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Hello everyone, I just installed Proxmox 6.3 on my new machine. I had a problem with my previous Proxmox system due to SSD failure. Now [...]

How can I extract .tar.xz or .xz files on my Linux system?. xz is a lossless compression program and file format which incorporates the LZMA/LZMA2 compression

In this guide, I’m going to show you how to install Proxmox. We'll also create a virtual machine and install Home Assistant.

A complete guide to installing Pi-Hole inside a Linux Container running on Proxmox. A quick way to get your own secure, ad-blocking DNS server

A guide on how to install Home Assistant in a Proxmox virtual machine

This tutorial shows you how to set up a local DNS resolver on Ubuntu 20.04, with the widely-used BIND9 DNS software. Why Run Your Own Local DNS Resolver?

:x: Proxmox LXC Templates using DAB. Contribute to chriswayg/proxmox-templates development by creating an account on GitHub.

I already have AdGuard installed on the Windows PC (at the network layer), but I'm starting to reconsider running browser extensions and their ilk - they're executing with potentially full rights in the DOM (AdGuard injects JS to manage things

Before you can create a LXC container on a Proxmox virtualized environment, you need to download the template images first from an available list. You need to pre-download the images first befoe yo…

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Create LXC Templates Every time inspiration struck or I saw a blog post with something I wanted to try, it was frustrating and time consuming to get the base operating system set up to the way I like it before proceeding with the project. Now I just update the template each point release or when I add something substantial to my dotfiles so it's ready to go whenever I need to spin up a fresh container.

Tiny Core Linux is as lightweight as a GUI-based Linux distribution can be. Jack Wallen walks you through the installation that makes this operating system unique.

In this guide, we will transfer the home directory files to a separate partition on a newly added disk drive in Linux systems.

I was used to #release a new version of #Movim twice a year. Skiff is an exception. One year of…

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Although the world has mostly gone digital now, there are still times when you just have to print a form, sign it, and scan it back in. Sometimes, I find that a snapshot on my phone suffices, but some industries require a better copy than a hasty snapshot, and so a flatbed scanner is necessary. The KDE project provides an application called Skanlite that helps you import documents scanned on a flatbed, or even a tethered camera. Install Skanlite on Linux You can install Skanlite from your software repository. On Fedora, Mageia, and similar:

Python is a great tool for automating system administration tasks on Linux systems. Detailed here are some ways to best utilize Python in Linux

This guide explains what is Whiptail, how to install Whiptail in Linux and how to create GUI dialog boxes in Bash Scripts using Whiptail.

The KDE project doesn't just provide a famous desktop, it generates a lot of software, from tools for video editng, photography, and illustration, to graphing calculators, email, and office work. Those are all productivity tools, but KDE is also good for relaxing. It has games and media players, and the music player I use is known simply as Juk.