A Podman Pod as a systemd Service
Ever wanted to run a container, or pod, as a systemd service on Linux? This allows the container to be started automatically and even restarted on failure. ...
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Automatically Update Podman Containers
Podman can automatically update your containers and hopefully make you’re life easier at the same time. Setting this up for Podman is actually pretty ...
Unattended Upgrades
Suffering from obsessive updating syndrome? Are you making frequent trips to the App Center or terminal to apply updates? Do update notifications haunt you ...
Automate Flatpak Updates With systemd
elementary OS 5.1 doesn’t automatically update Flatpak applications. Given the arbitrary appearance of updates, it’s a bit bothersome to be nagg...
Translate Docker Compose to Kubernetes With Podman
Podman ships with built-in support for Kubernetes configuration files but not for Docker Compose. As described in Podman Compose, the Podman Compose utility...
Podman Compose
Podman supports the Kubernetes YAML format for configuring pods. Unfortunately, I’m coming to the Podman scene from Docker where the Docker Compose fo...
GNOME Boxes on Btrfs
So, you’ve got libvirt installed on your Linux box and your looking for a simple application for running virtual machines. Look no further than Boxes,...
Install libvirt on elementary OS 5.1
If you want to run virtual machines on Linux, chances are you’re going to use libvirt. I make use of it all the time, especially for testing these blo...
Install Podman on Ubuntu
Podman is a daemonless container runtime for Linux compatible with Docker. It offers several advantages over using Docker to manage and run containers. Firs...
Backup Snapper Snapshots With snap-sync
In Btrfs Snapshot Management With Snapper, the process is described for automating Btrfs snapshots with Snapper. Why stop there when you can use these snaps...
Automount an Encrypted System Volume
If you run an encrypted Linux system, it’s helpful to understand how the system handles mounting and decrypting filesystems. A Linux desktop user and ...
Install udisks2 From Source
I recently posted Adjust Mount Options which explains in detail how to configure mount options for udisks2. Unfortunately, the reference operating system, U...
Encrypt an External Disk on Linux
Encrypting your data is pretty much a must anyone who is privacy or security conscious. I find it quite handy for not only protecting my data in use, but al...
Adjust Mount Options
Mounting filesystems on Linux is simple, right? Just use mount(8), specify the recurring stuff in fstab(5), and everything’s peachy. For both better a...
Btrfs Snapshot Management With Snapper
Manually taking snapshots with Btrfs is easy. Managing said snapshots is not. This is why several tools exist for the task. The most prominent are Btrbk, Sn...
Btrfs Layout
One of the best features of Btrfs is the ability to produce snapshots of data instantaneously. Rollbacks take advantage of Btrfs to revert the system, or an...
Power Management on Linux With TLP
TLP is a powerful power management utility for Linux. It helps conserve battery life on mobile Linux devices by taking advantage of various kernel features....
Create a Windows 10 USB on Ubuntu
I needed a to install Windows 10 from a USB recently. I’ve described my preferred method of accomplishing this in my recent post A Multi-Boot USB With...
A Multi-Boot USB With Ventoy
My daily driver predates Dell’s support for the Linux Vendor Firmware Service, usually abbreviated LVFS. The only way to update my motherboard’s...
Backup Git Repositories
If you have any source code repositories hosted online, you probably don’t want to lose those. Just yesterday I converted my professional resume from ...
Snapping on the Pinebook Pro
Snaps are an incredible new packaging format for Linux from Canonical.[1] They offer application confinement and increased portability while also simplifyin...
Git and GPG
GPG keys can be used to cryptographically sign your work when using Git for version control. This ties your identity to your work, whether that’s a co...
Generate a GPG Key
GPG keys can be used to cryptographically sign Git commits, pushes, and tags. This associates your work with a particular identity. GPG is also used for enc...
Backup and Restore a GPG Key
Gnu Privacy Guard, also known as GnuPG and GPG, is a handy tool for managing OpenPGP keys. While don’t use PGP keys for email encryption as many peopl...
Manage Python Dependencies
Making Python dependency management reproducible is complicated. Bringing Python dependency management to mere mortals who can’t remember where they p...
Manage Runtimes With asdf
asdf is a language-agnostic tool for managing multiple runtimes of a specific tool for a particular user. While it is able to manage runtime versions for a ...
Git Syntax Highlighting
If you like to use git from the command-line and enjoy syntax highlighting, you might be interested in delta, which adds this functionality and more to git.
Pagers and Syntax Highlighting
bat is a helpful alternative to cat when you want peruse files on the command-line with the improved readability that syntax highlighting has to offer. The ...
Solarized Vim
I enjoy the Solarized color scheme, so I figured out how to set it up in Vim. The Solarized color scheme provides a plugin for Vim, which makes this pretty ...
Switch to fish
I’ve finally made the switch from ZSH to the fish shell. Unlike ZSH, I don’t need to install and manage a whole host of plugins. Everything I wa...
Change your Shell
Sometimes, you just want to switch to a better shell for your terminal - like fish.
Automatically Update Antigen
There’s a catch when it comes to managing plugins with Antigen as done in Configure ZSH.
Configure ZSH
I’ve been using ZSH for years now as my shell. In that time, I’ve learned a few niceties to make the experience better. Namely, I’ve found...
Easily Virtualize Ubuntu MATE on macOS With Multipass
It’s Always Greener on the MATE Side
Virtualize Ubuntu Desktop on macOS with QEMU
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Backup Docker Data
Backups are super helpful, especially when you like to blow everything away fairly often. Backing up the data from a Docker container can help you quickly g...
UniFi Controller
For wi-fi, I use use a UniFi AP. One slightly annoying aspect of this is the UniFi Controller. If you don’t have a smartphone or need to manage more t...
Automatically Detect and Report Hard Drive Failure
I recently fixed my mother-in-law’s laptop. Long story short, the hard disk was toast. When I repaired the computer, I decided it would be best to avo...
OpenSMTPD Relay on Ubuntu
It can be handy to have your system email you if it detects an issue or potential security risk. Unfortunately, this isn’t always straightforward, esp...