development there have been a lot of new changes and bug fixes. A few of which have been...
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Packaging Wine Application 'Path of Exile' With Flatpak
I enjoy gaming and occasionally there’s an application I want to run that is unavailable on Linux. Up until now my primary way of dealing with this was to use multiple wine bottles, one for each game....
View Articlezedenv ZFS Boot Environment Manager
I just finished the first alpha release of zedenv, ZFS Boot Environment Manager for FreeBSD and Linux. I created the project because I enjoyed having the use of a boot environment manager while using...
View Articlezectl ZFS Boot Environment Manager for Linux
I’m happy to announce a new ZFS boot environment manager written completely from scratch in C - zectl.In 2018 I wrote zedenv, a ZFS Boot Environment manager, I’ve taken what I learned from zedenv and...
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