System & Network Admin

What to do when you start a new Mastodon instance and nothing or very little is showing up in your feed

Migrating a Linux install to a new drive can be easy (Clonezilla) or hard. I chose hard. It was a learning experience.

Photo by nazanin mohammadi on Unsplash   Play a little cat and mouse with Malware. Malware will often check for things like a CPU fan before it will run, in this post they go over how to face …

Lazarus is a professional open-source cross platform IDE powered by Free Pascal

I've seen several articles in the past with titles like "Top 10 things you didn't know about bash programming." These articles are disappoin...

When it comes to tidying up your hard drive on Linux, either to free up space or to become more organized, it’s helpful to identify which directories are consuming the most storage space.

When it comes to tidying up your hard drive on Linux, either to free up space or to become more organized, it’s helpful to identify which folders are consuming the most storage space. In this guide…

This article provides a guide for how to host your own Mastodon server on a VPS.

Have you ever finished up a bit of code and thought that typing “git push” in a terminal is just not a satisfying finish? So did [penumbriel], so he built a big red button he could smas…

[Doug Brown] had a problem. He uses a dummy HDMI plug to fool a computer into thinking it has a monitor for when you want to run the computer headless. The dummy plug is a cheap device that fools t…

[Editor’s Note: Updated on 10/21 at 11AM to ensure it is now reflective of the capabilities across both of our next-gen Xbox consoles following the unveil of Xbox Series S.] As we enter a new generation of console gaming with Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, we’ve made a number of technology advancements across […]

DirectStorage is a software API that's pushing Xbox and Windows 11 gaming performance to a new level by accelerating SSDs.

When a wrist mounted keyboard floated past in the Hackaday feed, a mental image surfaced, perhaps something like a Blackberry keyboard mounted on a wrist cuff, maybe with some kind of display. It&#…

WeatherStar 4000+ aims to bring back the feel of the 90’s with a weather forecast that has the look and feel of The Weather Channel at that time but available in a modern way. This is by no m…

Dave Winer, OG blogger, podcaster, developed first apps in many categories. Old enough to know better. It's even worse than it appears.

By Alex Band More than two decades ago, NLnet Labs started the ldns library, with the goal of letting developers easily create RFC compliant DNS software in the C programming language. The library included a number of example programs, many of which have found their way into operator workflows. With

Explains how to find out Linux distribution name and Linux kernel version number using bash shell command line options.

Learn ways to detect which Linux distribution a system is running.

Installing NixOS on Raspberry Pi without monitor and keyboard.

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Nix is a tool that takes a unique approach to package management and system configuration. Learn how to make reproducible, declarative and reliable systems.

Manually create a bootable USB from ISO Files Using the Linux dd Command. Easily burn or write ISO to USB drives. Easily boot from a USB stick.

Why I self-host my websites, newsletter, and homelab—and the satisfaction that comes from building and using your own digital tools.

Configuring Your OTel Collector’s Internal Telemetry Endpoint

Docs for the Pinry project.

NixOS 24.05 is released a few days ago. This Step-by-Step tutorial explains how to upgrade NixOS to latest available version.

Deploy 350+ open-source software on a dedicated instance in 3 mins. We handle setup, config, encryption, backups, updates, monitoring & more!

At the dawn of the PC, IBM provided the Basic Input Output System (BIOS). It took care of bringing the machine up, and exposed a series of software hooks for the hardware. Over the years the BIOS a…